Contemporary Chinese watercolor artist Gong Liuzhao selected watercolor still life

Author: Gong Liuzhao
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: The painting method of gouache is varied, whether it's thin, thick, or a combination of both, depending on personal habits and experience. However, no matter how it's painted, it should fully reflect the characteristics of gouache. What are the characteristics of gouache? This needs to be compared with oil painting and watercolor. Gouache is a painting style that falls between oil painting and watercolor. It combines some of the strengths of both, but also has many shortcomings compared to them. Compared to oil painting, it lacks the thickness and richer color tones. Compared to watercolor, it lacks transparency and the sense of ink-like fluidity. However, the bright, saturated colors of gouache, the lively and vivid color tones, a certain degree of breathability, as well as the free and natural brushwork, are the characteristics of gouache and cannot be replaced by oil painting or watercolor. For this reason, gouache can be enjoyed by both the refined and the popular, making it loved and accepted by people.