Which is more difficult to learn, sketch or Chinese painting?

Sketch-generally refers to the use of a monochrome pencil to express the spatial form of an object through the accumulation of intersecting blocks of lines and the change of light and shade.

This is much easier than Chinese painting.

Tools are simple and easy to get, and progress will be faster. Now that I have more information, the more I learn, the more confident I am!

Chinese painting pays great attention to pen and ink skills. It is difficult to draw good works without certain modeling skills and calligraphy foundation.

Learn sketch, and you can see certain effects in half a year. But learning Chinese painting for a year or two will not make much progress!

Chinese painting has very high requirements in pen and ink modeling, composition, color, composition, techniques, cultural connotation and so on. Without a certain humanistic quality, you can't draw a satisfactory picture ... Of course, it doesn't matter if you only paint for fun if you are aiming at ordinary hobbies.

I suggest you learn sketch first and practice calligraphy with you. After a year or two, you have a basic sketch and improved your basic calligraphy skills. It will be natural to learn Chinese painting again then!