Modern decorative painting in order to adapt to the requirements of modern society, the design composition should be generous and reasonable, concise and lively patterns, the color should be compared, inherit some traditional symbols of auspicious patterns.Compared with traditional decorative paintings, modern decorative paintings have the following characteristics: most of the objects, the connection between the cut and the author and the origin of general painting; popularization and popularization are closely related to people's real life; because modern decorative paintings are used to decorate objects or space, they form a larger expression structure with the decoration and become an important part; planar, decorative, diverse styles, materials and expression techniques.