14 ~ 15 century, European painters developed a monochrome watercolor painting with lines as the backbone, few colors as contrast or only monochrome rendering as the draft and practice of oil painting creation.
It was not until nearly three or four hundred years ago that watercolors were sorted into a more orderly history. In Europe from 16 to 17 centuries, Plato's ideal beauty made painters pay attention to the realistic spirit of nature, and often captured the beauty endowed by nature by sketching landscapes. Watercolor is a material to record inspiration and ever-changing flowing atmosphere. Therefore, influenced by German painter Diu Lei and others, watercolor is gradually used by more people. In particular, some Dutch painters in the17th century devoted themselves to treating watercolor as an art equivalent to oil painting, and fully studied its special techniques, which gradually spread to Britain, leading to the rise of British watercolor painting in the18th century. Paul Sandeby, known as the father of English watercolor, has won honor and status in the society with his unremitting efforts and outstanding talents. With the strong support of the British government, he established the Royal Academy of Art, which promoted the development of watercolor and began to break away from the influence of the Netherlands and seek an independent style. During this period, French watercolor painting was extended by its oil-colored religious portraits, instead of being directly influenced by the Netherlands like Britain. /kloc-French watercolor painting in the 0/8th century is a combination of transparency and opacity, which was formed on the basis of developing light-colored illustrations and absorbing British style characteristics. They pay attention to opaque painting methods such as gum watercolor, while the so-called pure transparent watercolor is widely used in Britain.
In addition, in Germany, Switzerland and other European countries, due to the spirit of exploring natural mysteries and realism brought by humanism, watercolor painting has gradually penetrated into people's hearts because of its portability and diversity advantages, and has shown light and independent value and charm.
From18th century to19th century, watercolor painters laid an independent foundation after several centuries of efforts. Watercolor can be today thanks to the management of this period. In particular, Turner, Godin, Bonington and other talented British painters studied hard, carried forward the characteristics of pure watercolor painting and abandoned the pleasing Dutch painting. At the same time, oil painters and sculptors in Europe and America have devoted themselves to watercolor creation, which makes watercolor art flourish day by day. Throughout the development history of watercolor painting, although it is only three or four hundred years before and after, it has achieved such brilliant results in such a short time, and its characteristics are more in line with the spirit of modern efficiency, which will surely bring a more brilliant future to the modern art world.