The theory of artistic creation put forward by Zhang Yun, a painter in the Tang Dynasty, is that "nature is made by foreign teachers and the heart comes from China". It is a typical expression of the theory of "learning from nature" in China's aesthetic history.

"Nature" is nature, and "mind source" is the author's inner feelings. In other words, artistic creation comes from imitating nature, but the beauty of nature cannot automatically become the beauty of art. For this transformation process, the artist's inner feelings and construction are indispensable.

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In the process of landscape painting creation, we should learn from nature, that is, sketch, and walk into nature, feel nature, feel the rivers in nature, feel the flowers and trees in nature, feel the birds and animals in nature, and at the same time understand the great changes of mountains and rivers under different climatic conditions, see mountains and rivers from different angles, and feel the color changes of mountains and rivers all year round.

Capture these natural features with sketches and photography, and make rich materials for your own landscape creation. When you have a complete sketch, the artist will do something more important next, that is, process and refine these materials with his brain. When he has a clear plan, he can start to create ceramic landscapes or Chinese paintings. If he still blindly copied the natural landscape, it would not be called art, or it would not be called China art. China's art combined Confucianism and Taoism and formed a unique artistic system in China.

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