1, the characteristics of the stump. Understanding the characteristics of stumps is a sign to distinguish tree species. When modeling bonsai, we should fully understand the growth environment and characteristics of roots, branches, leaves, flowers and fruits of stumps. Knowing this, we can know what kind of stump is suitable for shaping into what kind of bonsai. For the follow-up pruning work, we also need to know clearly in order to do a good job of pruning bonsai, especially the finished bonsai directly purchased by some friends. In order to do daily maintenance, especially pruning, it is necessary to clearly understand the growth characteristics, original growth environment and growth characteristics of bonsai trees.
Take elm and triangle maple as examples to make it easier for everyone to understand. The pruning methods of these two tree species are quite different. Trim, long cut, short cut, etc. Elm buds are all possible, because elm trees will grow adventitious buds. The pruning method of triangle maple can only be the pruning of bud nodes, because triangle maple only sprouts bud nodes. In particular, the living environment, strength and germination ability of each tree species are different, and these differences should be treated differently when pruning. Different pruning methods are the correct pruning.
2. The shape of bonsai should be mastered. The shape of bonsai is the external manifestation of its bonsai, which is formed step by step from the initial pile picking, blank making, cultivation to the final pot making. Starting from the modeling idea, pruning helps to shape the final bonsai. Good pruning can not only help bonsai grow faster, but also keep the shape of bonsai from destroying the original shape because of the growth of stumps. Bonsai has different forms of expression and different pruning methods, such as cliff type and jungle type, all of which have different pruning methods.
Pruning is not only pruning unnecessary branches, such as overgrown branches, dense branches and drooping branches, but also proceeding from the potential of the whole tree. Which branches should be kept and which branches should be controlled to grow, especially through pruning, to achieve a balance between supply and demand of nutrients. It should also be noted that you should not be eager for quick success when pruning. You should trim it in stages at different times. In order to look good for a while, waving pruning shears everywhere will only get twice the result with half the effort, and bonsai will also weaken or even die. If you stand in front of the bonsai with pruning shears, you feel like you can't start. That's why you don't know anything about bonsai. You should master the shape of bonsai and know the direction of branches, so as to trim and coordinate the relationship between branches, which is helpful to make the shape more beautiful.
3, the artistic conception of bonsai should know that friends want to say it, will it be a bit mysterious? You know, every bonsai will have artistic conception, which is the meaning of the ideas and ideas expressed by the makers of bonsai through the modeling of bonsai when making bonsai. The artistic conception is high or low, which is inseparable from the author's own artistic accomplishment and experience accumulation. Bonsai modeling is a form of appearance, artistic conception is the soul of bonsai, and it shows the ideas expressed by the producers. Every bonsai work is unique.
Knowing the artistic conception of bonsai, we know that pruning is not a simple technique, but a method that can shape different artistic conceptions and express the different artistic styles of the producers. When pruning, we need to have a clear ideological system, define the goal to be achieved, and express our thoughts and feelings in bonsai works through pruning.
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