One: pyrography and engraving machine are easy to use, and women and teenagers can play. You only need to know the specific operation methods, carefully study the works published in one month under normal circumstances, and enjoy the fun and harvest of creation. Manual knife making requires a little higher, and it needs simple training to operate, such as knife holding and knife handling.
Second, I don't know calligraphy and painting, but I still have transfer paper patterns, and I carve exquisite gourd crafts with pictures and texts.
The key is that you must understand the painting and calligraphy techniques, such as the order of cursive strokes, the direction of line drawing and so on. Otherwise, the calligraphy and painting works you branded will be laughed at if they are illegal. You don't have to spend time learning calligraphy and painting, just look at books and videos on calligraphy and painting and understand the specific expression methods of calligraphy and painting. It would be better if we could watch famous painters on the spot!
Three: Post transfer paper's tips.
Brush glue on the gourd first and spread it evenly. The concentration depends on whether the brush dipped in glue hangs in the air like water drops. If it doesn't drop for more than ten seconds, it will be thicker and add a little water appropriately. Then stick the smooth side of the transfer pattern paper on the gourd, smooth it with your palm from the center of the paper to all sides, carefully pull it out with your nails when you encounter wrinkles, and smooth it with your thumb. This action should pay attention to the direction of the pattern lines and try not to shift. After the whole paper is completely dry, it can be branded.
Fourth, the relationship between aesthetic concepts and the layout of rules and regulations.
Because the gourd is an irregular sphere or cylinder, you can only see one face at first sight, and you can only see the whole picture when you rotate it. Therefore, when carving the layout of the gourd, we will consciously or unconsciously divide the gourd into three or four parts, and each part is divided into three parts: up and down or up, down and down. Therefore, when designing pictures and texts, we must give priority to the horizontal perspective that people are used to seeing. For example, if you put a picture of Guan Gong's transfer paper on a gourd, you must measure it first, and then put it on. If it is high, the whole character will appear erratic, and if it is low, it will feel at a loss.
Take the proportion of Guan Gong. Stick a portrait of Guan Yu on the front, with big characters such as (Once upon a time in America) (Loyalty and Millennium) on the top or side, and then describe Guan Yu's poem or introduction in small characters, and then seal the composition of a gourd work. In other words, the content of pictures and texts should be consistent, and it is boring if it is irrelevant.
Five: Some explanations of pyrography and carving techniques.
The backbone of calligraphy and painting is composed of lines, and then germinates or decorates on the basis of lines. Therefore, the nib and ball head of the branding brush are the first to be used. In the same way, ball end mill in the meat cutter head and the technique of knife and knife must be held.
In other words, the first thing you have to grasp is to carve lines, and then grow hair on this basis.