Fourth-grade children learn Chinese painting with zero foundation, and learn traditional freehand flowers and birds first? Or play creative ink painting?

Children are not advised to learn Chinese painting from the fourth grade. Children of this age simply can't appreciate the feelings of Chinese painting. Painting is also a white painting, which is not helpful for children's most basic observation. If you want to learn to draw, you'd better learn to sketch first. Sketch is the foundation of any painting, and it is a very hard art basic skill. You can learn Chinese painting slowly in the future. Without sketching, painting Chinese painting is also a blind painting, with a lot of realism, volume and light and shade.