Painting appreciation is an important and indispensable way to improve aesthetic ability, learn and absorb other people's painting experience and skills, and it is a professional activity that cannot be ignored. I usually visit art exhibitions and read various picture albums, art pictures, art newspapers and magazines. , all belong to this kind of activity. While studying basic art, if we can attach importance to art appreciation, it will certainly promote the improvement of basic academic performance faster.

This chapter focuses on the gouache works of some Chinese and foreign artists, and makes some introduction and analysis for readers' research and reference. Most of the works introduced are creative, because the artistic content contained in the creation is more comprehensive and extensive, and the creation can better express the painter's style and artistic level. At the same time, in terms of artistic expression, it can provide extensive reference and learning opportunities.

Under the cliff (watercolor painting)

Richard Parks Bonington [England]

This is a transparent watercolor painting, which is one of the typical works of British watercolor painters in the prosperous period of19th century. Through appreciation, we can know the difference between transparent watercolor painting and opaque watercolor painting (that is, gouache painting) in expression methods and artistic characteristics. The theme of the work is to show the sinking scene of a British bay caused by tides. The dark colors of the mountains and coasts around the bright cliffs and many oblique lines in the picture reinforce the sinister atmosphere of terror. The dynamics of characters and the handling of props under the framework are also closely related to the theme, which indicates misfortune and sadness.

This painting has a complete composition, rigorous modeling, strong contrast between light and shade, full, smooth and transparent watercolor, and very casual and natural brushwork, which has the artistic characteristics of traditional watercolor painting.

The author died of lung disease shortly after finishing this work at the age of 26.

Hunt was a naturalist painter in England19th century. Good at expressing fruits, flowers, birds, bird's nest and other themes. The vivid image of the work is beyond the reach of peers. "Winter jasmine and Nestle" is a typical work of his later painting style. In this painting, we can see his fine painting methods, using opaque colors (watercolor pigment mixed with zinc and white) and various stippling methods to skillfully, closely and truly express the object, with compact lines and vivid colors. He seldom uses long strokes. At that time, many painters competed to imitate this exquisite painting technique.

Winter jasmine and nestle

Willaim henley Hunt

Louis was engaged in printmaking in his early years and later in watercolor painting. In middle age, he traveled to the East, stayed in Arabia for ten years, and was famous for painting exotic Middle East scenery. He pays attention to people and truly reflects the life of the Arab people. He used exquisite lines, delicate brushstrokes, rich colors and subtle shades to describe foreigners in that beautiful environment. Life in halim is one of the best representative works of this period. The patterns of doors, windows, mirrors and walls in the background of the work are complicated, but they are handled in an orderly, unified and stable way, showing the effect of indoor space. The techniques used in the production of the works were generally adopted by many British watercolor painters at that time, starting with transparent watercolors and then using opaque water pink to describe the depth.

Life in haret

John Friedrich Louis

Bai Deming is not only a watercolor painter but also a printmaker. He often paints with transparent watercolors and opaque water pink. He has great interest and enthusiasm for nature, likes to describe everything he sees in the landscape tirelessly, and demands perfection in details. But these details can still be unified in the whole picture and become an indispensable part. He inherited the tradition of Renaissance and formed a unique personal painting style by truly expressing the true nature. Spring in Lightley is a landscape painting with decorative flavor, and its composition is extremely complicated. On the rolling hillside, the scenery is layered, leading from the ground to the sky, and the overall relationship is handled in an orderly way, showing a strong pastoral scenery and a vibrant peace scene. All the trees, houses, cows, sheep, etc. No matter far or near, the scenery has a clear outline and detailed description. All kinds of trees and houses with different physical structures are also diverse and perfect. Cattle and sheep flock around the house and move in the quiet countryside. The sunshine in early spring is warm and the green leaves are bright. This is a landscape painting with unique style, rich interest and artistic characteristics of gouache painting.

Lettley spring

Stanley Roy Badmin

These are two opaque watercolors by Butris, a painter of the former Soviet Union, with different themes, different compositions, different colors, rough styles and strong colors. This kind of watercolor painting is basically a combination of transparent and opaque colors. It can be said that most of the color separation layers are covered on paper, losing the sense of transparency, which can be considered as belonging to the category of gouache painting. In terms of expression, these two paintings emphasize the combination of simple and bright colors with rough and deep thick lines, and the colors are strong and bright, which makes the picture effect show strength and has some artistic characteristics of printmaking.

5. Lithuanian scenery [Su] Butris

Lithuanian scenery depicts the scenery of hilly mountain villages. Composition, the arrangement of scene density, the shade of color, curves and straight lines, the silence of the earth and the flow of the sky. , with a sense of rhythm. The modeling of the scenery is extremely simple, and the brushwork must be clear and powerful. The curved and undulating curve is the basic structural factor of the picture, which is beautiful and full of vitality. The four cone-shaped scenes standing vertically far and near are in contrast with the parallel lines, vertical lines and curves of the building, and at the same time make the picture feel stable. The use of complementary colors of contrasting colors, such as red, green and orange, makes the colors feel bright, and the picture is dull and not stuffy, which is both contrasting and harmonious.

6. Port Clay bisky

Butris

"Port Klebersky" shows the scene of ports and docks, and its composition has a unique sense of solemnity in a symmetrical form. The complex straight lines such as vertical, parallel and inclined in the picture are the main formal factors of the picture structure, which makes the theme strong, while the arc of the circular sun and the oval arch in the middle of the picture forms the beauty of combining rigidity with flexibility with the surrounding straight lines. The tone is different from before.