Inheritance + innovation, exquisite paintings of sorghum straw

Weifang Daily Weifang Rong Media News mentioned red sorghum. The first thing people think of is Mo Yan's novel. Liu Qi, a "post -85" guy, who was influenced by the red sorghum culture, used other people's abandoned sorghum straw to create exquisite art paintings, and walked out of a path of inheritance and innovation. Recently, the reporter interviewed him.

Liu Qi is ready to draw.

Worship everywhere

Learn from various art forms

Entering the sorghum straw painting studio near Zijiazhuang Community, Mijiazhuang Community, Gaomi City, Liu Qi was creating a sorghum painting with the theme of "Great Great Great", and the studio filled his previous works. The wise cocks, lazy and cute kittens ... Each work is very exquisite. The animal image inside is realistic and lively. It is difficult to imagine that it is made from sorghum straw.

"There is a layer of glaze on the surface of the sorghum straw, the material, color and poultry feathers are closer. Strictly speaking, sorghum straw paintings are a splicing art, but it is different from splicing art. Technology. "Liu Qi introduced to reporters. In the process of creating, he learned from the artistic forms of printmaking, paper -cutting, carving and Chinese painting, so that the work of the work was rich, colorful and more three -dimensional.

Liu Qi's sorghum straw painting works.

Speaking of why he made sorghum straw paintings, Liu Qi said that he was a native of high secrets and was influenced by the red sorghum culture since he was a child. There was also a dream of red sorghum. "I have liked art since I was a child. Oil paintings, Chinese paintings, and calligraphy have been involved. When I grow up, I have been affected by the spirit of the red sorghum in Mo Yan's writing. It has a special emotion on red sorghum." Liu Qi has always wanted to use his own way to put the red sorghum in his hometown. The spirit shows. Occasionally, he had the idea of ​​painting with red sorghum straw. "This can perfectly combine the crops such as sorghum with the red sorghum culture."

Since 2016, Liu Qi has studied arts in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Henan, etc., inspected hundreds of cultural products related to red sorghum crops. Red sorghum art creation. After a period of attempt, I finally mastered the technique of sorghum straw painting.

Liu Qi's sorghum straw painting works.

It takes more than 20 processes to complete a piece of work

A flat -rooted sorghum straw is transformed into a novel and unique artwork, which needs to go through many processes.

"To make a sorghum straw painting, we must use the sorghum's own luster, pattern and texture, and more than 20 processes such as color selection, drawing, scraping, shredded, cutting, and collage It is the most important and time -consuming step. First, the sorghum straw is split and flattened, leaving only the epidermis, and then scrape it with a scraper, until the sorghum straw is thin as a paper. After all the materials are treated, then carved according to the design drawing. Pay attention to the transition layer in the process so that the stitching place is hidden without revealing, and it is natural.

Liu Qi's sorghum straw painting works.

"In this process, there are high requirements for the creator's composition ability, shaping ability, and the understanding of traditional culture. There is no certain artistic foundation. It takes one week to one month to create a work. Over the years, he has created nearly 500 sorghum straw paintings, involving still things, mountains, characters, flowers and birds, etc. Among them, the sorghum straw painting "Red Boat Leadership" organically combined the spirit of the red sorghum and the spirit of the red boat to donate to the Nanhu Revolution Memorial Hall.

While studying sorghum painting techniques, Liu Qi also accepted apprenticeship, so that more young people could understand and like sorghum straw paintings, and constantly inherit and innovate. Today, he plans to copy some traditional paintings in the form of sorghum straw paintings, such as "Five Cows" and "Cold Bi Tu". "I will also create more cultural connotation and rich sorghum straw paintings to let more people understand this form of art." Liu Qi said.

Weifang Daily All -Media Reporter: Sui Weifeng/Wen Tu

Editor in charge: Ping

Source: Weifang Evening News

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