Contemporary Chinese Gouache Art: Still Life Volume

Author: Guo Zhenshan, Guo Yong
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Watercolor painting is a genre that uses water-soluble pigments mixed with water as the medium for painting. Due to the addition of a certain proportion of porcelain clay in the pigments, it possesses a certain degree of covering power, making it convenient for repeated modifications and shaping on the canvas. In terms of expressive techniques, it offers relative flexibility and diversity. It can borrow the modeling techniques of oil painting, allowing for thick application and relatively exposed brushstrokes, with an effect that closely resembles oil painting. At the same time, watercolor painting can also draw on the techniques of watercolor, resulting in larger strokes and thinner layers, creating a fresh and lustrous effect that is similar to watercolor painting. Additionally, these two methods can be combined and used together, forming the unique advantages of watercolor painting in terms of color. This series of books features the works of watercolor painters in China who have achieved remarkable accomplishments in the field. Most of them have dedicated decades to the research, creation, and teaching of watercolor painting. Their works exhibit distinctive styles and strong individuality, contributing to the development of watercolor art. The publication of this book serves as both a summary of watercolor art in China since its founding and a highly positive catalyst for its future development. It will also significantly promote our teaching, research, and creative endeavors. If we were to use a metaphor to describe watercolor painting, it is like a fish. It thrives freely and robustly in a vast aquatic environment. Its own cultural reserves and the broader artistic context are like a spacious body of water, influencing it. Just as a fish cannot live without water, our watercolor art needs a better source and a broader ocean.