The Application Of Rational Ability And Perceptual Capabilities For Oil Painting

Rationality and sensibility are two major capabilities one should posses when oil painting. They are vital factors and of equally importance. No one will do well in oil painting if giving too little care to either of them, not to mention achieve advances in artistic creation in future. Rationality refers to the delicate analytical skill and logical reasoning ability, focusing on presentation of the basic structure, composition and shape of the picture as well as the inner frame. Whereas, sensibility is a kind of human instinct, a kind of ancient and chaotic emotional power. The painter releases his/her emotion which is a mixture of subjective emotion and the true feeling deep in the heart. Thus sensibility is of inwardness and true nature, reflecting the true feelings inside one’s heart. It means stimulation and burst-out of the impulsive, direct, intuitive,unconscious emotional power.The paper points out the important role of rationality and sensibility in oil painting practices, indicates its essential part for completion of a painting, and states how to train the two skills in multiple ways and enhance their understanding and application. In the end, the paper discusses in detail how to make flexible use of the two skills and how to freely transform the two skills. The painter will cultivate and promote his/her aesthetic intuition through painting practice, thus finally enrich his/her imagination and creativity,promote lofty art concepts such as artistic accomplishments, artistic culture and spiritual enjoyment.