Try Discussing The Future Development Path Of Chinese Watercolor Art

Art is the embodiment of a national culture, and its manifestation should have nationalcharacteristics. Watercolor is belonged to western painting system, which developed in England in the18th century and became an independent painting. Watercolor has the unique artistic charm andaesthetic value, making it has an irreplaceable position in the artistic fields. Because of eastwardspread of western culture in Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty, western watercolorpainting was introduced into China. Through the tireless efforts of older generation and today’sChinese watercolor painters，watercolor painting in China has made great achievements.Watercolor painting with the characteristics of crystal clear, make viewers to feel the specialcharm and beauty. Wash painting with a long history and Chinese characteristics, have the uniquestyle in the word, and its pursuit is emotional expression rather than accurate descriptions of the rightshape. Watercolor painting and wash painting are respectively from their own national cultures, eachhas its own traditional philosophical concept and esthetic sense.According to theme, Chinese painting can be divided into figure painting, landscape paintingand bird and flower painting; according to creating technique, Chinese painting can be dividedinto meticulous painting, freehand brushwork painting and combined fine brushwork and freehandbrushwork painting. Wash painting is considered representative of Chinese painting, and it originatedin the Tang dynasty.Since the reform and opening, with the advancement of technology and economic development,as well as the rapid development of foreign economic relations and international trade, China’s overallnational strength growing constantly improve the level of culture and art on the international stage.The level of cultural development not only marks the level of civilization of a country, also marks thesoft power of a country and nation. Chinese painting is a mature painting, and it reflectsthe traditional Chinese culture.In this paper, the way for watercolor painting to absorb wash painting sprite was discussed byobjective comparison of watercolor painting and wash painting. The ideal of Chinese watercolorpainters is that Chinese watercolor painting With Chinese national characteristics, the spirit of theage and personality style could occupy a very important position in the art of the world.