Use Emotions To Soothe People's Hearts And Enlighten Spirits With Philosophical Thinking

The most important properties of modern Chinese water and ink portrait painting are its emotional and philosophical features.Its emotional feature lies in that it can comfort people with emotion,and its philosophical feature lies in inspiring spirit through philosophy.Therefore,as an important chapter of Chinese painting,in addition to learning from the west and tradition,more importantly,the modern water and ink portrait painting water and ink portrait painting should express emotions from the perspective of traditional Chinese philosophy.About the academic orientation of portraits in the past,some over emphasized learning from tradition,blindly copying the ancient painting;some focused on learning from the model and style of western painting.Besides these two directions,there is inadequate exploration in the development of modern Chinese water and ink portrait painting.In order to improve the cultural value of modern Chinese water and ink portrait painting,we should consider the core value of our native culture,use the traditional Chinese philosophical ideas to express emotions in these Chinese water and ink portraits from the perspective of Chinese philosophy,and try to take root in the extensive and profound traditional Chinese culture and bear new fruits.The development of modern water and ink portrait should consider the factors of era,which should not only have the print of times,but also present the charm of Chinese painting.In this way,paintings of this era can be created,with both time relevance and Chinese characteristics.The artists should always maintain full enthusiasm and sincere emotions,and with a critical mind,they should sublimate their emotion through philosophy,and express philosophy with emotions.They should make efforts to explore the maximum possibility for the development of modern water and ink portraits,comfort people with sincere emotions in their works,inspire spirit with philosophy in their painting,and call for true modern water and ink portraits with Chinese characteristics and style.