中文简介：

新手艺术家将学习如何用当代新方式创作水粉画。在这本书中，水粉画，一种经常与水彩画相比的经典技法，获得了新的维度，为当代艺术家、插画家和平面设计师提供了更大的可能性。水粉画消除了“正统绘画”与水彩画的自然魅力之间的界限，结合了两种技法的优势。稀释后的水粉画几乎与水彩画一样，但是单独使用时，可以在不透明的层次上使用，具有类似于蜡笔的暗淡表面。它可溶于水，具有相当大的宽容度，允许修正和修订，最后，其中含有的细粒颗粒使得细节绘画成为可能。获奖插画家阿优沙·布劳（Aljoscha Blau）分享了他多年的经验，提供了购买和材料建议，快速成功的技巧，关于构图、色彩、工具和流程的建议。他用自己的插图为这一切添砖加瓦，这既是一种激励，也是一场视觉盛宴……

英文简介：

In this practical volume, budding artists will learn to use gouache in a new and contemporary way. In this book, gouache, a classic technique often compared to watercolour, acquires a new dimension and offers a bolder approach to contemporary artists, illustrators and graphic designers. Gouache erases the boundaries between 'proper painting' and the spontaneous charm of watercolour, combining the advantages of both techniques. Diluted, gouache is almost like watercolour, but when used on its own, it can be applied in opaque layers with a matte surface reminiscent of pastels. Soluble in water, it is rather forgiving and allows for corrections and revisions, and finally, the fine grain of the pigment it contains makes detailed drawings possible. Award-winning illustrator Aljoscha Blau shares his many years of experience, offers purchasing and material recommendations, tips for swift success, suggestions on composition, the use of colour, tools and processes. And he spices it all up with his own illustrations, which are both an incentive and a feast for the eyes...