Abstract
In the process of art education and teaching, the improvement of students' aesthetic quality and creative ability is the main goal of art teaching. At the same time, it is also the fundamental basis and direction of teaching. In art teaching, aesthetic education is not only reflected by art skills and teaching basis, but also can not separate aesthetic education from basic knowledge and skills of art education. The cultivation of students' artistic quality and creative ability is the main content of the current development of art education and teaching. Colleges and universities should effectively improve and optimize the teaching courses and teaching contents from the aspects of teaching methods, teaching environment, teaching resources, so as to realize the effective cultivation of students' aesthetic quality and creativity. This paper mainly expounds the significance of cultivating students' aesthetic quality and creative ability, and effectively expounds the methods of improvement, aiming to promote the continuous development and reform of art education in colleges and universities, and improve the level of art education.