Painting steps – Tai O, fishing village

I never get tired of painting Tai O. Share the painting steps of this Tai O work. Watercolor on Baohong (China) cold press paper.
大澳總是我筆下的題材,今天來分享這張水彩的作畫步驟。

1. 先以鉛筆打稿,同時以較深色的鉛筆標記暗部位置。
2. 開始鋪色,同時定義整體的明暗空間。
3. 加強棚屋之間的明暗反差,締造光感。
4. 繼續描繪細節,繼而完成下方藍色小船。
5. 最後強化某些色彩,增加整體色彩動態。

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Splash 26: The Best of Watercolor

My work “Limelight” included in Splash 26: The Best of Watercolor, special issue of Artist Magazine in July 2025.

收藏這張畫的朋友希望在生活中找到藝術之光,當我貼出這作品的時候,一位畫友跟我分享他跟太太在這破洞底下拍的婚紗照,果欄承載的就是生活,香港故事。當我走過這小空間,讓我印象深刻的就是這一室是光的感覺,我緊貼著這感覺,完成這張作品。目前刊登於Splash 26: The Best of Watercolor, special issue by Artist Magazine.

Limelight by Jianzhong WU – Splash 26: The Best of Watercolor
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Art Talk – 畫面的簡化與構成

感謝5月17日參與這個講座的過百位朋友,聽我講畫面的設計。表面像是一個繪畫技術講座,但因為眾多水彩愛好者的參與,大家的互動,讓此次講座有一種水彩聚會的愉快感覺!希望不久的將來能有更多的機會與大家分享,交流。

Thank you everyone for participating in my 17 May afternoon’s talk! Over a hundred participants made this seminar particularly interesting.

Splash 25: The Best of Watercolor

My work “Before Sunset” included in Splash 25: The Best of Watercolor, special issue of Artist Magazine in July 2024.

這馬灣涌作品正刊於最新一期的Splash 25: The best of watercolor 特刊. 這是我很喜歡的一個角落,早於十年前已經在這裡寫生,身邊有最好的夥伴,有山有水,有鳥有魚還有狗狗,渡過不少美好的時光。謝謝編輯部給予我一個全版的空間,以圖載文展示這個漁村角落,好!

Before Sunset by Jianzhong WU – Splash 25: The Best of Watercolor
Splash 25: The Best of Watercolor

Affordable Art Fair – Hong Kong 2024

Affordable Art Fair again, 16-19 May 2024, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai. Swing by booth G04, HKARTS with my new watercolor works.

AAF 藝博會又來了,5月16-19日,香港會議展覽中心1E展廳,我的全新作品將會在Booth G04, 歡迎參觀購藏。

Affordable Art Fair 2024, “Thrid Street” by Wu Jianzhong

Art Talk – 水彩和喜歡的畫家

謝謝參加1月12日晚講座的每一位!談天說藝,渡過了如此美好的一個晚上。也要感謝與我一同分享的李賢昌老師,從我們喜歡的水彩畫家到探討各種水彩技法及創作心得,希望未來能再與大家分享。

Thank you everyone for participating in 12 Jan night’s talk, such a wonderful evening. Special thanks to Prof. Ng Woon Lam and Olga Litvinenko.

吳建忠與李賢昌 講 水彩和喜歡的畫家 – 在b.y.Art 藝術空間舉辦
從 Christina’s World 講 Andrew Wyeth
介紹 Munsell Color System

2023 NWS 103rd International Exhibition

Afternoon Nap, accepted to The National Watercolor Society 103rd International Open Exhibition, Oct 1- Nov 5, 2023, NWS Gallery, 915 South Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, CA. Also got my NWS signature member this year.

我畫豆豆午睡的作品入選了今年美國國家水彩協會的國際公開展覽,同時繼AWS之後,也獲得了我的NWS簽名會員資格,能獲得美國最古老,含金量最高的兩個水彩畫會的認同,開心!

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Afternoon Nap by Jianzhong WU, NWS, AWS

Study Room

The light of the study room.
記錄書房的光。現在已經改成了寶寶的睡房,我曾經在這裡呆了10年之久,從做平面設計到畫畫,創意累積的空間。