Basic skills of art: What are the paper-cutting techniques?

Paper-cut art has a long history in China, and the window grilles seen in many rural areas are typical paper-cut works. As a unique folk art, complex paper-cutting also has its basic techniques. Today we will learn what paper-cutting techniques are.

Paper-cutting, also known as paper-cutting, uses scissors to cut paper into various artistic patterns. It is a traditional folk art of Han nationality in China. It has a long history and is enduring. It is also the artistic treasure of the Chinese nation, and has now become one of the treasures in the world art treasure house.

Like all paper arts, paper-cutting has its own unique production methods. The "five elements" of the basic paper-cutting techniques are: circle, sharp, square, lack and line. To be round, such as autumn moon, full and round; Cut the tip like a wheat awn, sharp and straight; Cut like a tile, neat and powerful; Cut like a sawtooth and arrange orderly; Cut the thread like a beard, flat and thin. Cut the mouth neatly, leave no stubble, don't cut too much, and don't break it elsewhere. This is the most basic requirement of paper cutting.

There are three main methods of paper cutting:

1, orthographic: mainly lines, keeping the lines of modeling, cutting off other parts, connecting the lines, keeping the shape, and cutting off other parts, which is called orthographic.

2, concave carving: mainly blocks, cut off the lines of the characters, the lines are broken, and the shape is cut empty, which is called negative shape.

3. Yin and Yang engraving: the combination of Yang engraving and Yin engraving.

The production process of paper-cutting should generally follow the principle of "three first and three later". That is, the first is complicated and then easy, the first is main and the second is secondary, and the first is internal and external. That is, cut the complex part first, and then cut the easier part; Cut the important part first, and then cut the secondary part; At the same time, we should pay attention to cutting the inside first and then cutting the outside. Only in this way can a beautiful paper-cut work be successfully completed.