Animal gouache illustrations-how to teach gouache painting? lesson plans
Are these paintings painted with gouache? Or water-soluble colored lead?
This is the work of the new domestic illustrator group "Snow Doll". They are a pair with extremely high output. The drawing tools are computers + hand-drawn tablets + drawing software. The painting style is to imitate the feeling of gouache. It’s not really gouache painting with paint.
The following is an exclusive interview with the author by Chengdu Evening News:
Otakus and Otakus interpret fairy tales with paintbrushes
In less than a year since its establishment, the number of visitors has reached nearly 10,000 ! Yang Xue, who lives on Yulin South Road, was very happy to see that her and her boyfriend Chen Xi's online blog was so popular, with fans even calling themselves "Snowflakes." The blog run by Yang Xue and Chen Xi is called "Snow Doll's Children's Illustration World", which displays all the illustrations they provide for children's books. Now friends prefer to call them "Xue Xue" and "Baby". They are the "Snow Baby", a well-known freelance illustrator group in Chengdu.
○Community·Characters
It’s normal not to go out for a week to catch up on drawings
The reporter visited the home of the “Snow Doll” the day before yesterday, and it was the “Snow Doll” who opened the door. . "Doll" welcomed the reporter into the room and hurriedly returned to the computer on the left: "I am working on a manuscript, so I can only chat while drawing." After that, "Doll" started operating the writing pad and followed his writing strokes , a "lion" gradually became more vivid. He was drawing characters for Aesop's Fables. Two months ago, a local children's publishing house came to them with the manuscript of this set of masterpieces and asked them to write 150 illustrations. "There have been too many manuscripts recently, and I am really overwhelmed. I have been putting it off for a few days." "Baby" has only slept three or four hours a day for a week in a row, and this night is destined to be another all-nighter. This time, the illustration style required by the other party was more realistic, so "Wawa", who had more solid basic sketching skills, was the main author, and "Xue Xue" assisted from the side, responsible for composition reference and image adjustment. Whenever there is a large number of orders, "Snow Baby" will work side by side like this. After finishing the manuscript, I would sleep for a few days. "It's normal not to go out for a week."
All freelance business depends on online negotiation
There are 365 days a year, and "Snow Baby" is at home for almost 300 days, either working on manuscripts, sleeping, or playing games. "Snow Baby" calls their living situation "home", so naturally they are "home boys" and "home girls". "Snow Doll" is a frequent visitor to shopping websites, and even the illustration business is contacted through the Internet. "Snow Doll" is an illustration for classic fairy tales and children's literature. Princes and princesses, kittens and puppies, exotic scenery, and fantasy worlds are the main contents of the "Snow Doll" illustrations. The first thing they do every day is to turn on their computers and check their emails, QQ and MSN for requests for children's books. If the cooperation conditions are OK, they use chat software to discuss it in detail with the other editor. "Snow Baby" has cooperated with many editors for many years, but most of them communicate through online chats and rarely meet offline.
With a high income, it is no problem to earn 10,000 yuan a month
"Xuexue" and "Wawa" met in 2001 and marveled at the "genetic attraction" of the two young illustrators. I quickly got the right look. Although "Xue Xue" and "Doll" are different between men and women, the various images in the paintings are all round and very cute.
In 2002, the "Snow Baby" group was established. The couple are both idealists and agreed to only draw illustrations for children's books, depicting the beautiful and simple things in the world. Today, the painting skills and reputation accumulated over the years have made "Snow Doll" somewhat famous. With enough confidence, "Snow Baby" is more cautious when choosing clients to cooperate with, and tries its best to create some high-quality illustrations. This year, they turned down most of their invitations and retained only seven or eight regular collaborators. The free time was used to learn and recharge. Although the workload has been reduced, the income is still considerable. The starting price for a single illustration of "Snow Baby" is among the highest in the industry, and the monthly royalties are at least RMB 10,000.
Recently, the two have a new plan. They are going to follow their idol, master illustrator Tony Wolfe, and spend a year or more to independently plan a children's picture book.
○Community · Dynamics
The competition is fierce, and there are people who accept the price of just a few yuan a piece
“Now in Chengdu, black and white illustrations are more than ten yuan a piece, or even "There are people taking the job for just a few yuan a piece." "Wawa" told reporters that illustration is an emerging fashion profession. Some illustrators work as freelancers, such as "Snow Doll", while others work in studios or companies.
According to "Xuewawa", young people born after 1975 are the main force of illustrators in Chengdu. There are currently dozens of local illustration studios in Chengdu and thousands of freelance illustrators. Nowadays, many colleges and universities have opened illustration majors, and various commercial illustrator training courses are emerging one after another in the society. A large number of people have begun to enter this emerging profession. There are more people competing, and there are still people who accept the lowest invitation price.
