Feel the simple joys of life
—— "Grandma Buys Fried Crispy Meat" appreciation
"Grandma, Buy Fried Crispy Meat" is launched by the Langhua Flower Children's Book, which tells the story of a little boy with a heart, Qiu Qiu, who accompanies his grandmother to the vegetable market to buy ingredients, but the eyes see all the fried crispy meat, which leads to a series of interesting stories. The story is full of the breath of life, the strong smell of fireworks, we may wish to appreciate the creation of this book:
The story of the picture book is very simple, Qiu Qiu carries a small bamboo basket and follows his grandmother to the wet market, bent on buying fried crispy meat. They are all the most ordinary scenes of life, but they reflect the stairs and houses built along the mountain in the mountain city, the style of the morning market, the special food culture, the love of Chinese ancestors and the simple human touch.
Painting style: emphasis on realism, cute and cute, warm and not colorful, watercolor layering and hand-painted texture are perfectly presented, strong sense of movement.
There are many attractions under the ambush: yellow eels, don't run around on the front page, grandpa inside the door, grandpa Wang who met, buy vegetables first and then buy meat, and be attentive when you go out. Let the story have a strong coherence, you can clearly feel the route of the ball and grandma to buy vegetables and the overall layout of the market.
Echoes back and forth: The last page is a table full of hot pot materials, which also echoes the dishes that Grandma was busy buying at the wet market. What's in Grandma's purchase list? From the table: hairy belly, bamboo shoots, rice cakes, mushrooms, striped fish, tofu fruit, bell peppers...
Narrative: The writing is very delicate, the emotional shaping of the ball is very in place, and when you arrive at the market, all you see is fried crispy meat. From the excitement at the beginning, to the urging, to the anger, the image of a gluttonous child jumped on the paper. "Did you see the fried crispy meat?" "Grandma, let's hurry up and find the fried crispy meat, it will be gone when it's late", "Grandma look quickly, he is eating fried crispy meat", "This time I want to eat fried crispy meat", "Let's go buy fried crispy meat quickly." "Grandma look! Fried crispy meat", "Late fried crispy meat is gone". Simple and straightforward conversations and those big, eager, talking eyes evoke taste buds.
Balls have also been briefly attracted, cute little goldfish, fun detection eggs, delicious ding-dong candy, riddles to eat peanuts. But they could not divert the ball's attention, and the ball, which was eager for fried meat, finally couldn't help but get angry and walked away, causing a safety oversight. These are the small details that shape the success of the ball.
The climax of the story: Grandpa and Ball play a game of hide-and-seek with Grandma, hiding from Grandma, scaring Grandma into crying. This improves the expressiveness and pulls the reader's eyeballs.
Dribbling: The fried crispy meat that the ball has been chanting, with a page to close-up, the golden skin, a look is crisp and delicious; when the ball sees the fried crispy meat, the eyes are bright, a page is the excitement of the ball; the people in the market have a rich and natural expression, buy a page of pickles, some are thinking, some are smiling, some are still looking at the pickles in a daze, may be struggling with which kind of bar; panoramic aerial cameras let the market have a sweeping view, so that the buildings of the mountain city can be seen; the local close-ups under the feet of adults are only for closer to the ball The cut sub-shots show the reader one moment after another, so that the picture has a sense of jumping; the plane produced by the perspective graphic highlights the scene with fish shouting.
Borderless design: Makes the two panoramic overlooking the cross-page composition appear more open, highlighting the prosperity of the morning market and narrowing the distance with the reader.
The cover and back cover echo, from the empty basket to the bear's crispy meat, the wish of the ball is realized.
Details: purchase list, riddle guessing, yamashiro ancient morning market style, ball gambling to leave grandma, 5 pairs of chopsticks on the table, small red cups and blue and white porcelain small wine glasses, etc. It all adds to the story.
Chinese ancestral love: Grandpa appeared, and Qiu Qiu finally ate fried crispy meat; after grabbing the fish, the grandmother with the fish found that the ball was missing and cried urgently; qiu Qiu saw that Grandma was crying, and quickly ran out of Grandma's arms. The mutual love between the ancestors is reflected.
The warmth and love of the elderly: When Grandma found out that it was Grandpa's ghost, she took the fish she had just bought as a sword, chased after Grandpa, and scolded in her mouth: "It turned out to be you old guy, an old man, who still made this kind of joke, crazy and ridiculous." "A simple and intimate scene of an elderly couple getting along on a daily basis jumps out of the paper.
Safety education: Grandpa and The Ball hide, to give Grandma a "lesson", who let her only care about grabbing the discount with the fish, regardless of the Ball Ball. It also teaches the reader a lesson.
The same theme is Zhou Xiang's "Morning Market in Lotus Town", the difference between the two is that the difference between oil painting and watercolor in technique, the difference between freehand and realism in painting style, the difference between creative masterpieces and films, and the difference between the magnificent atmosphere and the partiality of the scene.
In "The Morning Market of Lotus Town", the urban children's water village tour sees new things and rural customs that have never appeared in urban life: water towns, rice wine, piglets, mottled boat shadows, chickens that have just come out of their shells, open-air dramas, and flower palanquins for picking up brides. It is simply a contemporary "Qingming River Map" and a "peach blossom source" on the soul. For adults is a thought, an eternal memory, for children is fresh, is the baptism of the soul, the intention is more profound. The structure of "Grandma Buys Fried Crispy Meat" is simple and slightly thin, highlighting the life and creating a vivid image of the ball, but who said that a simple life is not the essence of our pursuit!