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Artistic Characteristics of Lacquer Painting

The beauty of lacquer painting lies in its rich artistic expression and diversified techniques as well as broad inclusiveness, such as: tracing lacquer resembles the beauty of brushwork; painting lacquer resembles the beauty of heavy color; engraving lacquer resembles the beauty of printmaking; piling lacquer resembles the beauty of relief carving; scraping lacquer resembles the beauty of oil painting; and splashing lacquer resembles the beauty of watercolor painting. Lacquer painting handicraft products is a kind of traditional handicraft production of the Chinese nation precipitated by thousands of years of history. It combines the advantages of traditional lacquer crafts and modern arts and crafts, that is to say, on the basis of fully drawing on traditional lacquer techniques, it dissolves the production methods of detached lacquer, adds various elements of modern painting, organically combines "painting" and "grinding", and makes the lacquer paintings with bright hues and colors. The lacquer paintings are characterized by bright and deep hues, a strong sense of three-dimensionality, and a smooth and glossy surface.