After seeing the title, I believe everyone will think that bonsai appreciation is an activity to watch bonsai. But it's actually more than that. First, let’s understand what bonsai appreciation is? Bonsai appreciation is a process in which people appreciate the fun of bonsai with affection and aesthetic vision. So what conditions are needed to see bonsai?
1. People who have basic bonsai awareness (have certain visual abilities).
2. Appreciation analysis of the posture, color, connotation, style and level of bonsai.
Only if these two points are met, appreciation activities can be carried out. In addition, the person who appreciates bonsai must be able to interact with bonsai, which means that he not only loves bonsai from the bottom of his heart, but also can make bonsai (it takes a certain amount of time to practice). Otherwise, it is just talk on paper.
Seeing this, someone may want to ask. So why should we appreciate bonsai? As a kind of art, it is enough that bonsai brings us a sense of beauty. Is it necessary to analyze it? In fact, bonsai appreciation is not just about talking about how beautiful it is, but more importantly, it plays a role in the creation and guidance of bonsai. play a key role. We engage in bonsai art activities. Generally speaking, there are two steps. One is making bonsai, and the other is bonsai appreciation. Specifically, observation, conception, inspiration, creation, and appreciation. (The two are interconnected and restricted)
Next, let’s introduce the common tree (pile) bonsai. To put it simply, tree bonsai is to use tree stumps of a certain shape (obtained from the mountains and open spaces), through artificial climbing, pruning, shaping and other means to imitate the forest scene with various postures in the pot. So what are the general classifications of tree bonsai?
According to materials: conifers, miscellaneous trees, flowers, fruit and vines, etc. Different tree stumps have different viewing angles, and with the age of the tree and seasonal changes, different scenes will also appear. (For example, the leaves of a maple bonsai will change from green to red to yellow from autumn to winter)
The types of bonsai were mentioned earlier. So how to look at bonsai, and which part of the bonsai will make you feel that this bonsai is good or beautiful? It is mainly analyzed from the four aspects of bonsai: the beauty of materials, the beauty of skills, the beauty of composition, and the beauty of decoration. Now we will take the famous work Yashan Fengyun as an example to appreciate it from four aspects. I hope everyone can learn some skills from it.
The bonsai shown in the picture is a "big cliff" shape among the cliff-style bonsais (what is it and which genre of shape it belongs to). The branches are vigorous and curved, and the layout of the branches is reasonable, especially the main branch on the left that is tilted and drooping. It has graceful twists and turns, like an ancient pine hanging upside down on a cliff. (Material layout) Although it has gone through the wind and clouds, it is full of vitality, and its green leaves are covered with green leaves. Processed into a layered cloud shape, extending downward layer by layer (overall composition). With the strongness of the branches, it forms a sharp contrast between hardness and softness (exquisite skills, combining hardness and softness). The entire bonsai has a simple and dignified shape with high artistic quality (unique decoration).