You must understand that there is such a relationship between sketch and copying.

The word "sketching" was introduced from the west, and it is a painting method that directly depicts objects or landscapes. Chinese painting also has sketching activities, but painters do not sketch directly with painting tools, but draw their own scenery by traveling and understanding their own hearts. Sketching of Chinese painting is an important process of landscape painting creation, and it is a creative way for painters to express their emotions. In a word, sketching is also the most important training method when you start to learn painting.

"Copying" refers to the process of copying calligraphy and painting works according to the original works. China's calligraphy and painting and copying are two concepts. Pro is written or drawn according to the original work; Imitation is to write or draw on the original with thin paper (silk). Copying in a broad sense is not necessarily calligraphy and painting, but also tablet, sticker and so on.

First of all, let's be clear. Anyway, copying is not as good as sketching. Copying is only a means of sketching, and sketching is the ultimate goal of copying. For beginners of art college entrance examination, they can choose to start from copying when practicing basic skills, but they must have their own clear goals, clearly know that they are not copying for copying, but experience sketching in the process of copying, master various techniques of sketching skillfully, and improve their painting ability.

In the process of sketching, we should carefully observe and think about the perspective phenomenon of objects, the main depth of objects, and the proportion, dynamics and structural characteristics of objects and images. The more scholars know about objects and perceived content, the more their modeling ability will be improved, which will also help to improve their painting ability, and at the same time improve their ability to express objects in general, as well as their thinking ability, logical ability and creative ability to images.

In teaching, teachers should adopt indoor, outdoor or a combination of indoor and outdoor teaching methods, and in the teaching process, they should adopt methods such as telling, demonstrating and drawing illustrations, so that students can understand and master painting methods.

In the 1970s and 1980s, when I was studying painting, most teachers arranged sketching in class. Moreover, all still life sketches are to buy real fruits and vegetables, and wax fruits are to save money. Character sketch means that students take turns to be models. Copy very little, or you can go home by yourself.

Now, in order to save trouble, most people learn to draw, or buy a few photo albums to draw, and there are fewer sketches. According to the principle of pedagogy, guiding students to practice is always higher than book teaching, so this situation should be changed, because long-term and excessive copying will make people lose their creativity. Therefore, in teaching, teachers must pay attention to the time ratio of sketching and copying, grasp the relationship and similarities and differences between sketching and copying, and teach students to learn to learn by scientific methods.