What are the similarities and differences between watercolor and gouache?

Watercolor and gouache are both color paintings, but there is a big difference.

Watercolor painting is an international genre of painting and has a high status in the world.

Gouache painting is only one type of painting in the examination of Chinese art candidates, and it is not recognized internationally at all.

This is the biggest difference between the two.

In addition, the watercolor coverage is very weak, and the gouache coverage is very strong.

Top. I admire yours.

People ask about the essential difference between gouache and watercolor.

Roughly speaking, "powder" and "color" are the two words that distinguish the difference between them.

How can't you paint watercolors with gouache?

At least I can draw.

Gouache paint can still be used to paint watercolors.

Anyone who has ever painted knows it.

The difference is. Material.

The concentration of gouache paint is relatively high.

Watercolor pigment concentration is reversed.

Techniques. I dare to assert.

Each person who paints uses different techniques.

It's just that there are similarities.

Some cattle people can paint watercolors with gouache.

Ha ha. But by its very nature.

Here's the difference.

How do you draw it like gouache?

How to draw it out and think of watercolors.

We want works.

Right, no. Effect.

Ah, it's a mess.

The brother on the first floor was introduced carefully enough.

I'm casual to post my own biases.

It's art, after all.

There are no two identical arts in the world.

No one can assert anything about art.

You think you're right.

It's art.

Different: (1) Different forms of expression.

Watercolor painting relies on the dilution of water to reduce its chromaticity, the brighter the picture, the more water is used, the less color is used, and the color of the vacated white paper is the brightest part of the picture. Gouache, on the other hand, is not exactly the same, or even the opposite.

Gouache painting has two forms of expression, one that is close to watercolor and the other that is close to oil painting. In both of these expressions, the highlights and bright colors are not empty, but are expressed by blending white colors with other colors and being overlaid with opacity.

2) The painting technique is different.

The characteristics of gouache painting are that the water content is larger, the color is more, the advantage is that the area painted by a color is larger, the disadvantage is that due to the water content is too large, the painted brushstrokes are easy to be muddy, not very suitable for detailed depiction. The wolf's hair is characterized by less water content, which is better elastic than the sheep's hair, and is suitable for the portrayal of local details.

Watercolor painting is generally divided into two types: transparent watercolor painting method and opaque watercolor painting method. Transparent watercolor painting method is to mix pigments with water, paint a thin layer, so that the color on the picture is clear and bright, with a transparent feeling, opaque painting method in addition to water, can also use gum, so that the color of the picture is more subtle, softer.

3) The pigment material is different.

Gouache paints are composed of powdery materials, fixed with glue, and have relatively strong coverage. Therefore, when painting gouache, I often start with the darkest color, which can be covered layer by layer.

Ultramarine, ochre, earth red and other colors of watercolor paints are mineral pigments, which are easy to precipitate when used alone or mixed with other colors, and most of the watercolor pigments are more transparent.

Same: (1) The medium is the same: the painting medium of watercolor painting and gouache painting is mixed with water;

2) The pigment color is the same: The pigment of gouache painting is also about the same as that of watercolor painting.

Watercolor and gouache both belong to Western non-macro paintings, and hand-painted can be watercolor or gouache, and the effect is different.

The watercolor is transparent and dry, and the gouache is a thick and wide painting method, which is opaque. Hope it helps.

Watercolor, gouache, and waterpainting all need to be destroyed with water, which is the common denominator between them. The difference is that all three of them require different painting materials, and the painting tools are also different.

Watercolor, gouache and water painting all need to have a certain painting foundation, but the painting foundation of watercolor and gouache should be very strong, watercolor and gouache are mainly based on the color relationship of modeling space as the main purpose, and water painting is a unique aesthetic shape Yunhe-style painting.

In general, I think the three differences between watercolor and gouache are that they are different.

Normally, all three need to be blended with water. But the texture of the three will be different.

1. The difference between pigments, the types and names of gouache and watercolor pigments are almost the same, and both are blended with water. However, gouache pigments are made with a large amount of white powder, which has a strong covering and is very suitable for covering with very thick pigments. This is commonly referred to as thick painting.

2. The brush is different, the gouache is covered with thick paint, so the gouache must have strong elasticity and toughness, and it should also absorb water. Painting watercolor with watercolor pen, watercolor pen needs strong water absorption, regular watercolor pen is a bit like a Chinese brush, but the brush brush should be hard to point, with the brush in the big white cloud pen can also paint watercolor.

3. The paper is different, the gouache paper and pen are too absorbent, and they are generally not too thick. Watercolor is watercolor paper, watercolor paper is very thick and has strong water absorption. The quality is cautious, and it is obvious that the pen water is better to return to the powder.

4. The painting procedure is different, and the procedure of gouache painting is basically to paint dark colors first, and then light colors. The brighter and whiter the color, the more important it is to be portrayed at the end. Watercolor, on the other hand, paints light colors first, then dark colors, and the brighter and more smiling scum it is, the more it must be portrayed first.