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Overview of watercolor painting: watercolor painting is a painting method that mixes transparent pigments with water, referred to as watercolor. Because of its transparency, one layer of color covers another layer, which can produce special effects. However, mixing too many colors or covering too much will make the colors dirty and the water will dry quickly. Therefore, watercolor painting is not suitable for large-scale works, but suitable for fresh and bright small paintings such as landscapes.

Characteristics of watercolor painting: Watercolor painting refers to a painting made by mixing colloidal pigments with water as the medium. 18 and 19 centuries of English watercolor painting injected new vitality into the expression and development of watercolor painting, making it an independent art, and watercolor painting has distinctive characteristics because of its material characteristics.

The origin and development of watercolor painting: watercolor painting is an ancient and full of vitality art. If all paintings with water as the medium of blending pigments are regarded as watercolors, then its history can be traced back to the Paleolithic age of mankind.

The role and position of watercolor painting in painting training: As an independent painting, watercolor painting was introduced to China from19th century, and was quickly accepted by domestic people and popularized in primary and secondary schools. At present, watercolor teaching courses are offered not only in art colleges, but also in other colleges and universities, as well as in the basic teaching of art color in primary and secondary schools. Organize teaching with watercolor and gouache, cultivate students' color expression ability, and make students master the basic rules and knowledge of color.

Tools for watercolor painting: It is very important to choose the right brush for watercolor painting. There are two kinds of special watercolor pens: flat head and round head. Most watercolor pens are made of natural and synthetic materials, and there are also expensive mink brushes.

Color principle: color is an important means and language of watercolor painting. To learn watercolor painting well, we must first understand the basic principles and knowledge of color, the changing law of color in nature, and how to use color in watercolor painting.

Color common sense:

First of all, the mixing and changing of colors,

Second, the three elements of color,

Third, the psychological factors of color perception

Fourthly, the physiological reaction of color (the physiological factor of color perception)

Application of color in painting: When color is applied to painting, we must first understand the inherent color, light source color, environmental color and their relationship and changes.

The basic method of color sketch: color sketch is an effective way to train and improve color observation and expression. You have to get yourself excited before you can draw a picture of people. Picasso famously said, "Let the painted ordinary jar feel crying."

The unique expression method of watercolor painting: watercolor painting pays attention to the observation of light color, which can be said that light is the life of watercolor painting, and watercolor painting takes the change of light color of objects as the main modeling.

Dry painting: dry painting refers to the painting method of overlapping and covering many times after the previous color is completely dried. Dry painting has obvious strokes and water marks in the process of color transportation, which does not need watercolor extension, and uses the relationship between color blocks to shape the image.

Wet painting: Wet painting is a painting method in which colors are reapplied on wet paper or on the color layer that has not been dried thoroughly. The colors of the picture flow with each other when they are not dry, forming a blend of water and color, moist and soft effect.

Texture application of watercolor painting: It is one of the special techniques to express the texture effect of different objects, and its purpose is to improve the expressive force of watercolor painting. Texture is a variety of different picture effects formed by pigments or various related tool materials through various means. This production method usually refers to a special means assisted by tools other than pens.

Special techniques of watercolor painting: There are various techniques of watercolor painting, and painters can use appropriate techniques to express them according to the needs of different objects. The special technique of watercolor painting is to use special tools, materials and means to produce special effects.

Mastery of moisture: The use and mastery of moisture is one of the key points of watercolor techniques. Water has the characteristics of infiltration, flow and evaporation in the picture, so you should be familiar with "water-based" when painting watercolors.

"Blank" method: Compared with oil painting and gouache painting, watercolor technique is characterized by "blank" method. Some light and white parts need to be "left blank" when drawing dark colors.

Color matching and brushwork skills of watercolor painting: the following methods can be used for color matching of watercolor painting: mixing method, dissolving method, resetting method and juxtaposition method. It should be noted that in the process of painting, we should use it flexibly according to the needs of the picture.

Methods and steps of watercolor painting: The whole process of watercolor painting can be divided into four stages: preparation, composition, coloring, adjustment and enrichment. These four stages are continuous and cannot be divided mechanically, and each stage has clear and specific requirements.

Overview of still life painting: Still life painting is one of the genre contents of painting. Such as fruits, vegetables, daily necessities, learning tools, sports equipment, musical instruments, flowers and so on, the content is very extensive.