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How to paint a new year 2024

New Year 2024 painting steps are as follows:

I. Determine the theme and composition

Need to determine the theme and composition of the new year painting. Considering that a good theme for 2024 is "lion dance". In terms of composition, you can choose to use the lion dance as the main element, supplemented by other symbols of good luck, such as auspicious clouds, beasts, flowers and so on.

Two, drawing the image of the dragon

In the composition, the lion dance is the key to the form and position. You can choose to draw a robust and powerful dancing lion, dancing lion head high, dancing lion gives a sense of power and life. When drawing the details of the dancing lion, you can use different strokes such as dots, lines and surfaces to show its texture and texture.

Three, add other elements

In addition to the lion dance, you can also add other auspicious elements in the picture. Draw auspicious clouds, flames or rainbows around the lion dance to show the power of the lion dance; draw auspicious beasts such as unicorns or lions under the feet of the lion dance to show the majesty and power of the lion dance; draw flowers or fruits around the picture to show the harvest and prosperity.

Four, coloring and rendering

Coloring and rendering is a key step in completing the new year paintings. When choosing colors, you can choose red, gold or yellow and other symbols of good luck. When rendering, you can use different techniques such as gradient, overlay, and blending to express different elements and layers in the picture.

V. Signing and framing

The last step is signing and framing. Sign your name or inscription at the right place in the picture to increase the integrity and artistic sense of the picture. Framing protects the painting while adding to its beauty. You can choose traditional scrolls or modern frames for framing.

Tips to improve your painting

1, learn the basics of painting

Learn the basics of painting

Learn painting at the beginning of the concepts and ideas of learning clearly, will save a great deal of time, do not be a head of the silly learning.

2, more practice

Drawing more stand up and back a few steps to see, you will find yourself before the neglect of the problem. Nothing to squint your eyes and look at the picture, you will find that the picture of the big relationship is very easy to adjust.

3, more observation

In the Internet to find the teaching of the basics of painting video, or other people's live broadcast of the painting, and carefully observe how they paint color, of course, do not just go to imitate others, know the basics of their own practice, and naturally can be practiced to become a painting style belongs to their own.

4, more communication

More with other like-minded people to communicate and exchange paintings, and make some suggestions to each other, to find out the shortcomings of their own paintings.