Classification and artistic characteristics of Chinese painting?

Chinese painting can be roughly divided into meticulous painting, freehand painting, ink painting and pastel painting.

1. Gongbi painting: Gongbi painting is an excellent painting tradition, which is mostly used to depict specific images such as figures, flowers and birds, landscapes, etc. , and is mainly realistic, with accurate details and bright colors. It is one of the most skilled types to describe the scene by depicting detailed and vivid words and patterns.

2. Freehand brushwork: Freehand brushwork emphasizes the painter's personalized and creative interpretation and understanding of the theme. Painters emphasize "artistic conception" and "spirit" while expressing objects, so that painting can present a complete realm even without physical reference. Freehand brushwork usually takes light ink as a light pen or stick figure, which is light and free in form and conveys elegant and lofty cultural interest.

3. Ink painting: Ink painting is one of the most unique types of Chinese painting, with ink as the main color and relying on the infiltration and diffusion of water to construct the picture. Ink painting usually presents the artistic conception of mountains and rivers, flowers and birds through soft ink color, which embodies the aesthetic characteristics of "Mo Yun is far away and has endless charm".

4. Pastel painting: Pastel painting takes more fish, flowers, birds, insects, grass and so on. As the theme, and the use of light and soft pigments to preserve the beauty of insects or birds, mostly used to depict delicate, soft and beautiful images.

The artistic features of Chinese painting are mainly manifested in the following aspects:

1. Take ink, line and color as the main means of expression, pay attention to the interest of pen and ink, master the trend and strength of brush strokes, and achieve the unexpected and looming artistic effect.

2. Pay attention to the expression of the verve and artistic conception of the object, including brushwork, composition and artistic conception, so that the viewer can gain a high-purpose spiritual experience while enjoying the painting.

3. Various forms, covering figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, animals and other fields, and also incorporating art forms such as calligraphy and seals.

4. Focus on the aesthetic concepts of China traditional culture, including harmony and unity, ethereal nature and ethereal artistic conception.