Here’s a conversation about documentary with ink and stroke between a painter, He Weiren, and his daughter,He Wenwen. Basing on his series paintings, documenting the real life with Chinese brush and ink, which is seldomdone by others, the painter talks his concerns in his art creation. Making imaginative shapes in his figures,getting the spirit of ink and stroke from ancient calligraphies, and showing a view connecting real life, allof the above emphasized by the painter in his works may give you a great inspiration...
Lin Fengmian (1900-1991), one of great art educators in 20th century, had spent 13 years in art education and taught in two importantart schools, Beijing School of Fine Arts and Hangzhou Training School for Arts. Mr. Lin advocated a new art education blending withthe system from the West. His efforts and ideas still affect the art education today...
It hasn’t changed that the courses of traditional Chinese painting in college for many years.Traditional chinese painting does not have the ossification of traditon practices all the time, thecontrary is true. It’s a self-improvement system that can assimilate new culture. Taking theexperience from reforming of traditional chinese painting, I put forward that we can set up a newcourse. Exploring the expressive skill will be regarded as the direction of main attack in the newcourse.
