Paper-cutting in the Year of the Snake has become the most popular handmade paper art in the Year of the Snake. Among the collection of paper-cut patterns for the Year of the Snake, the most displayed content subject is naturally the snake. As one of the mascots in traditional Chinese culture, the snake represents prosperity and many children and grandchildren. So when the Year of the Snake comes, people will call it the Year of the Little Dragon. It can be seen that its status is not lower than that of dragon in the Chinese zodiac. In addition to snakes, the paper-cut patterns for the Year of the Snake will also have some other ornaments used as decorations. One of the common elements is lotus and plum blossom. Of course, if it is the Year of the Rabbit, the image of a paper-cut rabbit will also be integrated into it.
This Year of the SnakePaper-cut patterns are characterized by their simplicity and intuitiveness. Compared with some other complex Year of the Snake paper-cut patterns, the content displayed in this Year of the Snake paper-cut pattern is more simple and intuitive. We can notice from the paper-cut pattern that the main body of the paper-cut is the very familiar snake pattern. In order to make the snake pattern more in line with everyones aesthetics and the auspicious atmosphere of the festival, the snake pattern used in this Year of the Snake paper-cut pattern is more cartoonish. Cartoonization is often considered a way to make paper-cut shapes more accessible to people. The pattern that matches the snake pattern is the plum blossom that we are very familiar with, which represents the communication in winter and spring.
Judging from the configuration of the entire Year of the Snake paper-cut pattern, it is relatively easy to make this Year of Snake paper-cut, and this paper-cut creation is also very suitable for use as a window grille during the Spring Festival. It has a better festive atmosphere setting effect.
1. Preparations before making paper-cuts for the Year of the Snake. Prepare several pieces of paper that will be used for paper-cutting in this Year of the Snake. Generally, single-sided red paper is more suitable. Place the prepared papers in groups and stack them on top of each other. The advantage of this is that multiple paper-cut patterns can be made at one time, and it also makes the specific paper-cutting and engraving operations more comfortable. There will be no chance that some key supporting structures will be cut or torn due to the paper being too thin.Condition.
2. The tracing of the paper-cut pattern of the Year of the Snake. Since it is the latest paper-cut pattern for the Year of the Snake, we need to do some analysis on this paper-cut pattern. It can be seen that there are two main elements in this paper-cut pattern for the Year of the Snake. One is the snake, and the other is the plum blossom under the snakes body. There are also a small number of auspicious clouds as a foil. When drawing specifically, you can use the rectangle as the starting point for modeling. It is then divided into two structures, with the upper part being a larger structure and the lower part being a smaller structure. Separate drawings of these two structures. The shape of the snake only needs to be drawn in outline, while the lower part uses circles instead of concrete images to draw the pattern of plum blossoms.
3. Learn the tutorial of paper-cutting in the Year of the Snake in detail. The specific operation of paper-cutting in this Year of the Snake is also very easy. The first step is to cut the large outline. Because there are no complicated paper-cut decorations in the entire paper-cut pattern, there is no need to worry too much about the breakage and collapse of some bracket structures during the cutting process. After completing the cutting of the edge outline, you can then perform symmetrical cutting or free cutting at certain positions to complete the paper-cut creation of the entire Year of the Snake paper-cut pattern.