Watercolor painting is a painting method of mixing transparent pigments with water, but because the color is transparent, one layer of color can cover another layer to produce special effects, but too much mixed color or covering will make the color dirty and the water will dry quickly, so watercolor painting is not suitable for making large-scale works, but suitable for making fresh and lively small paintings such as landscapes.

1, dry painting and wet painting

Dry painting is a multi-layer painting method. The dry ground color is colored by layered coloring method, which does not pursue infiltration effect, and can be easily colored repeatedly, which is easier to master and suitable for beginners to practice. It is the specialty of dry painting to express positive and clear body structure and rich color levels.

2. Wet painting can be divided into wet overlapping and wet coloring.

Wet overlap:

Wet or partially brush paper, dry and color, and overlap and color after drying. Proper control of moisture and time will make the effect naturally mellow. Expressing the atmosphere of rain and fog and the interest of moist water is its specialty, which is beyond the reach of some paintings.

Wet color matching:

This method is usually used when the colors are connected near the end of the stem, the water color flows through, the boundary is blurred, and gradients showing transitional soft colors are often used. When receiving colors, the water memo should be used evenly, otherwise, the water will rush to less places, which is easy to produce unnecessary water stains.

3, the mastery of water

The use and mastery of water is one of the keys to watercolor techniques. Water has the characteristics of infiltration, flow and evaporation in the picture, so you should be familiar with "water-based" when painting watercolors. Giving full play to the role of water is an important factor in painting watercolors. To master moisture, we should pay attention to time, air humidity and water absorption of drawing paper.