What are the expressive techniques of paper-cutting

Chinese paper-cutting is a kind of folk art that uses scissors or carving knives to cut patterns on paper, which is used to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities. Here is what I have organized the expression of paper-cutting, welcome to share.

1. Monochrome paper cutting

1-1. Usually a monochrome paper-cutting work using red paper and black paper or other color materials to cut out. Yangcheng paper-cutting is characterized by retaining the outline lines of the original, cut off the blank part outside the outline lines. Each of its lines are interconnected, pulling a hair will move the whole body.

1-2. Yin carved paper cutting is characterized by the opposite of Yang carved paper cutting, that is, carved away from the outline of the original draft, retaining the part of the outline outside the line. Therefore, the characteristics of the Yin-carved paper-cutting is that its lines are not necessarily interconnected, and the work as a whole is blocky.

1-3. The combination of yin and yang is based on the draft of the relationship between the real and the virtual need to take the yin carving and yang carving cross approach, which can make the picture effect is richer, more clearly distinguishable from the primary and secondary.

2. Compound color paper cutting

Compound color paper cutting, also known as color paper cutting. Is to several pieces of colored paper cut after cutting collage into a picture; or white paper according to the draft cut, and then dyed and filled with a variety of colors; or first cut into the main version, lined with white paper and then dyed and filled with a variety of colors. Subdivision can be:

(1) lining color class, lining color paper-cutting is a white base line as the outline of the line, the best choice of pattern is the yin carving paper-cutting, under its works, lined with a variety of dark red or dark blue colors, so that they show the contrast between black and white, or red and white obvious effect.

(2) sets of color class, the method of monochrome paper-cutting cut into the main version and the image of the second version, and then cut another color paper mounted on the main part of the need; or the draft of the required colors of color paper, overlap the nail together, and then along the line of the draft in order to cut into, choose one for the main version, mounted on the liner, and then add the rest of the part of the main version of the paste on the top. Set of color paper-cutting is a more widely used in the art of paper-cutting a method of expression, generally more than the completed Yang carving of the main manuscript collage on the need for a variety of color paper. Generally the materials used in the main haggis are thicker 'paper, or damask, velvet and other advanced materials. And the color should be used in dark colors, so that the set up can be handy. Foshan, Guangdong, a "copper lining" is the gold foil paper carved into the main manuscript, the parts were lined with red, blue, grass green, yellow, appearing rich and magnificent.

(3) color combination, that is, respectively, with color paper cut into various parts of the image, and then according to the pattern mounted on the liner; or see the overlap of various colors of paper nailed together, and then according to the manuscript cut into, kisses spelled out on the liner.

(4) coloring class, coloring paper-cutting, also known as "pen color paper-cutting", the main haggard carved and pasted on a white paper, and then according to the needs of each part of the different colors. Individual faces can be rendered appropriately. The "copper chisel" paper-cutting in Foshan, Guangdong, China, is to chisel out the pattern on a piece of copper with a hammer first, and then apply different colors of oil pigment to the empty space, which is locally called "copper chisel". This kind of paper-cutting gives a person a sense of splendor, and easy to keep for a long time, but can only make a piece at a time.

(5) point of color class, point of color paper-cutting, also known as dyeing, in the raw rice paper cut and engraved on the finished product, with a brush on a variety of colors. If you want several layers together with point dyeing, color pigment should be added to a small amount of wine, easy to color penetration. When coloring, pay attention to a color dry before another color, so as not to confuse the string of colors. However, if in order to make two colors than the effect of seepage, dyeing does not have to wait for a color dry and then on the other color, usually on the first color half-dry that is on the other color, in order to achieve the effect of seepage. Dot color paper-cutting should usually be used in the negative carving method, to facilitate the large area left for dyeing. Dot-colored paper-cutting has strong colors and a strong local flavor, and is most famous for the dyed paper-cutting in Weixian County, Hebei Province, China. China's Zhejiang Pingyang stained paper cutting, in the inheritance of the traditional point of color in Weixian County, based on the Western watercolor paintings to absorb the use of light and color, for the innovation of point of color paper cutting to explore a new way.

The art of paper-cutting encompasses all aspects of folk life. Animals, plants, people, labor scenes, secular customs, traditional culture, folk tales, myths and legends, character allusions, opera episodes ...... flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, in short, see in the eyes of the hand to do, think of, can be cut into a symbolic, interesting, vivid, beautiful, mesmerizing Artistic image. No matter what the subject matter, once the paper-cutting hand cut out, are full of rich folk love, local flavor, into a symbol of good luck and celebration, happiness, longevity, praying for blessings and longevity, showing the folk paper-cutting author of the deep experience of life, rich aesthetic imagination and the pursuit of beauty, create beauty and ingenuity.

Expansion: paper-cutting methods:

1, Yang carved paper-cutting: usually using red paper, black paper or other colors of materials cut out of monochrome paper-cutting works.

2, yin carving paper cutting: the opposite of the characteristics and Yang carving paper cutting, carving away the outline of the original draft line, to retain the outline of the line outside the part.

3, the combination of yin and yang: that is, according to the draft of the relationship between the real and the virtual need to take the yin and yang carving cross approach, can make the picture effect is richer, more clearly distinguishable from the primary and secondary.

4, silhouette: it is through the outer contours of the object to express the image, so it pays most attention to the beauty of the outer contours and modeling.

5, sets of color paper-cutting: paper-cutting art is a more widely used method of expression, generally more than the completed Yang carving of the main manuscript collage on the need for a variety of color paper.

6, point color paper-cutting: also known as dyeing, in the raw rice paper cut and engraved on the finished product, with a brush point on a variety of colors.

7, lining color paper-cutting: red or dark blue color, so that they show the contrast between black and white, or red and white obvious effect. Liner color paper cutting is a white base line as a line outline,

8, color separation paper cutting: color separation paper cutting basically belongs to the monochrome paper cutting collage, similar to cutting and pasting. For example: cut a panda eating bamboo, panda cut in black paper, bamboo cut in green paper, and then the bear description, bamboo collage together.