Characteristics of Chinese Painting

The characteristics of Chinese painting are described as follows

It is not easy to summarize the basic characteristics of Chinese painting. Traditional Chinese painting has a long history and rich content, and has taken root and blossomed in China's cultural soil. It is unique in terms of its intention, composition, technique and programmed expression.

(1) The tools and materials used in Chinese painting are distinctive. (2)Composition adopts scattered perspective, observing the objects from different sides and angles and unifying them in the picture. (3) The idea is to "write God in form, and to have both form and God", and "the beauty lies in the difference between likeness and unlikeness".

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The taste of Chinese painting is mainly manifested in five aspects:

(1) The tools and materials used in Chinese painting have characteristics. Chinese painting brushes are divided into three types: long, medium and short, and according to their elasticity, they are divided into strong hair, part-hair and soft hair. Ink is divided into oil smoke and pine smoke.

The paper (Xuan paper) is divided into raw Xuan and ripe Xuan, raw Xuan absorbs water, water is good, it is suitable for painting, ripe Xuan does not melt water, it is suitable for brush painting. Inkstones require a fine texture and are easy to produce ink. The pigment is mainly mineral and vegetable.

(2) Composition adopts scattered perspective, observing the object from different sides and angles, and unifying in the picture.

(3) The composition advocates "to write God in form and to have both form and God", and "the beauty lies in the difference between likeness and unlikeness".

(4) Techniques include: ①Writing brushwork, drawing the divine form of objects through concise brushwork to express the profound meaning of God. (2) brushwork, to depict objects with neat and fine brushwork. ③White brushwork, using ink lines to sketch the object without color. ④ Ink brushwork, with the brushwork as the dominant method, give full play to the function of the ink method, in order to achieve the special effect of "water halo ink dye".

The above brushwork is also characterized by the unique hook, chapping, pointing, dyeing of the specific brushwork, and the specific ink method of wet and dry, as well as the special performance techniques such as sparse and dense, white and so on.

(5) Poetry, calligraphy and printing are often used in painting.

(6) often scrolls, albums, fans, hanging scrolls, etc. for framing.

(7) Landscapes, figures, flowers and birds are the subjects of painting.

The performance of the tools and materials used in Chinese painting also determines the characteristics of Chinese painting. Chinese painting utilizes silk and paper for painting, especially the appearance of raw Xuan paper, which gives more play to the interest of the brush and the rhythm of ink. The oozing nature of the paper and the sharp cone of the brush make the stroke infinitely variable and produce marvelous effects