How to master the use of gouache brush

Gouache is the medium of water, and in this respect, it is the same as watercolor. Therefore, gouache painting can also be painted with the same hearty effect as watercolor painting. However, it is not as transparent as watercolors.

It also has something in common with oil painting, that is, it also has a certain ability to cover. Unlike oil painting, oil painting uses oil as the medium, and the color changes almost dryness and wetness. This is not the case with gouache, which is in the form of water and powder, and the dry and wet variations are great.

So, its expressiveness is somewhere between oil painting and watercolor painting. Watercolor painting is characterized by the transparency of colors, and the object is represented by the superposition of dark colors on light colors. Gouache painting, on the other hand, is characterized by being between opaque and translucent.

If it is covered or superimposed on a colored base, then this process is actually an addition, and the color of the bottom layer will have an impact on the color of the surface layer, which is where it is more difficult to master. However, experienced painters often use this characteristic to express the gouache color itself and its unique artistic charm.

Since all types of pens can be used for gouache painting, the technique of using gouache is extraordinarily rich. And it's borrowing from oil painting. In the process of Chinese painting and watercolor brushwork, it is constantly developed. A common brushwork in gouache.

"Flat strokes" - the handwriting is hidden. The color layer of the picture is flat;

"Dispersion method" - the handwriting is revealed, but the thickness of the color layer does not change significantly;

"Thick division method" - the color layers are intricately overlapped, and the colors are thicker and thicker;

Pointillism - using the principle of space and initial mixing of light and color, and using dense small brushstrokes (color dots) to shape the image. (This kind of brushwork is used less and is more difficult to master, so it is not advisable to imitate it too early when you are a beginner).

In addition, gouache painting also absorbed the knife painting technique of oil painting. You can use an oil painting knife to paint, or you can use a homemade bamboo knife to paint. When gouache painting absorbs the brush techniques of other paintings, it must start from the characteristics and performance of gouache painting, with the purpose of enriching the gouache painting techniques and enhancing the expressiveness of gouache painting.

Generally, when painting imaginary places, distant places, dark parts, and shadows, the brushstrokes should be blurred, flat, and the color should be thinner to increase the sense of vanity. When painting close, solid and bright parts, the brushstrokes should be more revealing and the colors should be thicker to enhance the effect of firmness, prominence and clarity. Of course, all of these need to start from the processing intention of the whole painting, and use different brushstrokes.

There is also a problem with the brushstrokes as a whole. The brushstrokes of a painting should also be varied and unified to form a sense of rhythm. It is necessary to prevent the messy use of the pen that lacks the overall processing intention.

Let your brushes dance on the screen.

Sometimes it's fast, sometimes it's slow, sometimes it's short, sometimes it's strong, sometimes it's weak.

In the end, what is fast, what is slow, what is long and what is short, it depends on your own experience in practice.

Everyone else uses a pen like that, I don't, everyone else walks, I climb mountains.

The gouache nib has wolf hair, pig bristles, nylon, wool, sheep hair and chemical fiber, etc., no one is the best, each has its own characteristics.

Thick strokes are suitable for using a stiff brush. For example, chemical fiber pens, the thickest and driest can be used bristles. If it's as thin as watercolor, you should use the softest pen:

Sheep's hair or wolf's hair, if the general gouache is not very thick and dry, it is suitable to use wolf's hair. Nylon pens absorb very poorly and have extremely high hardness, which is very unsuitable for gouache if it is not for the extremely flat touch of the brush. In addition, the poor water absorption requires repeated dipping of paint, which affects the smooth painting.

Note: Don't buy the kind that sheds when you pinch it with your hands. In particular, it should be dried and stored after use, and should not be soaked in water for a long time.

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See what it's for.

1.Art students in the middle and high school entrance examinations: the brush is made of pig bristles, which is relatively stiff and suitable for paving; The fishtail fan pen is also made of pig bristles, which is suitable for shaping; The small and medium-sized flat peak pen is soft and elastic, suitable for local trimming; The pencil is used with both millimeters, soft and rigid, suitable for hooking points.

2.Children: Wolf or chalk is OK, absorbent adsorption can be, suitable for coloring.

I see what I like, I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it, I think it's still easy to use and powerful.

I recommend you gouache with cherry blossoms, the one is from Japan, it's very easy to use, but it's also expensive, but it's worth the money

I also want to tell you a little bit about the exam, you must use your own long-term tools, so that you can use the tools that you have long, I think the exam is still in your mentality, you must have a good mentality, in order to play well, I wish you success in the exam, come on

I don't know if you're asking about the brand or the material, the material has been answered upstairs very clearly, and the brand can consider Jin Zhifeng's 102 (Wolf Hair and Boglino's, I feel very good in the studio here.)

AUCMA brand.

Chalk is an important tool for gouache painting. The pen barrel is mostly made of solid wood, plastic, and plexiglass, and the nib is mostly made of wool and chemical fiber.

Depending on the size of the pen, from 1 to 12. There are also special models that can be purchased according to personal preferences and habits.

According to the material of the pen, it is generally divided into wool pen and chemical fiber pen. Wool pens are mostly white, which is suitable for thin and wet painting. The synthetic fiber pen is relatively hard, and there are many colors of the pen, but most of them are brown, which is suitable for dry and thick painting.