○Extended reading
Illustrators, also known as commercial illustrators, are professionals who draw illustrations for companies or products and receive compensation while giving up ownership of their works. Commercial illustrations are further divided into advertising illustrations, publication illustrations, cartoon mascot illustrations, film and television illustrations, game illustrations, etc.
Train reporter Chen Zhuo and Feng Shi, is zoocoffee the Elephant Cafe?
Yes.
It is the first animal-themed cultural cafe.
ZooCoffee is a specialty coffee shop with the main theme of freshness and returning to nature. Since the official opening of the first store in Seoul, it has more than 200 branches, relying on the ingenious combination of zoo culture and cafe culture. , attracting many admiring customers.
Now ZooCoffee has come to Shanghai. Walking into ZooCoffee is like stepping into a tropical rain forest. A giraffe more than 5 meters tall stands at the entrance of the store, and the walls are painted with lions, owls, and tigers in watercolor
Elephants and other animals, the dining area for customers is surrounded by various banana leaves and other fresh plants, just like sitting in a natural rainforest treehouse drinking coffee, and the sounds of various animals can be heard indoors from time to time. Make customers immersed in the scene,
Childlike and full of artistic sense.
According to the store clerk, ZooCoffee has put a lot of effort into the decoration design. In order to create a zoo-themed cafe, the tables and chairs used in the store are carefully designed and selected, including rattan tables and chairs, animal pattern leather chairs, Old
Old wooden tables, indoor simulated trees, and colorful gouache animal-themed illustrations on the walls are all created by professionals in the industry. Such an original dining environment brings a relaxing, natural and comfortable place for people living in Shanghai to meditate and relax.
In terms of food, ZooCoffee does not slack off at all, focusing on various types of coffee and waffles. The open kitchen in the center of the restaurant allows customers to witness all types of handmade dessert coffee. Original ice cream waffles
The ice cream waffles are traditionally handmade in Italy. The crispy waffles are topped with fragrant chocolate sauce, plus three-color ice cream balls, making you feel hot and cold. Feel refreshed. White chocolate mocha and matcha latte are the most popular drinks in the shop. Each drink cup has a different kind of small animal, and even the tray has an animal pattern. How to teach gouache painting? Lesson Plan
This is a lesson plan for children
1 First, let the children know what gouache is and its properties
A painting made by mixing gouache paint with water is gouache. Gouache paints are opaque and, if used correctly, can have both thick and vivid effects. It can be painted on construction paper or on a wooden board or canvas. Because gouache has strong covering power, it can be painted on white paper as well as colored paper. Because gouache painting has strong expressive power and can be used for smooth strokes and detailed depiction, it has naturally become one of children's favorite paintings. When learning to paint gouache, in addition to understanding the properties of gouache paint, being familiar with the methods of blending and arranging colors, and mastering some color knowledge, what is more important is to paint more and feel more. Whether it is abstract or concrete, imaginative or sketching, you must use your pen boldly, let go of painting, feel the color during the painting process, discover the charm of color, and enhance your cognitive perception of color.
Through learning gouache painting, children not only improve their interest and desire in painting, but also experience the joy of free expression and creation. And master preliminary color knowledge and expression techniques, improve the ability to experience beauty and express beauty, and enrich aesthetic experience. Stimulate children's positive, good and free and safe mentality, and also provide a broad space for the development of their observation, imagination and creativity.
2 Teaching characteristics of gouache painting
In the teaching process of gouache painting activities, we start with games to guide children to learn to observe and gain some feelings and experiences during observation. It also inspires children to engage in divergent thinking, encourages fantastic ideas, and tries multi-language, multi-angle, and multi-form expressions, while also guiding them to access a variety of painting materials.
With the purpose of educating people, stimulating interest and paying attention to the creative process as the premise, and cultivating children's artistic qualities and abilities as well as non-artistic qualities and abilities as a means, everyone participates in interesting and creative art activities as a basis, in a loose, free and safe environment. , cultivate and develop children's creative spirit and creative thinking according to their personality differences in a harmonious environment. Stimulate children's interest in art activities and induce curiosity; stimulate the desire for expression, cultivate boldness and self-confidence; cultivate good appreciation habits and abilities; cultivate inquiry interests, habits and observation skills; develop children's creative thinking and will quality, and gradually form a hobby Think independently, dare to speak, not be afraid of being wrong, be able to think about problems from multiple angles, associate and imagine freely, and initially have the ability to migrate, imitate, and create from the original form as a divergence point; cultivate evaluation skills; master and develop Art qualities, abilities and skills related to creative art activities.
3 Teaching objectives of gouache painting
Teaching objectives of primary class
1. Actively participate in gouache painting activities, experience the joy of gouache painting activities, and cultivate interest in gouache painting activities. Able to paint happily, boldly and easily.
2. Understand painting tools and materials such as gouache, oil pastel, gouache, gouache, and paper, learn the basic usage methods, and learn the correct way to hold the pen and painting posture.
