Illustration Watercolor Street View-How to Learn Illustration Watercolor?

Uruguayan watercolor master AlvaroCastegnet, a powerful watercolor painter in the world today, was influenced by his father since childhood and loved painting. Studying art in Uruguay, studying under a famous family, he is now an internationally renowned watercolor master.

Looking at his street scenes, it seems that there is a trace of fog, and the chaos is delicate.

His works are full of water and strong colors, which sometimes make you feel as refreshing as when it rains.

His pen is chic and sure, and his painting style is unrestrained. I don't know why, seeing his watercolors always makes people feel comfortable. < A picture full of modern flavor paints a landscape and a painter's state of mind

He portrays strange ordinary people with vivid brushstrokes and no finely carved facial features. Why can he also read the faces of the characters?

He has held exhibitions and taught in Australia, Europe, the United States, China and other places, won numerous awards in major international art competitions and exhibitions, and has a large number of admirers

AlvaroCastagnet Alvaro. His works have won many awards, and his watercolors and oil paintings have been collected by many national groups and private individuals in the world. Is a passionate watercolor painter, whose works are strong and unrestrained in color, smooth and natural in brushwork and moisture, and have distinct artistic personality and visual impact

When he was young, his father sent him to the national art school in Montevideo. Alvaro completed his studies at the University of Severiano Reija, Miguel Ankhpa. After graduation, he came to Australia, where he was appointed as the artistic director of the Latin American Festival in Melbourne. Up to now, he has taught watercolor for beginners and specialized watercolor works, and helped every student learn to paint watercolors.

Alvaro's watercolor style is very rough, often horribly rough. Don't be surprised to see the crooked house, where the light shines like two suns at the same time!

This is definitely not a rigorous painter! From the color alone, it can be seen that although he also used the brass that can hold 2 colors to manually mount the color mixing box, in fact, the common color is to fix the seven (white is removed, and it is not gouache white, but watercolor white), and other colors are basically cold bench

and painting is also extremely "lazy": pencil draft, WASH, painting completely regardless of the rules of distance and depth, and decorating before the paint dries

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South Americans are unrestrained and passionate by nature, and they paint like people. It's strange to ask him to dig into the details bit by bit without choking to death. All painters who sketch NB have this feature, that is, quick accuracy! Fast, so it is necessary to generalize

The environmental factors such as the change of light in outdoor sketching change greatly, so it is not up to you to elaborate, forcing painters to draw the characteristics of the object quickly and accurately, and the characteristics are that you can recognize its elements at a glance

Uncle Varro only pays attention to the overall shape of the house when painting, and omits a lot of details, which will make people feel rich in details.

If you observe the light carefully enough, It's not difficult to find that Uncle Varo's landscape works are almost always the effect of this kind of strong light or reverse light. Of course, you may think that this is just his style, but that's the skill.

The advantage of drawing reverse light is that you can blur a lot of details, and the scenery under reverse light can only see the outline of the house. In addition, the effect of reverse light itself has a blurred and illusory artistic effect, which is often used in photography. Of course, painting is more tasteful.

Even the scenery light is often changed, obviously it is suitable for the light to see the rich details of the house. In order to achieve a more expressive effect, Uncle Varo will change it mercilessly, which has the advantage that the first style is more prominent, and the second is simple and fast.

The scenery under strong light contrast can not only blur the shadow part, but also emphasize the depiction of the light part, and the color can also form a strong contrast between cold and warm, and the whole picture is virtual and real.

painting material control, you know! I don't care how you fight! Alvaro's paintings are as follows. There's nothing to say about paper. Not surprisingly, it's another 3 grams of Ashi and Hordoff. . . This is simply an international practice.

Holbein is used as the pigment, but it became more famous later. Daniel Smith sponsored it and drew a rickshaw in new york with HANSAYELLOW of DS, which won the grand prize. So I think DS also has to mention that

the brush is more simple. Basically, no matter how small the painting is, it is No.1 Alvaro Red Rod of NEEF, which is called red fat man by the people in the street, and then it is used 2, 4 and 6 according to the requirements. However, Hongpang is too soft and thin. When it comes to the details, the old man will inevitably draw a Da Vinci V35 that looks like the 12th or 14th size. As for the drawing line, it is Hongpang No.8 stylus. Alvaro besides watering can (there is a story behind this. . . He basically forgets to bring a small watering can) hardly uses other auxiliary painting materials, but the palette is made of handmade brass! Hundreds of pounds!

