The Ontological Meaning of Sketching and Return of the Freehand Spirit in Contemporary Chinese Painting
To clarify the historical context of Chinese and western sketching concepts,this paper elaborates on the ontological meaning of sketching.In the context of traditional Chinese painting,sketch-ing not only specifically refers to the subject of flower and bird painting,but actually depicts the spirit,vitality and joy of life of all things,which has nothing to do with the western sketching based on mod-eling training.Historical reasons have caused the replacement and misreading of the concept of sketch-ing,and led to the development of contemporary Chinese painting being deviating from the"trajectory"of traditional Chinese culture.Therefore,the essence of sketching calls for the return of the freehand spirit and tradition of national painting.