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There are all kinds of teaching videos for root carving, stone carving, wood carving, jade carving, and even "micro-carving".

Having watched one video after another and one document after another, Lu Li has already understood the basic techniques of "seal carving".

The so-called "techniques" are actually the methods of using various tools.What tool to use, how to do it, what kind of effect can be achieved.

For Lu Li, these basic techniques are naturally understood at first glance, and he will remember them after seeing them.

Once you have mastered the basic techniques, all that remains is to spend time practicing slowly and leveling up slowly.

Woodcarving is easier to solve, just chipping that piece of wood.Stone carving is not a large-scale object, but you can make do with it. Jade carving and micro-carving are not easy to practice.

Fortunately, the essence of skills is the same, only the difference in materials and tools.Once you have practiced woodcarving, you can learn from others.

In addition to "seal cutting", Lu Li is only suitable for practicing "clay sculpture" for the time being in terms of sculpture. After all... kneading clay is very convenient.

Clay sculpture is well practiced, and other metal sculptures, plaster sculptures, resin sculptures, glass sculptures, and other sculpture types are essentially similar.

After learning the introductory tutorials on seal carving and sculpture and mastering the basic techniques, Lu Li purchased a complete set of wood carving knives, clay sculpture knives, and electric stone carving grinding tools online.

After buying the tools, the next step is to prepare the materials.

The materials for wood carving are easy to solve. Go to the forest farm and buy a few sticks of bamboo and crooked hardwood, and it will last for a long time.

The material of clay sculpture is more convenient.I go to my hometown in the countryside to dig a few bags of clay, and when I come back, I mix it with clear oil and knead it into a sticky sludge, which can be used to make clay sculptures.

Stone carving materials are also convenient. Pick up some large and small stones by the Qingyi River, and chisel them at home to play!

These materials do not need to be taken home, they can be stacked directly in the carport downstairs.Such junk, no one would pick it up when it was thrown on the ground.

The materials are ready, and the tools purchased online have also arrived.

Lu Li cut a piece of bamboo tube with a hand saw, took it home, and started to make his first bamboo sculpture.

Lu Li planned to make this bamboo tube into a pen holder.

I picked up the bamboo tube and observed for a while, first made an overall shape in my mind, then picked up the engraving needle, drew on the bamboo tube, and drew the pattern that needs to be carved on the pen tube.

Sculpture is related to painting, but they are different.

To turn a two-dimensional picture drawn on a piece of paper into a three-dimensional relief, this process is a test of engraving skills.

Every cut should be just right, if you cut too little, you can still make up for it, if you cut too much... then it will be useless.

The most painful thing about engraving is that the whole work is almost finished, but in the last part, it is completely crooked...

What kind of bullshit is this?

Especially precious jade carvings, once cut wrongly or crookedly, the loss... will make you feel overwhelmed with pain.

Therefore, when you are engaged in carving work, you must not shake your hands.

Of course, you can't shake your legs!If your legs shake, even Liuwei Dihuang Wan can't save you!

Fortunately, Lu Li didn't shake at all.

The skill "Calmness" made Lu Li calm, unhurried and unhurried. "Ingenuity" made Lu Li's hands delicate and dexterous.

On "Arts and Crafts", these two cheats are more useful than any talent.

Pick up the bamboo tube, first carry out "rough processing", and cut it drastically to make a "rough embryo".

After the blanks are finished, the next step is the fine work.

Contrasted with the pattern carved on the bamboo tube, use a carving knife to carve and cut a little bit.

This fine carving process is very time-consuming and energy-consuming, and impatient people can't do this kind of work at all.

Since it was Lu Li's first time making bamboo carvings, the techniques were still a bit unfamiliar, so it took even more time.

A bamboo pen holder was carved from morning to afternoon before it was officially completed.

Lu Li's first bamboo carving work was very successful, there were no mistakes, crooked carvings, or scrapped carvings.

If you don't open the plug-in, the average person will definitely waste the carving for the first time, or even scrap one or two pieces, and they will have to fail countless times before they can make a finished product.

Even a master craftsman who has been in this industry for many years cannot guarantee that he will not make mistakes, and will not ruin a sculpture with a slip of his hand.

Lu Li's first bamboo sculpture was successfully completed, which can only be the result of hanging up.

This bamboo pen holder is about four inches high and looks like a tea cup as a whole.

The upper part of the mouth is carved with bright moon and flowing clouds.The middle part is carved with a landscape, with majestic green mountains and surging rivers.The bottom is carved into rocks of various shapes along the river.

The whole composition looks like flowing clouds around the green mountains and the bright moon shining on the river.

"Not bad!"

Lu Li looked at the bamboo handicraft in front of him, smiled and nodded.

The first bamboo carving handicraft can reach this level, which is considered a success.

Next, Lu Li changed another project, picked up the kneaded clay, and started making clay sculptures.

Kneading mud is easier than carving, at least you don't have to worry about it being scrapped if you make a wrong cut.

The biggest advantage of clay sculpture is that...you can do it all over again!

Isn't it just a piece of mud?If it is not done well, knead it into a ball and start over again!

Clay sculptures are generally made of human figures.

Lu Li first fixed the clay on a wooden base, pinched out a rough shape, and made a rough figure shape, then picked up the clay knife and carved on the clay.

In sculpture, the face is the most delicate, and then the movements must be vivid, but the other parts are not so fine.

The first clay sculpture Lu Li made was the shape of his father moving bricks on the construction site.

If Lu Li were asked to draw such a picture, it would be very simple, and he could draw it easily.

However, it is not so simple to turn this painting into a three-dimensional sculpture.

