“画什么”与“怎么画”是艺术界老生常谈的话题,中国美术界经历过只看作品政治思想的年代,那时候题材决定一切,“怎么画”不重要,关键是“画什么”;也有过忽视作品内涵,只专注于形式语言和材料技法的时期。这些过激的做法固然使中国现代美术走过不少弯路,也留下了许多可供思考的地方。直至今日,美术界的某些艺术创作思想仍然受上述这两种艺术思维的影响,以致于当下人们在讨论“画什么”和“怎么画”的时候,总是语焉不详。在这当中,水彩静物画向来作为一种绘画入门练习的手段而反复被演练。作为艺术创作的一个类别,它似乎很容易被人们 The key point of the art world is that the art world in China has experienced only the era of the political ideology of works. At that time, the theme decided everything, and “how to draw” was not important. The key was “What to draw ”; also had ignored the connotation of the work, only focused on formal language and material techniques of the period. Although these radical approaches have made Chinese modern art go through many detours, it has left many places for thought. Until now, some artistic creation thoughts of the art world are still influenced by the above two kinds of artistic thinking, so that the people in the present moment are always unsure when discussing what to draw and how to draw. Among these, watercolor still life has been repeatedly practiced as a means of getting started with painting. As a category of art creation, it seems easy to be people