水彩是一种外来的艺术,自上世纪初传入中国后,已经有了百年的发展历史,并取得丰硕的成果。进入新世纪后,在全球文化多元化发展背景下,中国的水彩艺术也应通过全面的分析和审视,确立今后的发展方向。鉴于此,文章从当代中国水彩艺术的发展现状谈起,就今后的发展方向进行客观分析,以期获得更加深刻的认识。 Watercolor is a kind of exotic art. Since it was introduced into China at the beginning of the last century, it has had a century-long history of development and achieved fruitful results. After entering the new century, under the background of the diversified development of global culture, China’s watercolor art should also establish its future development direction through comprehensive analysis and examination. In view of this, the article talked about the current development of contemporary watercolor art in China and conducted an objective analysis on the future development direction with a view to gaining a deeper understanding.