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.