Since the People’s Republic of China(PRC)was founded,in terms of children’s education policy,the country has mainly followed the principles of "patriotic education" and cultivated qualified builders as well as successors.Meanwhile,Children’s image consistent with socialist values has also appeared in artistic creation which follows national policy guidelines closely."Flowers of the motherland" grow up constantly towards the sunrise and live happily.They receive a good education.The society,schools and families have paid more and more attention to them.The idealized children’s image has the purpose of education and discipline.This paper mainly focuses on children’s image formation and the transmission of their political demands in this period,as well as the pen and ink languages for the creation of children’s image in Chinese painting.According to categories,this paper first analyzes children’s paintings since New China was founded,which mainly shows children’s image and symbolic meanings during this period in the following three aspects: socialist successors,spokespersons of happy life and mappers of inner world.Secondly,this article focuses on the pen and ink characteristics of children’s image since New China was founded,then sums up three painting languages: combination of traditional Chinese realistic painting and freehand brushwork,combination of light and shadow,as well as combination of water and color.According to the specific Chinese painting works,this paper explains the brushwork technique in detail.Finally,in line with the author’s personal experience of creative practices,it briefly explains Chinese ink painting techniques in shaping children’s image. |