Keywords arts literacy teaching art to survive a research background and significance of the modern education reform proposed requirements of quality education, art education and thus establish a "big art concept." Modern art disciplines in order to develop the students' art quality, training and development of their art skills, develop character, inspire students to learn is characterized by dynamism and innovation ability. basic education is to enable every child the opportunity to exercise. present pure painting art teaching purposes, the production in the form of higher purpose, and for their own life needs, emotional expression needs, capacity-building needs of knowledge in art, art design, art exploring consciousness is weak.