Art Exam Preparation Guide -- Watercolor Portrait Sketch

Author: Wang Qi, Wang Jun, Shan Xueye
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Features: Professor Pan Shixun of the Central Academy of Fine Arts once said, "Any painting made with water as a medium will last longer than one made with oil." The truth of this statement can be verified through personal experience. Opening up watercolor assignments from the 1970s, the colors remain as fresh as ever, while oil paintings have already changed in hue. This is perhaps one of the advantages of watercolor. Watercolor also has other benefits, such as being direct, convenient, adaptable to varying thicknesses, easily adjustable, and capable of being covered. For this reason, some say that there is no more convenient medium for color training than watercolor. In terms of color, this book is the first to introduce concepts such as color luminosity and color quality. It is believed to be helpful to readers. Watercolor portraits have become an important part of recent entrance exams for art academies. They are not only a key test of students' modeling skills but also an essential means of assessing their color perception, color expression, and comprehensive color modeling abilities. Therefore, they hold great importance. Painting portraits is naturally much more challenging than painting still lifes, primarily because the colors of human skin are far more complex than the solid color of a red apple. Adding to this, the influence of light and environmental colors makes it difficult to determine the exact hue of the skin. This is a common issue students encounter during sketches, and the underlying purpose is to understand how to achieve accurate color and how to determine it. Don’t hurry. The text in this book is concise, but as you read it page by page, you are sure to find the answers.