Exploring how to stimulate senior secondary school students’ creation through studying Hong Kong contemporary gongbi portrait painting

This research explores how to stimulate senior secondary school students’ creation through studying Hong Kong contemporary gongbi portrait painting. Based on the focus of Hong Kong senior secondary school education over the years, it tends to teach Western art, while spending limited attention on Chinese art. Gongbi portrait painting plays an important role in Chinese art. And compared with other Chinese art, it is relatively easier for students to learn. It can also improve students' artistic skills by meticulous line drawing, ingenious painting details and the proportion of human beings. However, students tend to feel bored in the process of learning. By adding contemporary and local elements, learning Hong Kong contemporary gongbi portrait painting will enable students to learn this traditional Chinese culture and at the same time break through the traditional boundary, which leads to a positive impact on their creations.

The literature review shows that learning Hong Kong contemporary gongbi portrait painting brings inspiration and various benefits to students' creations. In addition, the author uses art-based education research and triangulation method to experiment with how Hong Kong contemporary gongbi portrait painting can contribute to creation. The conclusion shows that through the art appreciation of Hong Kong contemporary gongbi portrait painting, students are inspired and able to create more profoundly. I hope this research can serve as a reference for Hong Kong art teachers in secondary school, to think about whether teaching gongbi portrait painting is a better way to stimulate senior form students to create.