The Performance And Technipues Of Chinese Traditional Pigments

The Neolithic age, people were extracted from the red hematite, and start drawing on pottery, ancient painters and began to explore the production of new pigments, accompanied by constant practice and finally the development of artistic creation as an independent traditional Chinese color system. The ancients extracted pigments from minerals, plants, and animals to suit for painting. A considerable portion of color is still bright and colorful. We had to admit the ancient who have superb technology to made pigment and the charm of the color. This is the Chinese art essence. Faced with these pigments, the ancient according to different characteristics of the pigment to practice out of the appropriate use of color skills which made Chinese painting became a unique species.Traditional Chinese color from a simple color which imitate the natural to the Tang and Song Dynasties color which is reached to a peak. With the development of literati painting, color is not necessary to avoid towards decline during the Yuan Ming and Qing Dynasties. These affected the Chinese artists to face the color and pigment with the right attitude. We know that this is a historical inevitability, but also the history of frustration.It is precisely because of the color and pigments were not focused by Chinese artists. More young people did not pay attention to the pigment's origin and production. They have little knowledge of the pigment texture of experience, even for the use pigment. It is a painful thing that so many student of Chinese painting did not knewn these woulde be a painful thing. It is necessary for us to understand the traditional Chinese pigment roundly to inherit and development the China's outstanding culture.In this paper, according the ancient books which were related to the pigments and paintings which were draw to study Chinese pigment's characteristics, madding, system, the general method and special method of using, The article conduct a comprehensive analysis and summary about the charming of special techniques and pigments in ancient paintings.In the meantime, this paper attempts to study the properties of pigments about physical and chemical. Through the modern practice and reasoning methods to analyze the nature of pigment particles, refraction and reflection, hiding power, color penetration, weathering and lightfastness and the pigment in in the air by the damage and the ability to resist acid and alkali.,.At the same time,these reaction be likely to prove from the ancient painting theory and paintings.This is an innovative point of this article and this is a new supplement of traditional Chinese color to develop the pigment.Based on the performance analysis of pigments,to summary the ancients how to use the pigment and the traditional techniques. Some special techniques would help us to have a comprehensive understanding about paintings. Finally, this article expounds the conception of the traditional Chinese painting. It is useful for us to use the beautiful color drawing.