A Brief Study On The Thematic Creation Of Chinese Modern Watercolor Painting

In the process of watercolor painting's spread in China, watercolor painting mainly exeists by means of the basis training for primery or middle school students. Generally, people think that watercolor painting is only the mixture of color and water , and it has the advantage in expression of emotion and fun. But they think that watercoler paiting does not fit for expressing the ideological content of the major themes.In a long time, watercolor painting was considered one-sidedly that it is the synonymous of " picture essay ". Indeed, many watercolorists pay too much attention to the "self" and ignore the "public" ,and they are generally satisfied with the body language of watercolor painting. Many watercolorists generally focus on the portrayed object or a landscape in choice of topic, and pursuit of so-called " water and color effect "or" material technique in watercolor painting ".Highlighting the"fun"and paying little attention to the"theme"is the basic situation on the Chinese watercolor painting forum at present time.Between"art for art's sake" and " art for life's sake", there is no contradictory.In the development process of fine art ,one hand ,these two sides are interdependent, and on the other hand ,they are mutually reinforced either. From the view above, this article advocates that watercolorist should pursuit the language and form of watercolor itself, or watercolor material innovation. And at the same time, they should ,too,actively concern about the community and the survival of the people. From this could they create a lots of excel watercolor painting works, which can reflect the spirit of the times, be rich in thoughtful themes.Such watercolor works not only are the embodiment of watercolorist's personal social responsibility, and they will play more positive role in promoting the cause of chinese watercolor painting.