When making sculptures, Lu Li's math skills improved again.In the process of transforming the flat pattern into a three-dimensional statue, various proportions and sizes and various body data were quickly estimated.

According to the estimated data in his mind, Lu Li sculpted on the clay model, first correcting the overall movement shape, and then finely sculpting the facial expressions of the characters, correcting and sculpting bit by bit.

Clay sculpture took less time than bamboo sculpture. After a few hours, Lu Li's first clay sculpture was officially completed.

"Dad" stood beside a pile of bricks and stones, wiping the sweat off his head with his hands, his expression was a bit tired, but his eyes were very determined.

This is Lu Li's first clay sculpture!

"good!"

Lu Li nodded with a smile, put the clay sculpture on the table to dry, got up and walked out of the room, ready to make dinner for his parents.

Not long after, Lu's father and Lu's mother both returned home.

Seeing the bamboo scraps that Lu Li swept out, his mother asked with a smile, "Baby, these bamboo scraps... are you really carving?"

Lu Li bought some bamboo and wood, and picked up some mud and stones. Lu's father and Lu's mother also knew that Lu Li was going to make sculptures.

Now, seeing the bamboo shavings in the garbage basket, my mother is also very curious, "Son, what have you carved? Show us?"

"Two gadgets, the first time I do it, it's not very good."

Lu Li replied with a smile, turned around and walked into the room, and took out the bamboo pen holder and the clay statue.

"Wow...Is this how your dad moves bricks?"

When Lu Ma saw the clay statue, she couldn't help exclaiming, "It's exactly the same! It's exactly the same as your father moving bricks. It's so similar! Isn't this good? It's already good!"

"It's exactly the same as the way I move bricks!"

Dad came up, grabbed the base plate of the clay sculpture, held it in his hand for a while, looked at it, and nodded with a smile, "It's so similar! My baby is not only good at drawing, but also making clay figurines... oh, sculpture, sculpture It's also very powerful!"

"Oh! This cup is also very beautiful!"

Mom took the bamboo carving pen holder in Lu Li's hand, looked at the exquisite pattern on it, and nodded in admiration, "It's beautiful! It's beautiful! This cup is beautiful!"

It's a pen holder...well, well, if you like it, it's a cup too.

Lu Li smiled, "Mom, I'll make another sculpture for you tomorrow. The pen holder... oh, and another cup. You and my father have one."

"Good! Good!"

Mom's face is full of joy.

When eating in the evening, Lu Li picked up the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables.When I saw the chopsticks in my hand, my heart suddenly moved. It seems that... the chopsticks can also be carved and beautified!

Learning art is to make life better.Therefore, the daily necessities at home can be beautified!

Hang some calligraphy and paintings in the living room and make some decorations, which is not only to practice skills, but also to make the home full of artistic beauty.

Lu Li secretly made up his mind.

After eating, Lu Li walked around the house, looking at the living room, the kitchen, and the bedroom.

Although he was already familiar with it, now that he re-watched it with an artistic eye, Lu Li also had a new idea.

Decoration also belongs to "plastic art"!

The decoration of the home is many years ago, even if it is not replaced, it can be beautified.In addition, the furniture in the home is also very old, and those that should be remodeled can be replaced with new ones.

As a future craftsman, I will start with the beautification of my home!

Decoration skills still need to be learned, and carpentry skills for making furniture also need to be learned.However, this did not bother Lu Li!

Is learning a problem for those who open it?

Back in the room, Lu Li turned on the computer, first looked for the decoration design materials, then the decoration materials and decoration tools, and then looked at the carpentry technical manual and carpentry tools.

Pure manual operation requires few tools, and the technology is not profound, it is very simple.

After reading these materials, Lu Li began to draw the structural diagram of the rooms in his home, and began to design the decoration style.

Decoration drawings, in fact, are not much different from paintings.

Lu Li drew the decoration renderings of the doors, windows, and ceilings of each room.

Mathematics gave Lu Li a rigorous way of thinking. After drawing the blueprints, Lu Li calculated the cost of the materials needed.

Putting aside your own labor, re-doing some decorations on the original decoration, modifying and beautifying it, it doesn't cost much at all!

What wallpaper?What wall covering?Is it comparable to a painting of mine?

What high-end doors and windows can compare with my carved and painted doors and windows?

What high-end furniture can compare to my carved and painted furniture?

Not bragging, even the chopsticks for eating in my house are works of art!

Thinking about it, Lu Li couldn't help laughing out loud.

The pen draws quickly, and various pattern designs, various modeling ornaments, appear on the paper one after another.

A better life begins with beautifying your home!

Chapter 2 What is Art?this is art

Lu Li's house is relatively old.

The decoration back then was just a layer of latex paint on the walls, some plaster ceilings on the ceiling, and a layer of floor tiles on the ground.

In Lu Li's "decoration design", these basic items do not need major changes at all.

Walls can be solved with wall painting.Doors and windows furniture can be carved and painted.

The only problem is that this modification takes time.It doesn't matter even more, anyway, it's just a matter of practicing skills, and you can always finish it if you take it slowly.

The next day, Lu Li started to act.

At the beginning, there was no fanfare. Lu Li started from a small place. Firstly, his skills were not exquisite enough, and secondly, he couldn't make much fanfare by himself.

Lu Li's first modification was the dining table.

The dining table at home is very old. It is said that this table existed at home before Lu Li was born.

This is a square log table.Compared with those synthetic material tables bought now, although this table is old, but... the log material is very suitable for modification.

Antique carved Eight Immortals table.

It is much stronger than the synthetic material table bought outside.

Lu Li smiled and walked around the table, already having a plan in his mind.