Let's sum up his wisdom ......

1: Whatever. . . Whatever ...

2: Don't tell me to control your picture, watercolor doesn't need to be controlled at all, that randomness and randomness is the true meaning of watercolor!

3: I don't wait for him to do it, so I just paint on it when it's wet. Look at this effect, gee. The main reason is that the pigments I endorse are good!

4: Look at the pens I produced. They are awesome, durable and all the designs are perfect.

5: Don't believe whatever shade he says. His lightest state is stronger than that of 99% watercolor illustrators.

6: There are 2 colors in the palette, but basically the 9 colors and 1 colors are used.

7: No matter what weather or light it is, I regard it as a sun sky painting with backlight and side backlight. (He didn't say it, but don't believe it)

8: No matter how big the sun is, as long as the painted ground is always smooth as a mirror, the ground is full of reflections. He didn't say, but you really don't believe it.

9: No matter what color I paint, the shadows must be purple, the sky must be khaki, and the dark gray must be blue and khaki. To show that I am very particular, I will add a little dark magenta. He did, but he said it differently. )

1: I spit on the painting when I didn't bring a watering can, and once I spit on one of my students' faces. . . . ORZ (he really said it! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! )

Step 1: Accurate pencil draft. Ava also started the manuscript with 2mm thick mechanical pencil, so there is no nonsense. I went on to say that the WASH of Awa on the first floor is very routine. No matter what you draw, you first draw a few strokes of khaki on dry paper with a lot of water from the No.1 red fat man, and then you look at the mood and mix it up. . . Whether or not I can really appreciate the existence of these colors, can I say that this is the enthusiasm of the people of South America? The colors are so strong! Although this painting hardly draws the sky, it still can't get rid of this problem. The shallowest layer of WASH must be khaki, and then mix ultramarine, dark crimson and ochre!

step 2: this painting is really not completely drawn from far to near and from shallow to deep. . . Just after washing the first floor, I began to paint the roof in a very dark color. . . This is also in line with Alvaro's personality. Each of his paintings is not completely drawn in strict accordance with the theoretical sequence. He often draws a very thick dark color first, and then draws a very bright light color in a wet state, and keeps the two color edges dyed in a wet state. In this step, Alvaro mixed the ochre with deep ultramarine blue, and then added a little deep crimson. After that, he felt honest and began to draw a silhouette-like vision from the lightest level. Ava hardly wets a large area of paper before painting, but always uses very strong color protection on dry paper to create a bright and strong effect. The advantage of this painting is that the color connection is vivid, and the color concentration caused by most dry painting methods can be retained. In addition, he once again showed off a small needle and drew a bunch of window frames with a red fat man.

Step 3: Draw some middle-distance scenes with a relatively middle gray tone, including the general shape of the sea of people and some close-up scenes. In this painting, the color he chose is cobalt blue mixed with red and brown. . . Anyway, as long as you paint gray, most of the time it is a blue mixed with a soil color, which looks wonderful. In fact, among the most traditional watercolors, ultramarine mixed with brown is the most widely used weapon to paint dark gray tones.

Step 4: Actually, Ava paints landscapes. Even if it is high in apparent horizon, no one will draw a lot of vivid characters (if you look carefully, none of them are like people. From a distance, they are all standard and obvious class images, such as men in suits, which means basic fiction). Then this punk uncle completely waits for the paint to dry up! I'm drawing inside again! In addition to moist and rich brushstrokes, he also has a sharp weapon, which is dry and rich brushstrokes! Although it was a joke, it was true. Uncle took out a large V35 and made a profound and accurate description of the parts that needed to be accurate. Then, without any accident, he painted the dry ground into a marble floor as wet as a mirror, with various color reflections. After that, he brushed the pen, and then drew two red lines in front of the train to represent the car lights. Unexpectedly, he found a street lamp post (possibly a clock post) in the railway station, which made this street view a standard prospect (close-up). Finally, put a pile of watercolor white on the thick spots where high light is needed. In fact, it is a special standard watercolor finishing stage, but it seems that he has almost no concept of waiting for work. How to learn illustration watercolor?

