The Use Of Blank In Traditional Chinese Painting Composition

The blank layout, one of the composition form, is a typical embodiment of aesthetic feature of Chinese painting.Blank using as a means of composition method, is an important part of " Zhichenbushi"and " Jingyingweizhi",it is the need of Chinese painter express their conception and create the artistic conception. The blank is not empty, it is an organic part of the picture. It can represent the fog, the cloud, the river, the pond, the sky and so on. The position, shape and size of the blank in the picture directly affect the picture. Through the blank layout, the painter can make choices on image to highlight the main image, coordinate the relation between virtual and real and the density relations. It can show the space and level of the picture.It can also create the artistic conception and make the viewer to imagine. It is an important means for a painting to make tangible into intangible and show infinite in the finite. Therefore, to distribute the "blank" of painting reasonably and skillfully has become a very important topic. In this article, I will analyze the different forms of "blank" in the picture from the practical point of view. And discuss the important role of blank layout in the Chinese painting composition from the following aspects, making choice of objects.regulating the relationship between virtual and real and processing density relations.In short, is to discuss what is blank layout, why to utilize the blank layout and how to utilize the blank layout. Make the blank layout in Chinese painting composition of practical significance.