A Brief Introduction to the Basic Course of Landscape Painting in China

Introduction to the Basic Course of China Landscape Painting: Landscape is the main theme of Chinese painting. Painting in Yuan Dynasty is divided into thirteen subjects, and there is a saying that "landscape is the beginning and boundary painting is the foundation". This has not changed since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Landscape painting involves many contents, and the painting methods are also the most complicated, such as tree method, rock method, cloud method, water flow method, finishing touch method, color setting method, composition method and so on. Among them, the most important technology in rock method is "travertine". It can be said that learning landscape painting needs a lot of time and energy to study "travertine". In the history of art, the artistic characteristics of landscape painting masters depend largely on whether he created a unique expressive rock "indigenous method". "Indigenous method" is an excellent legacy left by ancient landscape painting masters. If we want to innovate landscape painting today, we must inherit the excellent heritage of the ancients. On this basis, we can create excellent landscape painting works with both cultural heritage and spirit of the times.