Examples of the characteristics of oil and watercolor painting

Oil painting is to use fast-drying vegetable oils (linseed oil, poppy oil, walnut oil, etc.) and pigments, in the canvas linen, cardboard or wood on the production of a painting. It is characterized by: 1. The pigment attached to the picture has a strong hardness, when the picture is dry, it can maintain the luster for a long time. 2. The covering power of the pigment and the transparency of the performance of the fuller performance of the depiction of the object, the richness of color, three-dimensional texture. 3. The use of the color of the contrast between warm and cold, the contrast between the intensity of brightness and darkness, the contrast between the levels of thickness and thinness of the sense of light for the creation of a dramatic atmosphere to form a picture.

Watercolor painting is a method of painting with water and transparent pigments, referred to as watercolor, which is characterized by 1. Due to the transparency of the color, a layer of color to cover another layer can produce a special effect, but too much color mixing or covering too much will make the color dirty, water drying fast, so watercolor paintings are not suitable for large works, suitable for the production of landscapes, such as fresh and bright small paintings; 2. There is also a feature is to focus on sketching, through the painter of light, color, air, scenery subjective construction, so as to constitute a novel dexterity, bright colors, fresh tone, smooth brushwork landscape works. 3. With bright, moist, gorgeous, elegant artistic characteristics, since the 19th century, the world countries appeared in a number of watercolors masters, such as Sweden's Zorn, the United States of America's Sargent, Andrzejewski, Hommai, and so on.