Dragon paper cutting tutorial and cutting method tutorial
In traditional Chinese culture, dragons are regarded by emperors, generals, and common people as the embodiment of strength and virtue, and as an absolute auspicious thing. People also like to use dragons as symbols and patterns in paper-cut works. Since dragons and phoenixes often face each other, dragons and phoenixes appear together in many paper-cut patterns, thus expressing the meaning of "dragon and phoenix present auspiciousness". Common paper-cut themes include "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls" and so on.
1. Preparation: Take a piece of colored paper and fold it twice, or take four pieces of colored paper and staple them together.
2. Tracing: Use a pencil to carefully trace the picture, paying attention to the dynamic "S" shape of the dragon, focusing on the head, claws, and tail.
3. Cutting: The dragon is an eternal totem of the Chinese nation. It is a legendary divine creature that can fly into the sky, swim in the sea, and breathe fire from its mouth. It is a god who dominates nature. It is not a real creature in real life. animals, but the product of imagination formed by peoples long-term cultural accumulation.
Paper-cut work "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls"
The dynamic shapes of paper-cut dragons are divided into rising dragons (see the dragon on the right side of the paper-cut work "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls"), descending dragons (see the dragon on the left side of the paper-cut work "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls"), as well as sitting dragons and walking dragons Four kinds. From the expression form, it is divided into Tuanlong, Horned dragon, etc. "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls" is one of the most common special forms. It has a beautiful shape. Although it is asymmetrical, it echoes each other. One rises and one falls, forming the dynamics of the Tai Chi diagram, giving people a feeling of ups and downs.
When cutting a dragon, you must highlight its characteristics, such as crocodile mouth, tiger eyes, lion beard, antlers, eagle claws, snake body, and unicorn tail, with fire patterns, cloud patterns or water patterns, some of which express the state of a cloud dragon. Then its limbs are directly exaggerated into rolling cloud patterns (see the paper-cut work "Auspicious Clouds and Flying Dragon").
Paper-cut work "Lucky Clouds and Flying Dragon"
The most common combination with dragon is phoenix, "dragon and phoenix present auspiciousness", which is a festive theme used for weddings.
