What's the difference between Chinese painting, oil painting, watercolor painting and printmaking? Please describe it in detail.

1. The word Chinese painting originated in the Han Dynasty. People in the Han Dynasty thought that China lived in heaven and earth, so he called it China. China's paintings were abbreviated as "Chinese paintings". Mainly refers to scroll paintings painted on silk, rice paper and silk and mounted. Chinese painting is a traditional painting form of Han nationality. It is painted on silk or paper with a brush dipped in water, ink and color. Tools and materials include brush, ink, Chinese painting pigments, rice paper, silk and so on. Themes can be divided into figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, etc. And techniques can be divided into figurative and freehand brushwork. Chinese painting embodies the ancients' understanding of nature, society, politics, philosophy, religion, morality, literature and art in content and artistic creation.

Second, oil painting (an oil painting; ; A painting in oils is a kind of painting made on canvas linen, cardboard or wood by mixing pigments and quick-drying vegetable oils (flax oil, poppy oil, walnut oil, etc.). ). Diluents used in paint are volatile turpentine and dry linseed oil. The pigment attached to the picture has strong hardness and can keep luster for a long time after the picture is dried. With the hiding power and transparency of the pigment, the painted object is vividly displayed, with rich colors and strong three-dimensional sense. Oil painting is one of the main types of western painting.

Three, watercolor painting is a kind of painting method that mixes transparent pigment with water, referred to as watercolor. Because of the transparency of color, one layer of color can cover another layer to produce special effects, but too much mixed color or covering will make the color dirty and the water will dry quickly, so watercolor painting is not suitable for making large-scale works, but suitable for making fresh and bright small paintings such as landscapes. The color is easy to carry and can also be used as a sketch collection material. Compared with other paintings, watercolor painting pays great attention to expression. Its painting methods are usually divided into "dry painting" and "wet painting".

4. Printmaking is an important category of visual arts. Broadly speaking, printmaking can include that the graphics printed before printing industrialization are generally printmaking. The concept of contemporary printmaking mainly refers to the artistic works conceived and created by artists through plate-making and printing procedures, specifically, the pictures carved or etched on pages such as wood, stone, hemp, copper and zinc with knives or chemicals. Printmaking art has been accompanied by the invention and development of printing technology. Ancient prints mainly refer to woodcuts, but a few copperplate prints and overprinting are not allowed. The unique taste of knife wood makes it have independent artistic value and position in the history of China culture and art.