What is the difference between oil painting and ink painting?

Oil painting, as the name suggests, is a type of painting made by mixing pigments with quick-drying vegetable oils (linseed oil, poppy oil, walnut oil, etc.) on canvas, linen, cardboard or wooden boards. The thinners used in painting are volatile turpentine and dry linseed oil. The pigment attached to the picture has strong hardness and can maintain its luster for a long time after the picture dries. Relying on the hiding power and transparency of the pigment, the painted object is fully expressed, with rich colors and strong three-dimensional texture. Oil painting is one of the main types of Western painting. Ink painting is a type of Chinese painting. Refers to paintings made purely with ink. There are three basic elements: simplicity, symbolism, and naturalness. According to legend, it began in the Tang Dynasty, matured in the Five Dynasties, flourished in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and continued to develop in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and in modern times. Take the brushwork as the main method and give full play to the function of the ink method. "Ink is color" means that the change of the shade of ink is the change of color levels. "Ink is divided into five colors" means that the colorful colors can be replaced by multi-level ink shades. Shen Kuo's "Picture Song" of the Northern Song Dynasty said: "Dong Yuan in the south of the Yangtze River spreads Juran, light ink and light mist as one." That is to say, ink painting. People in the Tang and Song Dynasties often used wet brushes to paint landscapes, which produced the effect of "water halo ink seals." People in the Yuan Dynasty began to use dry brushes, and the ink colors were more varied, creating an artistic effect of "like five colors at the same time." In the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei proposed that "ink and wash should be the first" for painting styles, and later generations followed this. Ink painting has long occupied an important position in the history of Chinese painting. "Ink painting" composed of special Chinese smoked ink has become a unique type of Chinese painting. Ink can be divided into five levels: burnt ink, light ink, thick ink, very light ink and burnt ink, that is, burnt ink (original ink), one thick ink, one heavy ink, one light ink and one clear ink. Ink is a cold color, and a painting composed of five inks should have a cold feeling, and its tone should be dark. But why does a good "ink painting" make people feel warm instead of feeling that its tone is dark? This is because good paintings are good at using white ground (blank space) to contrast and blend with the cold color of black, thus giving people a sense of warmth between cold and heat. Moreover, good smoke ink is not dark ink. Anything that is smooth and reflects light well is called a bright object. The black of good ink is as lustrous as paint, so it can be called a bright black, so it will not make people feel gray. Ink painting: In Chinese painting, ink is one of the unique materials of Chinese painting. Ink is used as the main raw material, and the amount of water is added as thick ink, light ink, dry ink, wet ink, burnt ink, etc. to draw different shades (black, white, gray). )level. There is a unique charm called "Mo Yun". It forms a form of painting mainly based on ink and wash.