The history of Yangliuqing New Year pictures can be traced back to the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties (from the end of 17 to the beginning of 18). Farmers in this area created this kind of distinctive folk paintings in the form of family workshops. After hundreds of years of inheritance and development, Yangliuqing New Year pictures have gradually formed an artistic form with strong local characteristics and unique painting style, and become one of the important schools of folk painting in China.
Yangliuqing New Year pictures are famous for their delicate lines, bright colors and unique theme style, and occupy an important position in China painting circles. Generally painted on silk or rice paper, watercolor is the main painting medium, covering all kinds of folk life scenes, stories, characters, flowers and birds, etc. The creation and inheritance of Yangliuqing New Year pictures have been supported and promoted. At present, Yangliuqing New Year pictures have high popularity and artistic value in Chinese mainland and overseas, and are considered as one of the outstanding cultural heritages of China folk paintings.
Yangliuqing New Year pictures are mainly used in the following scenes and have unique charm:
1. Artistic creation and exhibition: Yangliuqing New Year pictures, as a folk art form with strong local characteristics and unique painting style, are often used by artists for creation and exhibition.
2. Decorate home: Yangliuqing New Year pictures are often used to decorate home space because of their delicate lines and bright colors. People can mount various works into murals, hanging pictures or screens and put them in living rooms, bedrooms and other places to add artistic atmosphere and aesthetic feeling to the room.
3. Gifts and souvenirs: Because of the artistic features and cultural connotations of Yangliuqing New Year pictures, their works are often used to make gifts and souvenirs.
4. Cultural promotion and tourism commemoration: Yangliuqing, as a traditional folk painting art in China, is closely related to Qingdao Yangliuqing Town. In Qingdao, Yangliuqing's works are often regarded as an important element of cultural promotion and tourism commemoration.
Making method of Yangliuqing New Year pictures
1. Sketch: First make a simple sketch on Xuan paper or silk to determine the overall layout and structure.
2. Tick line: Use a fine brush or a fine-pointed brush to outline the lines and outlines of the picture with ink lines. The lines of Yangliuqing New Year pictures are delicate and delicate.
3. Coloring: Choose a suitable watercolor pigment and color it with a fine brush. Pigments are required to be bright and lively, and painters need to match colors according to the requirements of the picture to create a harmonious and beautiful effect.
4. Coloring: On the basis of coloring, you can increase the three-dimensional sense and layering of the picture through gradient, gradient and rendering. This requires careful handling and proper color transition.
5. Dot-dyeing: Dip the pigment with a fine-pointed brush, dot-draw tiny flowers, grass leaves and other details on the picture, and enrich the picture with dot-dyeing to increase the delicate texture.
6, complementary color: according to the need, the picture is supplemented and decorated to enhance the overall effect and coordination of the picture.
7. Finish: Finally, sign on the screen to finish the work.