The difference between modern ink painting and traditional ink painting

Traditional ink painting in China attaches great importance to pen and ink.

Ink painting plays a decisive role in the artistic conception and charm of painting, and it is also an important factor that constitutes the formal beauty and spiritual beauty of traditional ink painting. Therefore, pen and ink is not only the modeling means and symbols of painting, but also an independent spirit of pen and ink. The form of China ink painting covers a wealth of traditional cultural heritage, from the form and techniques of painting to the expression of the painter's mood. The pen and ink on the screen are virtual and real, square and round, rigid and soft, yin and yang, light and tender, thick and light, hidden and exposed, odd and positive, open and closed, sparse and dense, and familiar. These relative aesthetic categories are unified in opposition, skillfully combined and full of oriental flavor.

Contemporary China ink painters have constantly innovated and enriched the traditional ink painting in China through continuous in-depth observation and practical exploration, which is mainly reflected in the following three aspects: First, they have conducted in-depth research and excavation of traditional ink painting. Second, combine modern aesthetic concepts and corresponding artistic expression techniques, such as light and shadow, texture effect, plane composition and so on. Third, draw lessons from oil painting, printmaking, watercolor, folk crafts and other painting and calligraphy categories and art forms to enrich pen and ink. Through the above three aspects, they complement each other and write a new chapter for the ink innovation of China's ink painting.