Five common mistakes made by beginners of bonsai

1. Heavy shape and light quality (indulge in the expression of form and ignore the pursuit of quality)

Beginners of bonsai often indulge too much in whether the stump is old or not. Are there any holes? Is it like some kind of animal? It is easy to ignore the essence of the expression of social life and the author's thoughts and feelings in bonsai works. Do not realize that love in the scene, the blending of feelings and scenery is the real bonsai. Bonsai is like an animal, which is only one aspect of interesting potted plant modeling. The form must serve the content and coincide with the theme of the work. Form for the sake of form is not necessarily a good form, diligence and thrift to explore the depth of the situation, is the high-level pursuit.

two。 Pay more attention to the picture than the text (satisfied with the same picture, unwilling to create attentively)

Some bonsai writers like to collect bonsai pictures. Some even save the pictures of the magazine, and the articles are torn and discarded; some compare their works with those published in newspapers and periodicals, and those with the above numbers prove that their works are good works. Because the magazine wants to consider promoting and encouraging new authors and promoting the development of backward areas, it is inevitable that some immature works will be published. If you only copy the picture style, and lack of original and innovative works, just like copying paintings, you can't become a painter no matter how much you paint.

3. Heavy cutting and light binding (emphasis on cutting and storing branches, giving up binding forming)

Bonsai techniques are well known in Jiangsu, Anhui and Zhejiang regions of China, and many binding methods are summarized. For modern people with a fast pace, many of their colleagues find it very time-consuming and time-consuming to follow the example of Lingnan. As the climatic conditions are different in different places, they should be treated differently. The average temperature in Lingnan is high, and plants grow fast, so it is a good method to cut off stems and store branches. If we only cut the bonsai from the middle to the north of our country, the forming time of bonsai will increase. Therefore, the combination of cutting and ligation appeared in the Central Plains and Hubei. You can get twice the result with half the effort. Learning advanced techniques should also be in line with local conditions and achieve the combination of cutting and binding.

4. Pay more attention to technology than art (emphasis on the pursuit of techniques, lack of artistic research)

In the process of basin creation, technology serves for art. Technique pursues the law of generality, while art pursues individual characteristics. The two are causality. Bonsai creation can not only stay in a variety of fixed "style", can not say that the branches are standardized, the basin has its origin. Always think that the combination of bonsai is OK, tree and stone bonsai technology content is not high is also wrong. We can only work on the original artistic style and on the performance of bonsai artistic conception. Absorb the nutrition of "regular", "natural big tree" and "wind" bonsai works of art in different periods. Achieve the development of both skills. Blaze new trails and keep moving forward.

5. Pay more attention to reality than reason (immerse oneself in practical exploration and despise theoretical discussion)

Theory guides practice, and practice enriches theory. This is what everyone knows. But when we often come into contact with practice, it is easy to immerse ourselves in practice and despise theory. Some people think that there is too much controversy in theoretical articles, that "public argument is reasonable, women say it is reasonable". The author has the experience, the first reading of the theoretical article is a little different, read carefully, read several times to know the truth. It is the bonsai artists who discuss it actively, so that the problem can be debated more clearly and unified into the correct theory. On the basis of practice, the veterans of aesthetics and bonsai in China have summed up a lot of technical theories combined with practice and aesthetic theories, which can be applied to bonsai theory.

The above theories are not technical evaluation, but do not seem to have much to do with the material materials in bonsai works, such as trees, stones, pots, shelves, etc. However, we must see that human consciousness plays an active role, which is bound to influence the orientation of the development of bonsai art. No matter how good the craftsmanship and bonsai form are, if we are not willing to accept it, we will be turned away. As long as those who are interested believe that "good medicine tastes bitter, but good advice goes against the ear", so as to avoid the suspicion of preaching, we all use artistic dialectics to correctly grasp the relationship between the importance of faith and the right degree, which is the purpose of this article.

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