Wang Tian was very observant, and before he could finish what he was about to say, Qi Lusa interrupted him and said, "Wang Tian, Teacher Albeni said that you have talent, it seems that you are indeed right. At least you have a good ability to perceive and discover. Indeed, these clay sculptures you see are the most commonly used materials for our sculptures, in addition to clay sculptures, stone, jade, wood, ivory, etc. are all materials available for our sculptures. And the role of those iron frames played a crucial role in the early stage of sculpture, to make it clearer, that is, we first make a shelf when making sculpture..."

Having said this, Qi Lusa became serious. "This is what I'm going to tell you about how to make sculptures, you have to listen carefully. First of all, we need to make a shelf based on the posture and shape of the statue, and use the plaster to make a shelf, which fixes the shape of its internal skeleton; We put a number of small crosses around the skeleton, and its function is to connect the mud into a single unit, so that it does not collapse, so that we can easily shape it. ”

"Once the shelves are ready, we zoom in on the pre-made mud compositions."

"So how can this mud be transformed into a sculpture? Mud is too easy to break, right? ”

Wang Tian is really sensitive, Qi Lusa said with a smile. "Wang Tian, you are right, making an iron frame is only the first step to complete the sculpture, after the clay sculpture is shaped, because it is too easily affected by the climate, easy to crack and deformed, and difficult to preserve permanently, we have to turn the clay sculpture into a plaster statue."

Most of the sculptures we often come into contact with are made of plaster. Regarding gypsum, we also have our own set of complex techniques, which is simple to find cooked gypsum powder that is not damp. After frying and brushing on the surface of the clay sculpture, this is also the technique of turning the plaster, and after the plaster is made, it often continues to be sprayed with various colors to make it produce the texture of bronze, wood, stone and so on. After that, it's time for us to dry, and finally some adjustments, to this point. The sculpture can be said to be complete. ”

Qi Lusa briefly told Wang Tian about the method of making sculpture, and after listening to it, Wang Tian had a figurative understanding of Western sculpture.

Truly. Western sculpture is not the same as that of the East.

Chinese sculpture materials are basically wood, mud, broken hemp, sand, or straw, while Western sculpture materials are more particular, from the selection of materials to the production of zuò are more refined.

Such an elaborate manufacturing process. It has also created many outstanding sculptures in the West. This is unmatched in China.

Of course, Wang Tian can also understand that Chinese sculpture is actually in the history of development, and there is a big gap between it and Western sculpture.

At the very least, in China, the word sculptor basically did not exist in ancient times, and at that time, China was more of a carpenter, a bricklayer.

And the position of carpenters and bricklayers in society is in the lower middle class. It is not valued by society at all.

Not in the past, it is still the case.

It's not just status. Carpenters and bricklayers also make very little money, and in this regard, the West has paid special attention to the humanities and arts since the Renaissance, and has attached great importance to these sculptors.

Not only do they have a high status, but the value of their artworks is also very high, and artists can create without worrying about life at all.

Generally speaking, Chinese carpenters and bricklayers cannot be compared with Western sculptors at all, so China has always been backward in terms of sculpture skills and development.

Speaking of this, Wang Tian was a little chilled.

Because even now, in China, sculptors are still part of the traditional division of labor, and they are not valued.

The main responsibility is to build statues for temples and carve stones for buildings.

On the one hand, they do not have the freedom to create independently, and on the other hand, in terms of the objects they express and the space in which their works are located, their works lack the ability to intervene in social reality.

And in the West, in the country right now.

They have status, they are respected.

Even government leaders admire them.

In the studio, they can create freely, and they can express their observations and perceptions of society with the help of their sculptures.

The strength of their works is in no way weaker than that of their contemporaries.

Western sculptures, on the other hand, can enter the public spaces of modern society, such as squares, streets, and parks, and their works will naturally attract public attention.

And to obtain the affirmation of identity and status, and to get money, so the sculptors are one after the other, becoming a virtuous circle.

While learning about Western sculpture, Wang Tian felt that the burden on his body was a little heavier.

Wang Tian feels that it is more important to bring back the Western sculpture spirit and artistic spirit, and bring back such a benign inheritance, because if any art is completely separated from the market economy, it is impossible for it to survive for a long time.

And this kind of sculpture culture under the market economy, Wang Tian has also started to carry out it a long time ago.

In the following period, Wang Tian began to make simple shelf operations according to the instructions of Qi Lusa and David, and Tong Guò built the clay sculptures and connected them with the cross, and Wang Tian also enjoyed the charm of art.

The prototype of the clay sculpture was laid, and Wang Tian repeatedly realized it in the gypsum turning technique, of course, because he just started to turn it, Wang Tian inevitably failed.

It's even more dirty.

But Su Lele has been helping Wang Tian by the side, and the two of them have to constantly learn and discuss, ask questions if they don't understand, and slowly turn the clay sculpture into plaster and make the sculpture into a basic state.

"Yes, Wang Tian. I didn't expect that in more than an hour of kung fu, you learned quite quickly. Qi Lusa's guidance to Wang Tian made Wang Tian learn to turn the plaster cast not long after.

At this moment, a sculpture of a young man carved by Wang Tian basically has a shape.

"Sister Qi Lusa. Where? It took me a long time to get it done. ”

"Well, what you have in front of you can be completed, and the next one is probably not difficult for you, that is, the tools of carving, carving knives, hammers, chisels, and carving his limbs and facial features. I don't think it's much different from your Oriental sculptures. You should know it all. ”

said that the model was done, the embryo was there, and the rest of the carving was the same as Wang Tian's "repair". Wang Tian nodded, "I've tried stone, jade, and wood. I don't feel the plaster, but I don't think it's a big problem. ”

"Yes. You give it a try. ”

In the next time, Wang Tian is familiar with the road, according to the hand, brain, eyes with the cooperation, Wang Tian can take the first step to the sculpture form, image emerge, jump on the paper, Wang Tian familiar copy on the sculpture, the hand of the knife master of the mastery, so that the next steps become extremely simple.

And Qi Lusa, who originally thought that Wang Tian would take a certain amount of time in the face of the next process, including David, was also full of surprise.

Because, from the completion of the model to the completion of the youth sculpture, it was only a short ten minutes.

In ten minutes, a good sculpture was completed, which was basically an impossible task for the master of Albeni. (To be continued......)