东方境界,水墨精神——张小纲水彩画创作对中国画的借鉴

水彩画家张小纲从观念到技术都对中国水墨画进行了成功的借鉴。张小纲在水彩画艺术创作中非常重视“意境”的创造,强调审美主体虚静的心胸对于审美观照的重要性,虚实结合营造意境;吸收水墨写意画技术因素,对造型进行简化,注重用笔法度。张小纲对中国画观念与水墨写意技法的借鉴,深化了作品内涵,拓展了水彩艺术的表现力,因之其作品具有独特的时代地位与民族性。

The Plane Reached of the Eastern Culture,The Spirit of Chinese Ink and Wash——Zhang Xiao-gang's making use of traditional Chinese painting in his watercolor

The watercolor painter Zhang Xiao-gang has successfully made use of Chinese painting in his watercolor painting in terms of view points as well as skills.He attaches great importance to creation of "Yijing"(artistic conception),which can be attained by combination of existence and nonexistence in paintings.He also emphasizes that it is important for aesthetic subjects to observe paintings without any disturbance and prejudice.In terms of skills,he makes good use of what he has learned from freehand brushwork of Chinese painting to simplify image and stress the importance of wielding the paintbrush.By making use of what he has learned from traditional Chinese painting Zhang Xiao-gang succeeds in deepening connotations of the works,developing the power of expression of watercolor and making his own works have distinctive national features and obtain a high status in the modern age.