Clay sculpture is divided into what

Clay sculpture is divided into tianjin "mudman Zhang" color sculpture and wuxi color sculpture.

One, Tianjin "Mud People Zhang" colorful sculpture:

Tianjin "Mud People Zhang" colorful sculpture is the Qing dynasty during the Daoguang period of the development of Mr. Zhang Mingshan, since the first, has been passed down to date has a history of 180 years. Mud people Zhang colorful sculpture has a distinctive reality of the main Tianjin mud people Zhang works

artistic characteristics, can truly portray the character, physical appearance; the pursuit of anatomical structure, exaggerated reasonable, appropriate; with color, elegant and beautiful. Mud people Zhang color sculpture suitable for indoor display, general size is not large, about 40 cm, can be placed on the desk or shelf. The material used is pure clay with low sand content and no impurities, which is weathered, pulped, filtered, dehydrated, and smashed and kneaded repeatedly with cotton wool to become "mature clay". After the artist hand kneaded into shape, natural air drying, and then painted.

Second, Wuxi colorful sculpture:

Wuxi colorful sculpture is said to have a history of 400 years. Through generations of artistic practice, artists have created the world-renowned Huishan clay figures. Huishan clay figure category is rich, divided into two categories of coarse goods, fine goods. Coarse goods, also known as juggling goods, mainly to pray for good luck as the theme, the use of molds to print blanks, hand-painted color, its shape is exaggerated, the lines are simple and clumsy, the overall fruitful childish fat, painted with a bold brush, strong color contrast.

Mainly for children to play, fine goods are mainly hand pinch to shape the artistic image. Most of the contents of the drama theme-based, so called hand pinch theater. Also pinch the Buddha and reflect the current life of the works, a work from the feet pinch, from bottom to top, from inside to outside, segmented combination, a breath of fresh air.

In the color painting, the delicate brushwork, from head to toe, from the character's expression to the folds of the clothes for a delicate depiction. The hand-cupped opera text reproduces the typical scenes of theatrical performances, highlights the instantaneous demeanor of the theatrical characters, with vivid modeling, colorful and pleasing to the eye, beautifully decorated, and everlasting. People's home decorations and gifts.