Sketch, Color, Quick Sketch - Comprehensive Review for Art College Entrance Exams

Author: Qu Wu Song
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book is for art college entrance exams, covering sketching, color, and quick sketches. Each artwork includes the teacher's comments and guidance, making it an excellent book for students preparing for exams. The Chinese ink painting theory of "five shades of ink to create a painting" also applies to sketching. Single-color flat painting, creating variations in light and dark, is a fundamental training in painting. It gives objects a sense of three-dimensionality by understanding the structure of objects and the changes in black, white, and gray. Still-life color sketching is a training method to assess overall (shape and form expression ability). From the structural composition to the rational color matching and the artistic representation of material textures, it reflects the foundation of the artist's training. Sketching training is a task that artists should persist in long-term; it is a means to train basic (shape and form ability) and accumulate creative materials. The scope of sketching is very broad, unrestricted by conditions, and any visible object can be drawn. The biggest advantage of sketching is the ability to instantly perceive the shapes of objects and to exercise quick judgment skills. The theory of "five shades of ink to create a painting" in Chinese ink painting also applies to sketching. Single-color flat painting, creating variations in light and dark, is a fundamental training in painting; still-life color sketching is...