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I started learning watercolor by myself at the beginning of May. It has been a month and a half now. I was very nervous at the beginning and didn’t know how to start painting, although now I am not as nervous as before. , but I still feel that there are many shortcomings every time I draw. After all, I have no foundation in painting, a lot of knowledge is vague, and my techniques are not proficient, so I always feel that my progress is not obvious.

Although I am a little frustrated, I still insist on drawing a doodle almost every day. After all, good habits still need to be cultivated. If you insist on practicing your brushwork every day, you will suddenly feel like "I can draw like this..." at a certain moment. This may be progress.

The following high-energy warning...

The above are the paintings [face covering] I made when I was first learning by myself. They were all copied from other people's watercolor works. At that time, I was always asked to paint the portrait myself. As a result, I feel very strange every time I finish painting...

Now I understand that "the image of the painting" may not be the most important thing in painting. Only when you have your own thoughts in the painting process is a painting It’s a quality that you need to have in your hands.

The above paintings are still copied from others. They were probably painted less than a month after learning to paint. Many problems were constantly discovered in the process of painting: poor blending and poor grasp. It's so fictitious and the composition is wrong...

I hadn't found a book to read at that time, so I felt like I was groping in chaos.

Later, I found some books to read. I personally think "The Watercolor Lessons of Nagayama Yuko" is very good. The above is a copy of her works.

Nagayama Yuko’s paintings are in a school of their own, and her landscape works seem to pursue artistic conception more.

Although she explains it in detail in the book, when copying her works, I will unconsciously be more proactive. For example, when drawing flowers, you will not draw the specific petals when composing the drawing with pencil, but will only outline the general shape of the flower, so the layering of the flower needs to be added step by step in the later stage...

I copied it. With several of her paintings, I feel that I am more subjective and patient when painting.

In addition to Nagayama Yuko’s books, I also read several books recommended by others. "Watercolor Bible" and "500 Landscape Examples You Must Learn for Watercolor Beginners" are more basic, and they all explain some painting techniques and tips in detail. , after watching it, you will feel that the chaos in your mind gradually dissipates.

In the past, I would only copy other people's works, and I would not even dare to compare pictures with paintings. Now I am better, I will try to draw some landscape photography pictures, and I will also delete and add my own ideas in the process of painting. .

The above pictures were drawn in the past few days. Compared with the original graffiti, they seem to be better. Let’s think so for the time being [covering face]...

It seems that they have been drawn again recently. I encountered a bottleneck and started to get impatient, so I planned to read those few books again and think about it carefully, maybe there would be a breakthrough.

I also learned to draw sketches at the beginning, but it was too difficult. To draw portraits, I had to learn skeletons and the like. After learning some basic physical shadows and light and dark, I slowly gave up... (I really You are so good at escaping, haha)

Because I like the artistic conception of ink and wash Chinese painting, I will occasionally copy the works of masters, including Feng Zikai and Wu Guanzhong, and I also copied a few pieces from "Mustard Seed Garden Painting Book" landscape pictures.

For self-comfort, no matter how good your painting is, it is good to learn the composition and artistic conception of the master...

Here I would like to say that "Mustard Seed Garden Painting Book" is really a good book , after all, it has been passed down for hundreds of years. Even if you don’t draw, you can hold it and appreciate it. I recommend it to friends who want to learn ink painting.

When it comes to the progress of self-taught painting for more than a month, in terms of painting skills, what I can feel more is the change in my mentality.

As a pregnant mother born in the 1990s who is about to give birth, the depression after pregnancy should not be too obvious. By chance, I regained my childhood hobbies, and my heart gradually calmed down.

No matter whether it is ups and downs or smooth, if you stick to something you like to do, your life will no longer be gray.

With the pen in your own hand, you can draw what you want.

Similarly, you are walking the road by yourself, and you can also go to where you want to go. This is what Huahua Chat taught me~

As for the result, whether it will achieve the effect I expected, I believe that time will will be the best proof.

***Mian.