Gouache still life study, chats about art books 📚🖌

answering some questions about new art books while painting a piece of watermelon
names of the books:
美术权威教本：色彩静物
色彩基础教程一本通
pinterest board: pin.it/5hVOglKcs
channel mentioned: • Mastering the techniqu...

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

Love this loose, slightly messy style. I want to embrace minor imperfections like rough edges in my work.

[@ultramarine_finest]

i think minor imperfections are usually super charming to look at :p

[@hippopotamusbosch]

I always found this style to be quite formulaic. It reminds me of western ateliers in their lack of individuality.

[@ultramarine_finest]

yeah thats exactly how i feel!

[@shamardaniel4819]

Thanks for explaining this style of art I see plastered all over my Pinterest feed! I love it but couldn’t find where it came from or “who’s” style it was. I could tell it was more an eastern approach, but it’s great to see where it comes from.

[@ultramarine_finest]

thank you for watching :) i recently read that they use gouache to mimic alla prima oil painting during the exams because the finished works need to be completely dry within 2-3 hours, and will be collected and stacked together with hundreds of other students' works. it's fascinating that it created a style of its own :p

[@blueberry44.]

Thanks for this video! I had come across the pages and paintings from this book on Pinterest, but I didn't know their names. How is this technique called? I absolutely like it.

[@ultramarine_finest]

im not sure if this technique has any names, some people jokingly call it the *art academy style* because of the exams... but maybe in the future i will do a video about how to paint in this manner :) i need to do more studies and research for that 😇

[@blueberry44.]

@@ultramarine_finest thanks! I would love to paint in this technique. Greetings

[@hemjoo]

I went to Taobao to order a few art books after I watched your previous video. I may just treat them like textbooks to provide the fundamentals and adjust accordingly. I like your watermelon better cos the other one is too loose/sketchy for me😂

[@ultramarine_finest]

ah thats great! thank you so much :p i hope you like your new books :p

[@dianaromig732]

I see you painting with your qouache in a pan. Don’t they dry out? Like 👍 your books. Informative video 🎉❤

[@ultramarine_finest]

thank you! yes they do dry out, i will reuse them by spraying more water on top and squeezing out more paint. and wipe them away when they get too dirty, or if im running out of mixing space :p

[@happiness4654]

Love the asmr ish type video. If youre fine with it, could ypu make more videos like these?❤

[@ultramarine_finest]

yes absolutely 😊

[@jcroxas]

oh i just found this video! ignore my comment in the previous video i did haha. im curious to know, youre in EU right? how did you buy this book here? i want to buy it as well 😄

[@ultramarine_finest]

hehe if you keep watching my earlier videos you will see :p i went back home to Beijing in april and found these books in a bookstore there!