Gouache is thicker and watercolor is lighter. Watercolors are more vivid.
Gouache painting is more suitable for expressing still life. Watercolor is recommended for landscape painting and some clear themes.
The biggest advantage of watercolor is its cheapness. Of course, I'm talking about domestic brands. Mali brand watercolor pigment produced in Shanghai is an excellent one I have used so far.
Watercolor, also known as advertising color, has high transparency. When colors overlap, the color below will penetrate. Can be used for thick coloring, and uneven phenomenon will not appear when coloring in a large area. It should be used selectively according to different purposes. The color is not as bright as colored ink, but it is very dark, suitable for people who like quaint colors. It is not easy to change color after long-term storage.
Since it is ink painting, of course, ink painting is the best.
Question 2: What is the biggest difference between Chinese painting and ordinary watercolor gouache painting? The biggest difference is that "Chinese painting" is Chinese painting and "watercolor gouache" is western painting.
Comparison and Differences between Chinese and Western Paintings (Feng Zikai)
Eastern and western cultures are fundamentally different. So the performance of art is also different. Perhaps eastern art emphasizes subjectivity, while western art emphasizes objectivity. Oriental art is poetic, while western art is dramatic. Therefore, in painting, Chinese painting emphasizes charm, while western painting emphasizes shape. Compared with the two, there are five differences:
(1) Chinese paintings are full of lines, while western paintings are not obvious. Most lines are not original objects, but the realm used by painters to express two objects. For example, in Chinese painting, an egg-shaped line is drawn to represent a person's face. In fact, there are no such lines around people's faces. This line is the dividing line between face and background. Another example is to draw a ruler line to represent a person's nose. In fact, there is no such line on the nose. This line is the dividing line between nose and face. Another example is landscapes, flowers and so on. There are no lines in the object, but the painter uses lines. The lines in the landscape are specially named "freehand brushwork" (freehand brushwork: one of the techniques of Chinese painting, used to express the texture of rocks and bark. )"。 The lines in the characters are specially named "clothes pleats". This is a difficult research work. Western painting only has the boundaries of things, and the boundaries are not drawn. Therefore, western paintings are very much like physical objects, while Chinese paintings are not like physical objects. You can know that they are paintings at a glance. Guy China's painting and calligraphy are in the same strain, and painting, like writing, freely reveals his mind. /kloc-at the end of 0/9, westerners saw the dancing of lines in Chinese painting and admired it very much, so they imitated it and became "post-impressionism" (see the chapter "A Brief History of Western Painting" in this book for details). However, western paintings before post-impressionism are unremarkable.
(2) Chinese painting does not pay attention to perspective, while western painting pays attention to perspective. Perspective is the representation of three-dimensional objects on a plane. Western painting strives to be as simple as the real thing, so it pays great attention to perspective. Look at the streets, houses, furniture, utensils and so on in western paintings. The shapes are all right, but they are the same as the real thing. If you describe a corridor, you can show the distance of several feet in inches. If you draw the front of the railway (looking out from the middle of the railway), you can actually express the distance of miles in inches. Chinese painting, on the other hand, is not willing to draw things with obvious three-dimensional sense, such as streets, houses, furniture, utensils, etc., but is willing to write clouds, mountains, trees, waterfalls and so on that look like natural flat objects from a distance. Occasionally describing house objects, without paying attention to perspective, is arbitrary. For example, painting scenes deep in the courtyard, curved corridors and new houses, seems to be seen when flying in mid-air; And I haven't seen it for a while, but it's flying up and down. I've seen it several times. So the hand scroll of Chinese painting, the mountains and rivers stretch for dozens of feet, as if it were seen on the train. Chinese painting stands, mountains and rivers overlap, as if seen in a plane. Because painting and poetry are the same in China, you can paint wherever you want, and you can't be bound by perspective. So the perspective of Chinese painting is sometimes wrong. But it doesn't matter if it's a mistake. We can't use the rules of western painting to criticize Chinese painting.
(3) Oriental figure painting does not talk about anatomy, while western figure painting pays attention to anatomy. Anatomy is the study of the expression shape of human skeletal muscle. Westerners must learn anatomy before drawing characters. The English name of this anatomy is Anatomy of Art Students, that is, Art Anatomy. So it's not like a physiological anatomist. Physiological anatomy focuses on the structure and function of various parts of the human body, while artistic anatomy focuses on the form of expression. However, remembering the names of bones and muscles and their various abnormal shapes is a difficult study. But western painters must learn. Because western painting pays attention to realism, it must be depicted like a real human body. But China figure painters never needed this knowledge. People in China paint figures only to show the characteristics of their bodies, but they don't talk about the size and proportion of each part of the figure. So the men in Chinese painting look strange, quaint and don't bark. Women are moths, eyebrows, lips and shoulders. These characters will look terrible if you take off their clothes. But this is not only harmless, but also the benefit of Chinese painting. Chinese painting has a strong impression of desire, so it expands the characteristics of the characters, makes men more majestic and women more beautiful, and fully shows the character of the characters. So don't be realistic, use symbolic methods. Do not seek similarity, but God's similarity.
