How to paint Mogao Caves sketch step by step

Mogao Grottoes how to paint brushstroke step by step as follows:

The first step, with mud in the gravel rock wall to be painted on the surface of the production of "frescoes on the ground battle". The first layer of coarse straw clay. Sand and soil mixed with straw and mud, pressed and smeared on the gravel rock surface of the cave wall.

To be coarse grass mud layer after drying, and then the Mogao Grottoes caves in front of the Dangquan River bed of the clarified plate soil mixed with hemp and mud, pressed on top of the coarse grass mud layer. Finally, in the fine mud layer on a very thin layer of kaolin, lime or gypsum and other powder layer can be painted murals.

The second step is the overall design of the entire cave. According to the specific wishes of the grotto owner and the givers, and based on Buddhist scriptures, the content and subject matter to be painted on each wall of the entire grotto is planned and designed.

The third step is to create a draft. Direct Drafting: After dividing the entire wall of the cave into large blocks according to its content, the artist uses skillful painting techniques to draw directly on the wall with his bare hands.

Generally a brush dipped in light earth red color is used to draw directly on the wall. Proportionate division of the wall starting draft: based on the pre-drawn small draft of the composition, enlarged in proportion. Powdered text: made by punching holes in the lines of the ink draft, and puffed into thick water when used.

The fourth step, coloring. After the completion of the draft, the master wrote the color mark, by the disciple artisan coloring completed. The "color mark" is the color distribution code. Of course a large number of murals are directly on the color.

The fifth step, outline. Mural painting is the last process of tracing the shape of the line, also known as the "shape line".

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The Mogao Grottoes are located in Dunhuang, at the western end of the Hexi Corridor. Its excavation lasted for about 1,000 years from the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms to the Yuan Dynasty, which is unique among Chinese grottoes. It is not only a splendid artistic treasure trove of ancient Chinese civilization, but also an important witness to the dialogues and exchanges among civilizations that once took place on the ancient Silk Road.

Mogao Grottoes has 735 existing caves, preserving more than 45,000 square meters of mural paintings, more than 2,400 colorful sculptures, and five wooden eaves of Tang and Song dynasties, which epitomize the development and evolution of China's grotto art, and enjoys a high historical status in grotto art.

The caves are painted, molded Buddha and the contents of the Buddhist scriptures, for the Buddhist practice, watch the image, place of worship. Dunhuang Grottoes is a combination of architecture, sculpture, murals, three-dimensional art.

The caves are divided into north and south: the south 492 caves is the Mogao Grottoes ceremonial Buddha activities, the north 243 caves are mainly monks and craftsmen's residences, within the practice and living facilities kangkang pits, chimneys, niches, lamps, etc., but more colorful sculptures and frescoes.

Dunhuang Grottoes a usually used to refer to the Mogao Grottoes, is the Mogao Grottoes, the Western Thousand Buddha Caves of the general term, and sometimes includes the Yulin Grottoes in Anxi. The Dunhuang Grottoes, together with the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, and the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan Province, are known as the Three Great Grottoes of China.

In 1961, the State Council announced the Mogao Grottoes and Yulin Grottoes as national key cultural relics protection units. 1987, the Mogao Grottoes were inscribed on the World Heritage List as cultural heritage.