Watercolor rendering and related techniques

Author: Wu Xiaoqi
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This series of textbooks is one of the design and art education series compiled by the Design College of the China Academy of Art. The original plan was to compile 50 books in total to form a scale and influence the design and art community. Although I initiated this project, I felt the responsibility was too great to bear and believed that a diverse approach was better. Therefore, no chief editor was appointed, and each author is solely responsible for their work. The quality will be judged by public opinion. Today, the design market is booming, everyone is busy, and attitudes are ( means restless and superficial in this context). High-quality textbooks are scarce, and the lack of theory leads to the emptiness of design, which is an undeniable fact. Colleagues like Xiaoqi could squeeze time like a sponge to compile the "Architectural and Environmental Imagery Expression Series" and leave a valuable record, which is truly commendable. Indeed, for the sake of countless students, as a teacher, it is a duty I cannot shirk. Teachers like Wu Xiaoqi from our College's Environmental Art Department and (Lada) from the Industrial Design Department have taken the lead. We should follow suit. I have a good working relationship with these teachers and sincerely wish them even greater achievements. Writing a preface is the hardest thing, to be concise and to the point, it requires not only skill but also knowing where to start. After much deliberation, I revised it several times, and wrote "Plain Language" as the preface, following the natural flow.
Professor at the China Academy of Art, Deputy Dean of the Design College, and Supervisor: Wang Guoliang
Architectural and Environmental Imagery Expression is the foundation of environmental art and design, and it is increasingly valued as an important part of modern commercial competition bidding. We compiled this series of books to introduce the basic principles of architectural and environmental design, starting from hard-line sketches to colored renderings, and even to the widely used computer drawing techniques in modern applications. We aim to provide a complete learning method that gradually progresses. Through our introduction, we hope to guide beginners, especially students from similar professional colleges, to learn correctly and quickly master the professional techniques of architectural and environmental imagery expression, achieving twice the result with half the effort.
The Environmental Art Department of the China Academy of Art has always emphasized the fundamental skills of watercolor rendering for students. In ink and wash rendering exercises, it focuses on inheriting the traditional Chinese humanistic spirit. This training method has been proven to be effective. Students' professional painting skills rank among the best in similar colleges nationwide and have become the "signature skill" of students in the Environmental Art Department of the China Academy of Art.