Watercolor painting is not only an artistic style, but also widely used in books, magazines, advertisements, animation and other fields because of its transparency, water rhyme, carefree, elegant and good at expressing artistic conception. Because of the simplicity and convenience of watercolor painting materials, it coincides with the timeliness of commercial illustration's pursuit of efficiency. The difficulty of watercolor is well known. To be a professional watercolor illustrator, you need a systematic and comprehensive learning process to realize your dream. Let's take a look at the way to become a professional watercolor illustrator!

A preparation material (from Qi Nana, Zhihu):

Paper

Painting watercolors can save money on pigments and pens. Only paper must be of good quality. The quality of paper can directly affect your painting feeling and fun. Let you take a lot of unnecessary detours. You can buy a ready-made 4-size bottle, or you can buy the largest one from a painting tool shop and cut it into small pieces to draw.

Watercolor Pigment _ Marley Watercolor

Many foreign forums have given it good comments. Sex price is the highest. After painting for a while, if you have more requirements for color, you can try the watercolors of Windsor, Smunk, danielsmith and other brands (of course, there are many others, so I won't give them one by one). Many watercolors are divided into student level and painter level. The suggestion is not to rush to buy more and better colors. Being familiar with and making good use of the limited colors on hand will help you better understand the use and mixing of colors. More colors will only make the choice more difficult.

writing brush

So many pens will really make people see things in a blur! It is necessary to remind novices that if they have just started painting and the funds are limited, it is enough to buy a No.6 round-headed brush with mink hair. When buying, pay attention to the fact that the hair tip must be able to form a tip after being dipped in water. No.2 and No.4 can be bought as needed. You can also consider -1 for extremely detailed paintings.

fiber brush

does not absorb as much water as mink hair, so it is suitable for painting with less smudge. Use a fiber pen when drawing small illustrations, which is less water, easy to control and easy to draw details. I have used Windsor's student series pen sets, which I personally find very useful.

mink brush

The most commonly used brush in watercolor painting is mink brush. Absorbs enough water and feels good. Of course, there are other things like squirrel hair, but they are not as good as mink hair. Find a handy brush and you can start painting.

color box

rag

bucket

Second learning process:

Week 1: geometric still life

Week 2: monochrome watercolor still life

Week 3: simple still life watercolor

Week 4: combined still life watercolor

Week 5: flower still life watercolor <. : Watercolor Portrait Sketch

Week 11: Watercolor Portrait Sketch (End)

Week 12: Watercolor Street Shooting People (Painting Sketch)

Week 13: Watercolor Street Shooting People (Painting Sketch)

Week 14: Watercolor Character Illustration Copy

Week 15: Watercolor Character Illustration Copy <

22 can be said to be the world of illustration

Long time no see for Regan Noodles, which has touched countless people

Illustrators can be seen in recent posters of various holiday brands

Do you know the common styles of illustration?

Xiao A will take you through this article

to understand the common styles of illustration posters!

Flat-style illustration is mainly composed of color blocks, with geometric modeling, smooth outline and more intuitive information, which can make people know the information conveyed by the interface at a glance.

The flat interface can also better realize the transformation of images and the webpage can be loaded faster. Therefore, the flat style illustration is widely used in various fields.

stroke style is an extension of flat style.

Adding outlines and strokes to flat elements, and adding strokes to the outlines of line-drawing illustrations are more stereoscopic and lovely compared with flat styles, and are often used in posters, guide pages, logo, etc.

Texture style illustration, also known as grain noise style, is another branch of flat style. The page is superimposed with grain texture, showing a matte texture, which is a bit like sand painting, but more delicate than sand painting.

The main form of expression is the use of a large number of color blocks. The elements are single and clean, and the texture is often superimposed on the highlights and shadows of the elements. The details in the picture are increased through graininess, and the picture is natural, three-dimensional and vivid, and the painting style is relaxed and casual.

Ukiyo-e, which means "a prosperous and empty world" in Buddhist language, is a kind of ukiyo-e painting that shows the ups and downs of the world in the form of painting.

Ukiyo-e painting style is based on traditional printmaking, emphasizing the flat painting of lines and color blocks, with bright colors, mainly represented by birds, fish and waves.

MBE illustration is a style created by a designer of Dribbble. It uses thick black lines to depict elements, removes unnecessary elements in the picture, and the color blocks are clearly distinguished, round and lovely. Cooperate with small elements, often used in guide page, startup page, logo, etc.

Watercolor illustration is a popular painting method in recent years. Simple lines and mild colors are quiet and natural, and the lines are simple and casual. Watercolor illustration is particularly creative, which can not only show realism and abstraction.