What's the difference between an art class and a painting class

Fine art includes painting, sculpture, design, architecture and so on, covering a wide range, painting just refers to drawings, including in fine art, in the technical level, is the surface as a support surface, and then add color on top of it.

Chinese painting is a traditional form of painting in China, which mainly refers to scroll paintings painted on silk, rice paper, silk and framed. According to the subject matter can be divided into, landscape painting, figure painting, flower and bird painting. According to the technique, it can be divided into realistic, realistic, brushwork. The tools and materials of Chinese painting include brushes, ink, Chinese paint, rice paper, silk and so on. So the two are completely different types.