Animal Theme Watercolor Creative Practice And Study

Animal theme watercolor is a minor part of watercolor art.Compared with subjects such as still life,landscapes and characters,animal theme watercolor painters and works are less on study and representation.Moreover,animal theme watercolor takes up a small proportion in watercolor arts,the related masterpieces lack as well,which requires the animal theme watercolor should be improved both on exploration and study.Because of the different historical development,the national culture and the background of the Times,the Western and eastern animal watercolor paintings has formed different artistic expressions and produced different styles of watercolor paintings.Based on the analysis and summary of the development course on the watercolor painting and the personal graduation practice,this paper puts forward that the animal watercolor painting should reflect the social life,embody the characteristics of the times and cause the resonance of the readers.The first part expounds the background of the watercolor painting on animal theme,and presents the main development course of this kind of theme through the introduction of its development in Europe,America and China.The second part introduces several representative watercolor painters and works which are good at expressing animal theme in our country.The third part,embarked from personal graduation practice,explains the creation process of two-piece "cat series" Watercolor painting,analyzes the creation value of animal theme watercolor painting from the different angles.Above all the studies,the paper summers up some personal sentiment and the experience on the animal watercolor painting.