On Ink Connotation of Water and Ink Figure Painting

The water and ink figure painting is a kind of new paintings, which is derived from the traditional Chinese freehand figure brushwork. The learning from the traditional brush and ink and exploration of painting language is accomplished through water and ink figure drawing. The brush and ink in the copying of life and figures is no longer the training of technique, but the cultivation of connotation of water and ink culture. Brush and ink is the core of Chinese painting as well as the means of carrying national culture and individual culture. Its theories are abundant, but they are still vague in terms of concept. Through the water and ink copying of figures, we can inherit its traditional connotation, and seek for the new cultural connotation in such painting.