Preface 3 Watercolor Gallery 8 Lesson 1 Introduction to Watercolor Tools 14 Characteristics of Transparent Watercolor Pigments 16 Gouache Pigments (Opaque Watercolor Tools) Characteristics of acrylic painting pigments 19 Basic tools of watercolor painting 2 Types and usage of brushes 24 Making principles Palette 26 Various sketches and paper 3 COLUMN Selection of watercolor paper 32 Lesson 2 Basic knowledge of watercolor color principles 34 Color mixing color chart 36 Color overlapping color chart 37 Before painting 38 Basic painting methods 4 flat painting 4 color superposition 42 gradient method ①, gradient method ② 44 wet painting, wet wet painting 45 dry wiping ①, dry wiping ②, dry wiping ③ (dry painting) 46 blank ①, blank ② 47 blank ③ 48 blank ④, washing method 49 color sample book-concept of hue 5 direct painting training: ①52/②53/ 354Lesson 3First Experience of Drawing White Entities by Direct Drawing Practice 56. Draw patterns on white basic figures 6. Draw fruits and vegetables 64. Apple 64. Strawberry 66. Cherry 67. Lemon 68. Orange 69. Tomato 7. Carrot 71. Eggplant 72. Potato 73. Green pepper 74. Onion 75. Glass and porcelain cup 76 Moroccan glass 76 carved glass 78 porcelain cup 8 painted flowers 82 butterfly Dendrobium flowers 82 lilies (Casablanca) 84 Direct Drawing of Plants 86 COLUMN Expression of Works and Personality Lesson 4 Basic Sketch Knowledge 9 Usage of Measuring Rod 92 About Perspective 94 About Composition 1 Sketch Training: Drawing Ellipse and Dice 12 COLUMN Representing Glass and Stainless Steel 14 Lesson 5 Transparent Watercolor Painting Techniques Draw plants-azaleas 16 draw plants-Ajisai 11 draw objects on the table 114 draw buildings 124 draw various trees and the sky 13 look at photos and create landscapes 132 draw 14 figures from a single color-children playing games 148 draw figures-women studying 154 sketch 162 draw animals-pets 166. Animal 17 Lesson 6 watercolor painting techniques water pasting paper 174 special effects techniques 177 copy (with knots), copy (with rubber bands) 177 wet painting, blank glue and seal 178 with cotton paper suction, use sprayer 179 to add a frame to the work 18 COLUMN, insert a signature on the work 182 Lesson 7, and enjoy the fun of direct painting. A little advice on sketching-sketching is like enjoying the scenery 184, traveling sketches 186.