绘画是造型艺术中最主要的一种艺术形式，它是指运用线条、色彩和 形体等艺术语言，通过造型、色彩和构图等艺术手段，在二维空间（即平面）里塑造出静态的视觉形象，以表达作者审美感受的艺术形式。绘画种类繁多，从不同的角度可将它划分为不同的类别。从地域看，绘画可分为东方绘画和西洋绘画；从工具材料看，绘画可分为水墨画、油画、壁画、版画、水彩画、水粉画等；从题材内容看，绘画可分为人物画、风景画、静物画、动物画等；从作品的形式看，绘画可分为壁画、年画、连环画、漫画、宣传画，油画，吹画、插图等。
Painting is one of the most important art forms in plastic arts. It refers to an art form that uses lines, colors and forms and other artistic languages to create static visual images in two-dimensional space (i.e. plane) to express the author's aesthetic feelings. There are many kinds of painting, which can be divided into different categories from different angles. From the perspective of region, painting can be divided into Oriental painting and Western painting; from the perspective of tool materials, painting can be divided into ink and wash painting, oil painting, mural, printmaking, watercolor painting, gouache painting, etc.; from the perspective of subject matter content, painting can be divided into figure painting, landscape painting, still life painting, animal painting, etc.; from the form of works, painting can be divided into murals, New Year pictures, comic strips, cartoons, propaganda paintings, oil paintings, Blow pictures, illustrations, etc.
不同类别的绘画形式，由于各自的历史传统不同，都有着各自独特的表现形式与审美特征。中国画又称国画，它在世界绘画领域中自成体系，独具特色，是东方绘画体系的主流。在工具材料上，中国画是用毛笔、墨在宣纸、绢帛上作画的，它讲究笔墨，着眼于用笔墨造型。在表现方法上，中国画采用一种散点透视的方法；在画面的构成上，中国画讲究诗、书、画、印交相辉映，形成独特的形式美与内容美。油画是西洋绘画的代表，它是世界绘画艺术中最有影响的画种。
Different types of painting forms, due to their different historical traditions, have their own unique forms of expression and aesthetic characteristics. Chinese painting, also known as Chinese painting, is the mainstream of Oriental painting system with its own system and unique characteristics in the field of world painting. In terms of tools and materials, Chinese painting is painted with brush and ink on Xuan paper and silk. It pays attention to the brush and ink and focuses on the modeling with pen and ink. In the way of expression, Chinese painting adopts a scattered perspective method; in the composition of the picture, Chinese painting pays attention to poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing, forming a unique beauty of form and content. Oil painting is the representative of Western painting. It is the most influential painting in the world.