Oriental paintingI chose oriental painting as one of the classes I prepared for my students this year. It offers valuable insight into watercolor techniques. Unlike Western painting, which highlights the beauty of objects through composition and perspective, oriental painting focuses on capturing the essence through ink’s control of light and dark. This approach naturally enhances understanding of light control and blending. By exploring watercolor through oriental painting, I found it easier to grasp these core techniques. A representative characteristic that distinguishes it from Western painting is that it does not express light and shade, and through it, which is drawn only with the light and dark of the ink, the concerns about ideas are expressed in a restrained manner. The characteristic of oriental painting is that the strength of the lines can express the artist's emotions, personality, and even the liveliness of the screen. And the beauty of the blank space is well expressed. The blank space is not an unfinished, undrawn space, but symbolizes a free sense of liberation and leisurely style. In Western painting, things are expressed by size, whereas in Eastern painting, things that are far away are drawn vaguely and things that are close are drawn darkly, and things that are close are drawn at the bottom of the picture and things that are far away are drawn at the top of the picture (imagine climbing a mountain and looking at a distant view). Western paintings are painted by setting up an easel in one place and drawing the scenery as seen from that place. In other words, the viewpoint of looking at the painting is fixed in one place. Therefore, when appreciating Western paintings, you put them in a frame and hang them on the wall. On the other hand, Eastern paintings use a moving viewpoint. In other words, the moving viewpoint of Eastern paintings is in a panoramic format, so it is made into a scroll and is intended to be viewed by unfolding it. In an art activity that requires constant creation based on diverse perspectives and ideas, it is very important to know various approaches. Through ink-based painting, you can learn the techniques of oriental painting by painting on rice paper rather than canvas, which will help you understand the differences in various thoughts.
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