Chinese tea culture has a long history. Tea painting, as a kind of painting form carrier of tea culture, embodies the spiritual quality of Chinese traditional culture. For tea painting, many people do not understand. In order to change the contemporary people's lack of understanding of Chinese traditional tea culture, art education should inherit and carry forward the traditional tea painting art. This paper studies tea painting art based on the art appreciation course, aiming to enable contemporary students to better understand and inherit Chinese traditional culture and realize cultural power.