3. Be able to use points, lines and simple shapes (circles, squares, etc.) to express the outline characteristics and changes of a single object.
4. Learn to identify different colors such as red, yellow, blue, green, orange, black and white, name them, and choose to use a variety of colors for painting.
5. Learn to distinguish the background color and the main color, and use subjective feelings to boldly draw the main shape and the color to set off the background.
6. Know how to draw the main part in the center of the paper, and make the main object larger than other parts.
Improving class teaching objectives
1. Learn to use expressive lines to express the main characteristics and basic structures of things you have experienced.
2. Distinguish the shades of the same color, learn to use richer colors to express the picture, and be able to boldly express the main color and background color.
3. Cultivate sensitivity to color, be able to pay attention to color changes, the harmonious beauty of colors, and learn to use richer colors to express nature.
4. Be able to break the interference of patterned compositions, cultivate the habit of boldly painting according to subjective consciousness, and try to express pictures with a sense of rhythm and symmetry.
5. Appreciate famous works and paintings related to life experience, understand the theme and basic content of the works, feel the color changes and interrelationships of the works, and generate feelings and emotions consistent with the works.
Teaching objectives of the advanced class
1. Boldly use a variety of gouache expression techniques to express your own feelings and wishes, and experience the joy of gouache creation activities.
2. Be able to use more expressive lines, shapes and colors to express the observed images of natural objects and certain phenomena in social life, and draw the changes and movements of objects.
3. Be able to express simple spatial relationships such as a certain direction, front and back, far and near, express the relationship between the subject and the background, and pay attention to the balance and coordination of the picture.
3. Distinguish the dark, light, fresh and gray colors, learn the depth of colors, the combination of cold and warm, and boldly use colors to express your emotions.
4. Be able to use your own ideas and associations to create imaginative and abstract paintings based on clues.
4 Key points and difficulties in gouache teaching
1. Key points: inspire children to express their emotions of beauty, enrich their aesthetic experience, and enable them to experience the joy of free expression and creation. Provide timely and appropriate guidance on performance methods and skills based on children's development status and needs.
2. Difficulty: Overcoming the tendency of children’s creative processes and works to overemphasize skills and standardized requirements.
5 Teaching Strategies for Gouache Teaching
1. Stimulate children’s interest in creation
Children will only make progress and become talented when they are interested in painting. Have the ability to innovate. We listen to the child's questions, share the child's curiosity, and give the child time to think, such as drawing "animals in the forest." The teacher first tells a story to arouse children's interest, and then listens to the children's ideas. If he tells a story, what animals are in the story and what are they doing? The children's answers will be different, and the paintings they choose to draw will be creative.
The cultivation of interest can be stimulated from the diversification of the form and content of the teacher's example design, the exploratory nature of skills teaching, and the openness of problem design.
2. Promote children’s active participation and make children the main body of the activity.
It is known from long-term art studies that children’s free choice of painting will lead to more creativity than forced choice. In children’s painting, the higher the degree of autonomy, the higher the level of creativity. When we ask children to draw, our focus is to allow them free choice and inspire creativity. Such as the art class "Chicken". Let the children talk about observing chickens catching insects, eating rice, playing, sleeping, etc. Inspire children to draw various dynamic images of chickens, and they can also come up with other plots, such as kittens playing with chickens, the fox coming, and how cats protect chickens. Let children freely make up stories and use their brains to draw the storyline, breaking the previous picture of a "chicken eating rice" scenario. It gives full play to children's imagination and can also improve their ability to draw independently. In addition, teachers should provide children with opportunities to participate, explore, decide and express independently during activities, so that children can become the main body of the activities.
3. Reduce the external pressure on children’s painting and enhance their internal motivation.
When children create out of their own interests, organizations can produce more creative works. Teachers should not use punishment or criticize external pressure to urge children to draw. If children's paintings are too far away from the topic, we should not scold them to avoid children's great psychological contrast, which will affect their inner freedom and hinder their creative development. Teachers should allow children to actively discover, explore, and think in a relaxed, free, and safe environment to generate strong creativity.
4. The teaching should be flexible and changeable, and art work should be added appropriately to encourage children to think freely and independently
The traditional art model in the past was independent and deep, which was not conducive to children's creativity. Therefore, we adopt flexible teaching methods, add art labor, enrich art tools and materials, stimulate children's creative thinking, and provide in-depth guidance at all levels to fully reflect the fun of art activities. Such as: color card painting, appreciation and copying of master works, sketching, auxiliary material painting (cotton swab painting, small spoon inverted painting, line drag painting, wheel rolling painting, spray painting, seal painting, blowing painting, drip painting, paper ball Prints, finger paintings, etc.), decorative paintings (pots, paper fans, paper boxes, paper plates, Sprite bottles, etc.). When children participate in activities, they actively engage in painting creation and gain physical and mental pleasure, which leads to strong innovative thinking and desire. It not only enriches children's perceptual experience, but also improves their artistic expression