What is the difference between ink painting and traditional western oil painting?

The difference between ink painting and traditional western oil painting is:

1. The pigment is different, the pigment of ink painting is ink, the pigment of traditional western oil painting one is oil.

2. Traditional western oil painting is painted on canvas, ink painting is painted on paper.

3. Traditional western oil painting is more three-dimensional sense of hierarchy, with the hand can feel out a very thick layer of pigment.

Ink painting: is a form of painting, more often than not, ink painting is regarded as a representative of traditional Chinese painting, also known as Chinese painting. The basic ink painting consists only of water and ink, black and white, but the advanced ink painting also includes brushwork flower and bird paintings, which are colorful.

Traditional Western Oil Painting: is a type of painting made with fast-drying vegetable oils mixed with pigments on canvas linen, cardboard or wood. The diluents used in painting are volatile turpentine and dry linseed oil. The pigment to which the picture is attached has a strong hardness and retains its luster for a long time after the picture dries. By virtue of the covering power and transparency of the pigment, it can fully express the depicted objects with rich colors and strong three-dimensional texture. Oil painting is one of the main types of Western painting.