Watercolor is a term that reflects the essence of this technique. For drawing, artists do not use oil paints, but special watercolors, which are diluted with water before application. In addition, sometimes the sheet is additionally wetted.

Before the Renaissance, the landscape performed a decorative function. But before the landscape became the bearer of the idea and before it began to help reveal the character of the main characters, and even more so gained independence, a very long time passed. For the first time, we see the image of nature on the reliefs of ancient civilizations that arose…

Art is one of the most important and interesting phenomena in the life of society, an integral part of human activity, which plays a significant role in the development of not only an individual, but also society. The essence of art is determined by the fact that it represents the most complete and effective form of aesthetic awareness of the surrounding…

The basis for painting is any physically existing material or surface on which paints are applied: metal, wood, fabric, paper, brick, stone, plastic, vellum paper (thin parchment, wax, tracing paper), parchment, plaster, glass. However, only a few of them represent the traditional foundations for oil painting; they are divided into two groups: elastic…