Watercolor painting (Wu Dongliang)

Author: Wu Dongliang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 1992-06-01
Features: This book is one of the color painting teaching materials for satellite television education in fine arts, and can also serve as a teaching material for watercolor painting courses in fine arts at higher normal universities, as well as a reference book for self-study in watercolor painting.
Teaching Objectives and Tasks of Watercolor Painting Courses: Through teaching, students should master the basic principles of color theory and the fundamental laws of natural light changes; become familiar with the properties of watercolor painting tools and materials; understand and master correct observation and expression methods; cultivate healthy aesthetic tastes and appreciation skills. It aims to lay a solid foundation in color and form for learning other related professional courses, teaching fine arts in secondary schools, engaging in extracurricular fine arts activities, and creating watercolor paintings.
As for watercolor painting teaching, we advocate strict basic skill training while emphasizing the cultivation of creative awareness. We encourage diversity in expression styles and techniques, engaging in various beneficial attempts and explorations to make the content and form of works more perfect and unified.
The training of painting techniques hinges on mastering the correct observation methods. As for specific expressive techniques, although certain methods exist, there are no fixed formulas. The concept of "externally learning from nature and internally deriving from the heart" in Chinese painting theory, from a methodological perspective, emphasizes the artist's subjective consciousness in the face of real-life experiences—because each person's artistic cultivation and life experiences lead to different perceptions, thus employing various techniques to highlight the artist's personal characteristics and enhance artistic expression and impact.