Watercolor painting is a popular painting. As an independent painting form, its formation and development have gone through a certain historical process. The first watercolor painting in the world was created by German painter Diu Lei, but it has become an independent painting and flourished in Britain, with a history of 300 years. Watercolor painting, like other kinds of painting, has its own advantages and limitations because of the different tools and materials used, thus forming an independent artistic feature.
I. Tool performance
To learn watercolor painting, we must first understand and be familiar with the tool performance of watercolor painting, and then we can better master and use it.
1, watercolor pigment
The color particles of watercolor pigment are very fine, which can be crystal clear when dissolved in water; Layer by layer on white paper, just like the overlapping effect of transparent cellophane. Watercolor light color can not cover the background color, unlike oil painting and gouache pigment, which has strong hiding power.
The colors of ultramarine, ochre and magenta in watercolor pigments belong to mineral pigments, which are easy to precipitate when used alone or mixed with other colors. Clever use can produce novel effects.
Step 2 draw paper
Watercolor paper is delicate and has a great influence on the effect of a painting. The same technique has different effects on different drawing papers. The ideal watercolor paper is white paper with solid texture and moderate water absorption. After coloring, the paper surface is neat, and the paper grain thickness is selected according to performance needs and personal habits. Don't think that you can do watercolor exercises no matter what paper you learn. Too thin paper is uneven in color and silted in water, which affects writing; Paper that absorbs water too quickly (such as filter paper) is not easy to penetrate, and it is difficult to achieve the expression intention; Too smooth paper watercolor is not easy to attach to paper and is not suitable for watercolor painting. Be familiar with the performance of the paper used and be good at mastering it.
Step 3 brush
The watercolor pen should have certain elasticity and water holding capacity. Oil painting pen is too hard to hold water and is not suitable for watercolor painting (but sometimes it can be used to pursue a special effect). Langhao watercolor pen, flat chalk, traditional Chinese painting white cloud pen and landscape pen can all be used to draw watercolors. Prepare a large color block for painting, with two or three small and medium brushes for specific modeling and detail description.
Second, the characteristics of watercolor painting
Watercolor painting has its own artistic characteristics because of the characteristics and techniques of tool materials different from other paintings. It is more accurate to treat watercolor painting as gentle as light music or lyric poetry. A good watercolor painting should not only profoundly express the content and feelings, but also give people a moist, smooth, crystal clear, relaxed and lively feeling, which is the characteristic of watercolor painting. The characteristic of watercolor painting is that, compared with other paintings, the coverage and heavy coating of oil painting form a heavy feature. Watercolor pigment is transparent, and Bo Tu keeps its transparency, so the picture has a clear and transparent feeling. Color matching with water, giving full play to the role of moisture, flexible and natural, moist and smooth, watertight and charming.