Academia divides painting into three categories: traditional Chinese painting, oil painting and printmaking.

1. According to the materials and painting techniques used in painting, it can be divided into sketch, watercolor painting, ink painting, oil painting, mural painting, silk painting, printmaking, cartoon and so on.

2. According to the painting theme, it can be divided into still life painting, animal painting, figure painting, landscape painting, historical painting, genre painting and propaganda painting.

3. According to the picture form of painting, it can be divided into single painting, group painting and comic book.

Introduction skills of painting.

1, preparation tool before painting.

Drawing paper, different types of pencils. Drawing paper needs thick white paper with irregular lines. Friction-resistant, so you can use an eraser when painting, and it is not easy to get fuzzy. And it has good water resistance, so when painting watercolor, there will be no diffusion.

2. Learn to draw lines.

Don't underestimate this link. Not everyone can draw a good line. Sketch is made up of lines. Generally, before learning to draw, the masters have drawn many lines. They only draw lines. So the first thing for beginners to practice is to draw lines. Don't bend when painting, pay attention to decisiveness, chic and appropriate strength.

In other words, a line should make people feel beautiful, straight and generous, and the tail should be well gathered, organized and not chaotic, which will be dark and not up to standard. The key lies in the processing of line density, the rhythm coordination and ingenious application of density relationship, which can keep the picture sense of order and produce an orderly, rich and uncomplicated picture.