Journey to the West clay works tutorial

The Journey to the West clay work tutorial is as follows:

I. Preparation of materials

1, the preparation of colored clay and the necessary tools

Colorful clay can be purchased in the professional art supplies store or on the network, tools include knives, brushes, molds and so on.

2. Prepare reference materials

You can collect some pictures or illustrations about the characters of Journey to the West as a reference for making.

Two, choose the character shape

According to personal preferences or needs, choose the characters to be produced in Journey to the West, such as the Monkey King, Porky Pig, Monk Sand and so on.

Three: Shape the base

1. According to the reference material, use the colored clay to shape the base shape of the character. You can use your hands to knead the colored clay into a ball, and then gradually shape it into the character's head, body, limbs and so on.

2. Using knives and molds allows you to shape the details of the figure more accurately, such as facial features, clothing textures, and so on.

Four, making the details

1, press out the outline of the two eyes, use black clay to make the eyes, and use a paintbrush to draw the eyebrows and mouth.

2, take a small piece of red clay and a long strip of yellow clay to pinch out the bottom of the monk's hat, use small scissors to cut a long strip of red clay into the following shape as the top half of the monk's hat, and the head glued together.

3. Take skin color clay and pinch it into a cylinder shape with a thin top and a thick bottom as the body, pinch yellow clay into a round shape, roll it out thinly, and use it later as the monk's robe, and wrap the thin slice of yellow clay used as the monk's robe around the cylinder used as the body.

4: Take a large piece of red clay, shape it into a circle, roll it out thinly, and use it as a robe. Wrap the robe around the body wearing the monk's clothes, and use a knife to draw the lines of the robe.

5: Squeeze the left arm of the surplice out of the red clay, press the cuffs with a texture stick at the wide end, and stick the left arm in the right place on the body.

Background and significance of the Journey to the West

1, background

Tang Taizong Zhenguanyuan first year, the 25-year-old monk Xuanzang went to Tianzhu travel to learn the scriptures.

2. Significance

The Journey to the West is China's first romantic chapter-length novel of gods and demons, which bitterly satirizes the dark status quo of the society at that time. It opened up a new category of chapter-length novels about gods and demons. The book skillfully combines good-natured ridicule, bitter satire and serious criticism, directly influencing the development of satirical novels.