Can I learn to arrange flowers by reading books and watching videos by myself?
Flower arrangement is a handicraft, and there are many manual skills in flower arrangement. Sometimes books and videos can't clearly explain the details of these skills, which is very unfavorable for beginners. Just like a math problem, you obviously have a reference answer in your hand, but for one or two calculation steps in the middle, you just don't understand why you use it this way, but as soon as the teacher breaks it, you will understand it instantly, and so will flower arrangement. Books and videos cannot completely replace on-site teaching. Therefore, Mo Die thinks it is better to go to the flower shop for practical study, which can save a lot of thinking time and improve the efficiency of flower arrangement.
Go directly to the flower shop to learn flower arrangement?
Flower shop learning needs to be systematic and practical. Studying in a flower shop often leads to personal understanding of the actual work scene. Learning in a flower shop must be digested in time, including the flower itself and the mode of operation. Although the school mainly focuses on theory, with little practical operation, Mo Die believes that only by receiving systematic and comprehensive theoretical knowledge training will it be more helpful to practical operation and help to absorb and master some professional skills more quickly. At the same time, in the future development space, it will be relatively larger. Studying in a flower shop is more important for you!
Feel that you have a floral foundation and report directly to the advanced training class?
Although some students have practical experience in flower shops and can learn faster, their theoretical foundation is actually very weak. If you report directly to the advanced flower training class, the theoretical foundation is not well laid, which is very unfavorable for later study. He can't directly absorb a lot of knowledge, and he can't even understand why he did it. Just like Gai Lou, if you don't lay a good foundation, you may not see it at first, but the higher you go, the more obvious your disadvantages will be. Therefore, students who have not received systematic training should start with the most basic courses when signing up for classes.
The more affordable the class, the better. However, it does not mean that the more expensive the better. The average student will consider the cost performance when choosing a flower training class. Finally, some students may choose low-cost training courses for various reasons, but Mo Die wants to say that the price of high-quality training courses will not be very low. After all, he will count the cost of excellent teachers and good materials in the cost. In addition, low-quality training sometimes leads to uneven qualifications of teachers. If the teacher's own floral level is not enough, teaching students the wrong floral knowledge and bad flower arrangement habits will be very unfavorable to the later flower arrangement and difficult to correct. For example, just like the cosmetics used by girls, the quality of expensive cosmetics is different from that of low-priced cosmetics, and the long-term use effect is different. Therefore, when choosing a flower training class, we should consider the price clearly.
Only learn modern flower arrangement, not traditional flower arrangement?
Traditional floral art is the foundation of modern floral art. Only by laying a solid foundation of traditional floral art can we really learn modern floral art, and only those who have a solid foundation of traditional floral art can understand the essence of modern floral art. Otherwise, the creation of modern floral art can only be based on gourd painting. The relationship between traditional floral art and modern floral art is like the relationship between foundation and skyscraper. Traditional floral art is the foundation of skyscrapers, which is time-consuming and laborious, and it is not easy for people to see the effect. But without the foundation, it is impossible to build skyscrapers with modern floral art, so traditional learning is very necessary.
Can we learn from each other's strong points and make up for each other's weak points in the mixed learning of eastern and western flower arrangement?
Oriental flower arrangement is quite different from western flower arrangement in theory and technique. Oriental flower arrangement pays more attention to the combination of beautiful lines and smart shapes, while western flower arrangement is neat in shape, mostly composed of geometric figures, paying attention to symmetry and balance, with strong colors, more materials and intensive flower arrangement. For beginners, they should study separately, because combining them too early will make flower arrangement look neither fish nor fowl. Only when both of them have laid a good foundation can they learn from each other and merge.
Artificial flowers, dried flowers, and eternal flowers don't need to apply for flower classes?
Flowers are the foundation of flower arrangement. If you want to insert artificial flowers and dried flowers, you must learn to arrange flowers well. Good artificial flowers and dried flowers must be bright. If you want to insert lifeless artificial flowers and dried flowers vividly, you can only find a florist. Although artificial flowers and dried flowers are different from flowers, the theory is the same, just because of the change of materials and skills.
The more you learn at one time, the better?
Learning knowledge lies not in quantity, but in quality. If you blindly pursue quantity instead of quality, then all your knowledge of floral art is half-baked, and learning too many things at once will be counterproductive. As the saying goes, "when the water is full, it will overflow, and when the moon is full, it will lose money." This is a fact. Therefore, in order to save travel and accommodation fees, blindly carrying out a large number of studies will not only fail to achieve the expected results, but also waste your time and tuition fees.
Is the quality of courses in prestigious schools the best?
Some students think that a famous teacher must be good and suitable for them, but as we all know, a famous teacher is generally more suitable for guiding basic students. Generally, students who have no foundation may have a little difficulty in learning, because famous teachers usually omit some basic theoretical knowledge and teach you the essence. Just like in a class, the same teacher from Peking University or Tsinghua explains the same topic, and the top students and ordinary students attend the class together, but ordinary students may not understand it, because the teacher thinks that everyone should understand such basic knowledge, so there is a jumping explanation in the lecture, only highlighting the key points. Top students may be able to keep up with the rhythm of the teacher at once, but ordinary students can't understand why. So when choosing a teacher, you don't have to choose a famous teacher. What suits you is the best. Therefore, in the process of selecting teachers, it is ok to choose teachers who have undergone systematic training and can clearly explain the courses and knowledge points.