Bonsai knowledge: the making skills of tree stump bonsai

Making bonsai is a great art. There are many bonsai factions. I prefer Lingnan bonsai. The following is mainly about the production of tree stump bonsai.

In my opinion, in order to do a good job of bonsai, there are two most important points: one is the design of bonsai modeling. The second is the maintenance of pile head.

Let's start with the pile head. There are two sources of pile head, wild and cultivated. There are many plants suitable for bonsai, as long as there are shrubs or trees with the characteristics of easy to feed, small and shiny leaves, strong germination, flexible branches and good banding. In fact, bonsai materials have been constantly developed, the more common are pines and cypresses, sparrow plum, Jiuli incense, June snow, elm, park, maple, bauhinia, banyan and so on. The planted pile head has the advantage of easy survival, but the shape is not as distinctive as the wild one. When digging wild piles, we should pay attention to the season, mostly in spring and summer, bring more native soil, shade after planting, and gradually increase the light intensity after sprouting for more than a month; if it is a shade-loving plant, do not bask in the sun.

Styling is very important. After the pile head survived, it began to carry on the modeling design. There is too much knowledge about modeling design, which is difficult to say at this time. For beginners, I think we should read more books, read more pictures, think more and communicate more. There is also a lot of information about bonsai modeling on the Internet.

Bonsai skill Tip 1. A branch is straight without an inch and bends three times an inch. (branches should not be straight for an inch. It is best to have three bends at an inch's distance. This inch should be an ancient inch. ) Open Baidu App to see more Mei Tu 2. Sparse places can walk horses, dense places can not be ventilated; (places with few leaves should be as empty as running horses, and places with dense leaves should be dense enough to be impenetrable to the wind, that is to say, the empty place is as empty as possible, and the dense ground is as dense as possible.) 3. One branch sees twists and turns, two branches are long and short; (if there is only one branch, there should be bends and folds, and the two branches should be long and short, not about the same length.) Three branches should gather and disperse, and many branches should be exposed and hidden. (the three branches should be gathered together, some should be far away, and if there are more branches, they should be hidden in order to have a sense of hierarchy and artistic conception.) The straight position should be hidden, not exposed, and the straight position should be hidden with leaves, while the curved place looks good. The plum blossom bonsai would rather be bent than bent, oblique rather than straight. (the plum blossom should be folded rather than bent, that is, the turning point of the branches is chosen, and the oblique ones are not straight up and down.) Bonsai is wordless poetry, three-dimensional paintings, and living sculptures. On the day of success, the achievement will take ten years! If you are not afraid of cutting the wrong branches, you are afraid of standing in the wrong position. Remove the strong and retain the weak; remove the rough and keep the fine. The trial should be accurate and the judgment should be ruthless.

Master Liu Zhongming's hand-drawn "hundred-state map of Lingnan bonsai" is a rare and necessary material.