Nanning Art High School Let me tell you that painting is a major art form in plastic arts. It refers to an art form that uses artistic language such as lines, colors and shapes to create a static visual image in two-dimensional space (i.e. plane) through artistic means such as modeling, color and composition to express the author's aesthetic feelings.

There are many kinds of paintings, which can be divided into different categories from different angles. From the regional perspective, painting can be divided into eastern painting and western painting; From the perspective of tool materials, painting can be divided into ink painting, oil painting, mural painting, print, watercolor painting, gouache painting, etc; From the perspective of subject matter, painting can be divided into figure painting, landscape painting, still life painting, animal painting, etc; In terms of the form of works, paintings can be divided into murals, New Year pictures, comic books, propaganda paintings, oil paintings, blow paintings, illustrations, etc.

Different types of painting forms, due to their different historical traditions, have their own unique forms of expression and aesthetic characteristics. Chinese painting, also known as traditional Chinese painting, has its own system and unique characteristics in the field of world painting. It is the mainstream of the oriental painting system. In terms of tools and materials, Chinese painting is painted on rice paper and silk with brush and ink. In the way of expression, Chinese painting adopts a method of scattered perspective; In terms of the composition of the picture, Chinese painting pays attention to poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing, forming a unique beauty of form and content. Oil painting is the representative of western painting, which is an influential kind of painting in the world painting art.