“If you don’t have a good foundation in calligraphy, you won’t be able to learn Chinese painting well.” This is very reasonable.
"Calligraphy and painting have the same origin", as the name suggests, means that Chinese characters were originally hieroglyphics, which is also a kind of painting in itself. Therefore, there was not much difference between writing and painting in ancient times.
Although there is now a clear distinction between calligraphy and Chinese painting, comparing the brushwork of calligraphy and the brushwork of painting can be seen that not only the materials and tools they use are the same, but also the connotation and appearance of the brushwork are the same. The performance is also the same, and even the aesthetic concepts of brushwork are very similar. For example, the writing or drawing methods of lines such as center strokes, twists and turns, hiding the head and guarding the tail; such as dry and wet shades, five colors of ink, new ink and old ink, etc., are widely used in calligraphy or painting.
Once you have the ability to freely control the pen and adjust the ink in calligraphy, you will become more comfortable and familiar with the brush and ink methods of traditional Chinese painting.
The text itself is also a kind of graphics, and there are also aesthetic factors such as simplicity and complexity, cohesion and stretch, height and size, solemnity and gracefulness that need to be designed and reconciled. The basic knowledge and ability of calligraphy's calligraphy or glyph structure and composition also play a considerable role in improving the modeling and composition abilities of traditional Chinese painting.
The title of a painting requires not only a profound cultural background, but also good calligraphy and good seal engraving, in order to show the author's comprehensive and solid traditional skills.
Many values ????of the aesthetics of traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy are the same, such as vivid charm, brushwork, business location, etc.
The high aesthetic level of calligraphy will also promote the faster improvement of the aesthetic level of painting.