Techniques and precautions to be mastered in gouache painting. Can you elaborate on that? Thank you

I don't think it's good to use thick painting at the beginning, thick painting is something that takes time to practice, and if you paint a lot at the beginning, if you paint it very thickly, it will kill the painting, there is no room for improvement, and it will be difficult to modify the painting when you want to modify it, and the whole painting will look heavy and dull. You can try the thin drawing method, and after a long time of drawing, your drawing will naturally be thicker, because learning to draw is an ever-changing process.

If you use two colors to mix the color, if you don't mix evenly, it is easy to paint the picture, and if you want to show a colorful picture is a long-term painting, you need to understand and grasp the color changes and the complementary colors of each color, so as to paint a colorful painting.

Don't use too much color to adjust, for example, when drawing from the dark part, after the color is adjusted, gradually adjust the color to the light part.

The most important thing in gouache painting is to use water, the use of water should be appropriate, more water, it will become the effect of watercolor painting, less water, the picture will be very dry, not easy to paint. The picture will look like it will make people feel lifeless and lifeless, when painting, it is more in the color palette rather than a few strokes at once, the process of color mixing is your understanding of the color process, the most important thing in the learning of gouache painting is our understanding of the use of color groping and application, only a good color can be painted a good picture.

The above is my own understanding of gouache painting and my own method of painting gouache, I will briefly tell you, I hope it can help you.

I hope you can practice diligently, find your own set of painting methods in the painting training, you can paint with the feeling of your hand, even if you can't draw well, you can continue to learn slowly, and after a long time, you can figure it out yourself.

Of course, gouache painting also has its own weaknesses and limitations like other paintings, for example, because gouache paint is a powdery material, and the water absorption and color absorption performance of the paper are different, so that the color on the picture "dry" and "wet" changes greatly, that is, the color after drying is often lighter than the color when it is not dry, especially the dark color part, and for the bright color, the color will be the most gorgeous when the color is painted for the second time. In addition, the connection of gouache color is more difficult, and it is not advisable to paint too many times and repeatedly alter, otherwise it is easy to produce "dirty", "gray", and "powdery" problems.

Gouache painting is also not easy to keep for a long time, especially the part that is too thick, and it is easy to fall off after a long time. For beginners, it is necessary to go through a period of practice in order to gradually grasp the characteristics of gouache color change, and only after crossing this threshold can they use gouache painting to fully display their artistic ideas and talents.

1. Colors are divided into three categories: cool, warm and intermediate: to make the color of a painting look harmonious and unified or contrasting, it is necessary to have a basic understanding of color knowledge before using color, otherwise scribbling and smearing often looks messy or dirty, or the effect is mediocre, and can not give people the enjoyment of beauty.

A cool color is one that causes a feeling of coldness'Colors, such as blue, ultramarine, emerald green, medium green, lake blue, purple, black, which contain more blue components. Crimson, red-purple, red, vermilion, withered red, tapping red, and Pushi are warm colors, which contain more red pigment. Medium yellow and lemon yellow are intermediate colors, and those near red have a warm feeling, and those close to blue have a cold feeling.

2. Tone: Many successful paintings are very particular about tone, and tone is the dominant effect produced by a dominant color occupying most of the picture. Colors are also about contrasts and harmonies.

Most of the paintings are blue, and the contrast is very obvious when there is a red ship floating on the blue sea, and this method of doing more with less is often used in painting. The juxtaposition of cool and warm colors equally, such as red and blue, is a contrast, but it is easy to give a harsh feeling as if the two colors are fighting, and if one of the tones is lightened or darkened, it will be harmonized. For example, orange and yellow are against ultramarine, and light blue is against dark red, which is both contrasting and harmonious.

In addition, the color of the gouache is very dark when it is first applied, and it will fade when it dries, which should be paid attention to when using.

3. Several toning knowledge: In the lack of ultramarine in 12 bottles of gouache paint, use ultramarine to paint the sky, which makes people feel lofty and tranquil, then purple can be added to the blue to produce. If you want to make the color lighter, you usually add white, but there are several that change after adding white:

If you add white to the red, it will become pink, and if you want to make it lighter, you should add some yellow while adding the door color; If you want to lighten the emerald green, in addition to adding white, you must also add some yellow, otherwise it will become blue. Ultramarine, blue, and purple will only show bright colors after adding white, especially when blue is close to black without white. In short, color is a science that should be carefully experienced when painting.