(4) Chinese painting does not emphasize the background, while western painting emphasizes the background. Traditional Chinese painting does not emphasize the background, such as writing plum blossoms, hanging in the air and surrounded by white paper. Write characters, hanging in the air alone, as if riding a cloud. Therefore, the paper of Chinese painting leaves a lot of blank space. A long piece of paper with a vegetable or a stone under it becomes a piece of paper ... >>
Question 3: What's the difference between Chinese painting pigments and watercolor pigments? There is no difference in essence, only the thickness of pigment particles and the weight of pigment material. Gouache pigments are mostly inorganic materials (so-called chemical pigments with coarse particles). Better ones may be replaced by mineral materials, and some use the color of plant pigments. Watercolor pigments are more delicate, and more inorganic and organic materials are used to make the colors more vivid (organic is plant and animal pigments). As for the colors used in Chinese painting, there is nothing to say, which is not much different from watercolor. Mainly mineral pigments, with different fineness at different prices. In essence, this kind of pigment is the same as poster color. This is the difference in the types of pigments. Generally speaking, there are many kinds of pigments used in gouache, which are easy to adhere when mixed together. However, due to the poor water solubility of gouache paper, gouache paper is often used in gouache paintings. Watercolor is easier to blend into water than gouache, but not as good as gouache, so it is not very easy to use. If you want to use it, it is recommended to use Chinese painting. The color of traditional Chinese painting is very soluble in water, and the feeling of covering is OK, but gouache paper is not suitable. If you want to save the cost of painting, you can use advertising toner yourself (that is, you need to grind it again)
Question 4: What's the difference between Chinese painting pigments and watercolor pigments? What's the difference in painting effect? Traditional Chinese painting has fewer colors than watercolor.
The color of traditional Chinese painting is made of mineral and plant raw materials, and watercolor is a chemical raw material.
Chinese painting has small particles, good water solubility, large watercolor and poor water solubility.
If you really want Chinese painting, you should still use the colors of Chinese painting. The integration with water, ink and rice paper looks very natural.
Watercolors will have a heavy feeling when they are painted. Relatively speaking, it is dazzling when it is mixed with ink. If you draw petals, you can't draw a feeling of excellent order and mutual penetration of colors.
Question 5: What's the difference between watercolor painting and ink painting? Watercolor painting belongs to western painting and is an important painting with clear definition. Ink painting belongs to Chinese painting, and its definition is not clear. As long as it is only painted in ink without coloring. But generally speaking, the techniques are biased towards small freehand brushwork and large freehand brushwork, and the so-called ink painting is relatively low.
Because it belongs to eastern and western painting, it is very different. Watercolor is colorful, and ink painting is black and white. Watercolor technique is based on sketch technique, emphasizing perspective, structure and the relationship between light and shadow, which embodies the spirit of western rationalism and scientism. Ink painting emphasizes the brushwork, using fixed ink, which embodies the romantic feelings of the East.
Question 6: What's the difference between Chinese painting pigments and watercolor pigments and gouache pigments? Gouache pigments are mostly inorganic materials (so-called chemical pigments with coarse particles). Better ones may be replaced by mineral materials, and some colors may be plant pigments)
Watercolor pigments are more delicate, and more inorganic and organic materials are used to make the colors more vivid (organic is plant and animal pigments).
This is the difference in the types of pigments. On the whole, there are many kinds of pigments used in gouache, which are miscellaneous and easy to attach. However, due to poor water solubility in gouache paper, gouache paper is often used in gouache paintings.
Watercolor is easier to blend into water than gouache, but not as good as gouache, so it is not very easy to use. If you want to use it, it is recommended to use Chinese painting.
The color of traditional Chinese painting is very soluble in water, and the feeling of covering is OK, but gouache paper is not suitable. If you want to save the cost of painting, you can use advertising toner yourself (that is, you need to grind it again). Q: That is the skill of painting Chinese painting. You don't have to ask if you want to kill a cow with a knife. You must know how to use a knife before you can understand the process and steps of killing cattle.
Question 7: What's the difference between Chinese painting pigments and watercolor pigments and gouache pigments? There is no difference in essence, only the thickness of pigment particles and the weight of pigment material.
Gouache pigments are mostly inorganic materials (so-called chemical pigments with coarse particles). Better ones may be replaced by mineral materials, and some colors may be plant pigments)
Watercolor pigments are more delicate, and more inorganic and organic materials are used to make the colors more vivid (organic is plant and animal pigments).
As for the colors used in Chinese painting, there is nothing to say, which is not much different from watercolor. Mainly mineral pigments, the fineness varies with the price. This kind of pigment is essentially as resistant to sunlight and erosion as poster color.
This is the difference in the types of pigments. On the whole, there are many kinds of pigments used in gouache, which are miscellaneous and easy to attach. However, due to poor water solubility in gouache paper, gouache paper is often used in gouache paintings.
Watercolor is easier to blend into water than gouache, but not as good as gouache, so it is not very easy to use. If you want to use it, it is recommended to use Chinese painting.
The color of traditional Chinese painting is very soluble in water, and the feeling of covering is OK, but gouache paper is not suitable. If you want to save the cost of painting, you can use advertising toner yourself (that is, you need to grind it again)
Question 8: \(R3Q)/ Is watercolor or gouache suitable for Chinese painting? Chinese painting has special pigments, which are different from ordinary watercolor pigments. When there are many watercolors, they refer to the same pigment. Make it clear when you buy it. Don't buy it wrong. The branches of traditional Chinese painting are relatively small, with high water content, and some are round boxes.
Question 9: Which is better, Chinese painting, gouache or watercolor painting, or neither? Are they all paintings? It is neither Chinese painting nor oil painting.
Pigments themselves have different properties.
1 The oil painting has a strong color and is made of turpentine and linseed oil, but it has low transparency and strong plasticity.
The preparation of gouache pigment has a great relationship with water. More water is more transparent, less water has better hiding power, but not as good as oil painting.
3. Watercolor pigments are usually painted with bright colors, mainly because of its strong transparency, but once painted deeply, it is difficult to brighten, and the role of water is greater than gouache.
Traditional Chinese painting pigments are generally mineral pigments and some new pigments with short history, such as flash gold and flash silver.