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Chinese painting and western painting each have their own unique pattern and style. However, art has no boundary. With the interaction between Eastern and Western culture, the colored Chinese Painting is developing towards diversification that creates more fresh and diversified fashion. Artistic creation should have its individual style and features whether it is a blend of the Chinese and the Western or a Chinese pattern with some Western polish. Because painting expresses personal thoughts and reflection of life, it represents the certain thinking and emotion of its creator. Therefore, not only must it be contemporary, but it also has to have its individual characteristics. My creation seeks the realistic and detailed classic painting style. It uses the multi-level method of Mr. Eyck Jan Van in the West, crossing over the limitations of both Eastern and Western medias and materials. In the form of still-life Painting, I combined natural settings and man-made settings, realistic painting and free-stroke painting to present my personal unique style and features. The thesis consists of six chapters and 15 sections, briefs of which are as follows: Chapter 1 “Introduction” explains the motive, purpose, emphasis, methods, range and limitations of the research. Chapter 2”Brief analysis of Eyck Jan Van’s classic technique” states how the classic master improved and developed the painting materials and created the multi-level painting technique. From analyzing his original “The Arnolfini Marriage”, I comprehended the particularity and preciseness of the process hidden behind the exquisite technique of this painting. And step by step, with description and illustration, I explained in detail from the making of the board base, initial draft, fixed draft, molding to the final profound painting based on my personal learning process of the multi-leveled oil still-life painting. Chapter 3”The Exploration of the possibilities of colored Chinese Painting” describes the evolution of the historical background of modern colored Chinese Painting and analyzes its techniques such as conception, sources of materials, key elements of composition, characteristics of sculpt, coloring and etc. based on the theories used by predecessors. In order to create my unique style, I used the rules of Chinese ink paintings as basis, crossed over the limitations of both Eastern and Western media and materials and made allowance for any patterns and techniques. With my painting ”Shadows of Kindness”, I fully described the process from conception, pencil sketches, molding to the cultivation of atmosphere with words as well as illustrations. Chapter4”Construction of creative concepts” compares the creative concepts of realistic painting and free stroke painting between the East and the West and explores the possibility of their unity. I laid the emphasis on the presentation of texture, solidity, strength and dimension of objects and especially on the effect of lights and shadows. And I made a series of analysis and exploration of the blend and appliance of Chinese and Western techniques of realistic paintings. Chapter 5”Realization of creative concepts and Analysis of My Paintings” categorizes my 16 paintings into three items according to the themes. The first one is categorized as folk arts which includes “The Wedding”, “Abdicate in my mind”, “The Years When the years gone by”,” Delightful of the pottery”” The joy of Embroidery” and“muse over of the culture”. The second item comes from nature and every day life which consists of ” The pillow on the chair” Sun flowers”, ” Graceful” “Antiquity”and “My adornments” The last one praises life and the seasons which includes “Golden age” “Persimmon” “Multiply” “The longevity fruit” “In May”. The formation, the creative concept and techniques of all the above paintings are analyzed and explored individually. Chapter 6”Conclusion” explains the diversification of modern colored Chinese Painting and the necessity of personal unique style that is closely connected to individual personality. Painting is an expression of personal emotion, and the realistic technique used is only a method that appears on the outside. The cultivation of the classic atmosphere comes really from the inside. The road to art depends on a firm foundation made of solid steps. I’ll review my work and have great expectations for my creation in the future.
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