The last time I saw the works of this watercolor ultra-realistic painter was the last time. Today, I noticed his watercolor works again, with a very high number of dynamic sharing. Let him be crazy about 730,000 fans on the whole network. Of course, this is an incomplete statistic, but there are as many as 1,600 dynamically shared diaries, which shows his persistence in painting.

It is said that hyper-realistic painting is meaningless. Today, it seems that he can see some clues in him, which is not only meaningful, but also quite amazing and admirable.

Thierry Duval, a watercolor painter from Paris

Thierry Duval

Duvall out Born in 1957, he is 68 years old this year. How many things can a man like in old age? Some people play chess, some people dance, and painting is the only thing he likes to do.

He is creating a creative way that everyone is very familiar with, that is, watercolor super-realism. He has seen more oil painting super-realism and color lead sketch super-realism. Few people choose to challenge watercolor super-realism. After all, water pen is still a special painting tool.

In Duvall's hyper-realistic landscape, the tone and contrast of the real scene are perfectly reproduced, including all the details of course, for a time Let many people misunderstand it as a professional photography.

▲ Street observation and feeling is also one of the very important creative elements

Duval said that it is necessary to believe in yourself, just like you like painting. You can only study and study painting hard and try your best to achieve the ultimate in painting, so don't put the cart before the horse, and don't remember to improve your artistic creation after you have a little reputation.

As long as hard work will pay off, recognition will inevitably come.

Although the words are rough, the reason must be this.

It is well known for a painter to become famous, but his efforts are not smooth sailing.

Duval has had a strong interest in painting from a very young age, which is the best loving attitude towards art.

Duval graduated at the age of 25, majoring in decoration. Later, in order to make a living, he became an illustrator.

When he was 33, An Italian theme restaurant invited him to participate in the painting creation of wall decoration paintings. The owner customized the paintings of Raphael in the Renaissance. After this copying and reproduction of the master's works, he developed a complex very fond of academic realistic works.

And his realistic works are not oil paintings. Although many painters tend to create oil paintings,

Duval also used oil paintings at the beginning,

But when I appreciated the works of master painter Delacroix, I realized the visual impact of watercolor for the first time.

In fact, whatever painting is used is a display of the artistic aesthetics of the essence of painting. Duval tends to choose watercolor creation. The difficulty here lies in the transparency and uncertainty of watercolor. In the long-term practice of painting, he became skilled in controlling and predicting the changes of watercolor after drying.

It may not be as good as sketch or oil painting, but it takes more time and energy to paint a hyper-realistic work in watercolor.

Many people will comment that hyper-realism is a kind of copying and copying. No technology at all 。 But in his works, in long-term study and research, Duval is not just a reproduction of photographs, What you think is the relationship between perspective auxiliary lines and sketches, but he pays attention to using the cold and warm changes of colors to achieve the spatial relationship of landscape. This cognition has influenced many watercolor painters, including Duval's understanding of creation.

In fact, in Duval's paintings,

The best thing is His understanding and expression of light.

You can depict the details of each object in the landscape perfectly, so as to achieve the true photo style, but it is really difficult to express the visible and intangible existence of light. Therefore, looking at a painting, as long as it can highlight the natural beauty of light, the gold content of this painting must not be simple.

68-year-old painter,

In addition to strolling on the street, it is to paint a picture of the street you have strolled by.

Extremely delicate observation of life,

Not only can you naturally and vividly draw all the realistic details, but you can also feel the light changes expressed in various weather environments.

Such a skill is enough to make a painting live, and people like it indescribably, not only because it looks like it, but also because it makes people feel vivid and cordial.

Therefore, he was also named contemporary watercolor painter,

It has also won the likes and attention of 700,000 people on the whole network.

Duval gradually became a realistic watercolor painter because of a work experience at the age of 33. It took him 35 years to know and learn watercolor. In the 1,600 dynamic shares of his blog, he was both crazy and immersed in the world of painting.

Capturing what others think is the daily life in one's own life and reproducing the urban beauty of Paris and Venice with watercolor is like there is such a mysterious veil of beauty in the habitual life.

In his log sharing, he also shared it with people who like to draw:

I live happily every day because of my passion and my art. The best thing for me is to stop relying on business owners and instead rely on gallery owners. I now work for private collectors and am no longer stressed by deadlines and have to create a lot of work for exhibitions before deadlines.

Like to paint is an examination of reality,

On the basis that everything is meaningless,

It may just be an ordinary poem,

The painter Duval's paintings are beautifying poetry more and more,

This is the best interpretation of his realistic landscape painting.

Painting hyper-realism for 33 years,

At 68, he's still painting,

1600 updates are still being updated constantly,

He must still paint until 78, 88...

Sharing life and persisting in art without distractions,

This is the most extravagant pursuit of painter Duval's life.

After all, painting is painting. Since it is painting, of course, we need to look at more paintings.

Enjoy more of Thierry Duval's watercolor work

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