All the picutres that I fond and posted on my last article were created be the students at Grade 4-6. I start to learn Chinese ink painting when I was at Grade one. In the class, the teacher will show the difference between the colour of Chinese ink and the colour of westen or todays paint.
The colour of Watercolour
The Colour of Chinese Traditional inks
It can be found that Chinese colours are not that bright and complex. Moreover, some Chinese painters only use ink as colour! We also have Chinese art paper to draw. students will learn how our ancestor made the ink and manufactured the paper.
As Chinese traditional drawing is more about spiritual expression, so the artist pay less attention to external aspects such as light ans shade (Shen, 2006). So it also the good practice for students to have the deep insight looking at one objects' inner nature and characters. This helps students to avoid judging thing from its appearance. During drawing, I feel my mind is cultivated, as I won't worried too much about the photographic likeness. Many students do not like drawing because what they paint on the paper do not like the object. I think Chinese ink paint will reduce this tension, and help students to express their feeling of the object on the paper rather than focus on copying.
I really enjoy this type of arts. As it reflects the value of our culture, I will pass it to my children. I hope I would have a chance to introduce Chinese drawing into Australia classroom. I hope I can bring students a new direction of looking at arts from the other culture. However, I still need to be aware of that there is no superior or inferior in cultures ( I would not say my culture it the best!)
The following pictures are the Chinese ink paints are created by the students from age 5-10
References:
Shen, H.L. (2006). Writing Brush and Chinese Landscape Drawing. Sichuan, China: Southwestern University Press.
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