How to buy: The thicker the drawing, the more suitable it is to use a hard pen. The thickest and driest can be made with bristles. If it's as thin as watercolor, use the softest pen: wool. Ordinary gouache, if not very thick and dry, is suitable for wolf hair.

Novices generally prefer to use a hard pen, such as a bristle pen or a nylon pen, for easy styling. But both pens have poor water absorption and pigment adhesion. Only short strokes can be drawn. In general, the hardness and water absorption of the bone-seeking grass are balanced. Best for use.

I've seen a fountain pen with wool and nylon hair mixed together. Make it both absorbent and hard. But it seems that the bristles are more likely to split apart.

I don't know if it's an isolated phenomenon. Recently I saw a pen that seemed to be mixed with fine bristles and wool. Whether it is the hardness of the bristles, water absorption, and curl, it is very good.

As long as you go to a store that sells art supplies, they will only give you a water pen, so don't worry about choosing the wrong one, and the variety of pens you list is not just gouache, most of the gouache is flat-headed, and it is scattered after being soaked in water, like a puff pen for makeup, and it is rare to use nylon, because the water absorption is not good, and the brushstrokes often look very stiff, so it is better to use environmental art, unless you like to paint heavy color paintings or like to use very thick colors when painting, then you can use a nylon pen, so that the colors are not easy to spread out, as I said upstairs The material of the gouache should be relatively soft When you buy it, it's best to sweep it on your arm a few times and try it And if you want to learn to draw, don't divide it into grades You should be ready from the very beginning I recommend that you prepare one from the small to the big one, especially the largest one, it will be very convenient to draw the background and pave the color In addition, the adjacent numbers like No. 1 and No. 2 are often about the same size, so you can buy them according to your own strokes, and then prepare a few different models of pencils (the pointed tip is a little hard to the touch) It is very useful for dealing with smaller things and hooking edges However, it is easy to use the bristles of the pencil to show outward, so the words are too hard to recognize.

It is said that wool is better, but it is also more expensive.

Some say that the two should be used together.

Each has its own advantages.

The row brush can clearly show the stroke, and the wool brush is very moist.

The wholesale of the row brush is about 15 (one set), which is the ** of an ordinary wool brush.

Think about it, how much does it cost to get 14 of them?

The good ones are more expensive.

In fact, the brand is not important, as long as it does not lose hair when drawing, and it is not easy to open.

Use & Purchase.

Some brushes are like brushes, which are soft and easy to spend when used, and can generally be used to draw large areas of color and soft brushstrokes on the screen. Be careful not to buy the kind that will lose your hair when you pinch it with your hands. In particular, it should be dried and stored after use, and should not be soaked in water for a long time.

There is also a very tough one, the bristles are flat in a row, which can be used for hard strokes, and oil painting is also used with that kind of brush.

The gouache is not dry, it should be paste, squeeze it in the box with a pen and dip it in water, and then mix it evenly on the palette, don't use it up after it is finished, otherwise the gouache will dry up, even if you add water to it and stuff it for a few days, it is not as good as before.

A good way to save it is to use a pen to dip a little water in one or two drops of each color, or cover it with a semi-dry cloth, and then close it up, it will keep the fresh color for a long time, and I personally think that sometimes it will be better than the one I just bought, because it is not as thin as the one I just bought, and it is easy to reconcile.

The most taboo thing about gouache is to soak it in water after use, which will not only make the pen barrel lose paint, but also deform the brush bristles, causing irreparable damage.

Gouache should be thoroughly cleaned of the color on the pen after each day, squeezed out of the water, and wrapped in newspaper in the shape of the pen for later use, so as to ensure that your brush will work as well as if it were new every time you paint.

Gouache is divided into single number and double number, and people who generally draw like to use double number, that is, the model of the 6 pens in a bag is No. 2, No. 4, No. 6, No. 8, No. 10, and No. 12. However, the shorter one is more conducive to hooking the edge of the smaller pen.

Now the harder brand is still the Japanese cherry blossom (hate...) But there are a lot of pirated copies, so you still have to look at the hardness and softness of the pen hair, except for the wool is softer, the nylon is more watery, and the rest of the hair is as soft as possible, my experience, put it on the face and sweep it twice, you can feel my method (this is a trick when the hand can no longer distinguish the feeling of the two pens).

Because the gouache has been soaked in water for a long time, so the second thing is to see whether the paint on the pen is good or not, which is basically invisible to the naked eye, so. . It is recommended that you find a regular store... Pick the expensive ones and buy them.

Khan No way, expensive will not be the best, but it must not be very bad, the rod paint is very important, otherwise after painting, all the rods of your pens will become "IKEA" logs, hehe.

Good luck buying a cheap and useful pen.

A common brushwork in gouache.

Pendulum: Place the color accurately and powerfully on the picture with a gouache flat-tip pen, and the brushstrokes are clearly affirmed. It is the most commonly used brushwork in gouache painting.

Brush: The pen is applied back and forth on the paper. Generally, it appears more in the background, the color is thinner, and it is used as the base color in decorative paintings.

Dragging: The end of the pen swims back and forth on the screen, and the brushstrokes tend to drag longer.

Dots, pauses: The tip of the pen touches the paper, and the object is depicted with dot-like strokes.