Drawing a tiger on a wooden board with a piping hot soldering iron, what is this operation? Branding painting is called "fire needle embroidery" in ancient times, closely known as "fire pen painting" and "hot painting", etc., which is a technique of ironing on an object after heating it with fire or electricity. The lighter color of the wooden board can fully show the characteristics of the change of the thickness of the brand marks, and become the raw material favored by the artists of the branding. On February 4, the reporter saw in Cao Baodong's circle of friends that two paintings with tiger themes that he had carefully burned with a soldering iron for 22 days had been completed. The two paintings, called "Tiger Wei Tu", are 52.5 cm long and 54.5 cm wide, and he walks through the wooden board of an electric pen to show the mighty and brave characteristics of the tiger to the fullest.
"My legs and feet are inconvenient, and I have few opportunities to go out, but people always have to have a rich spiritual world." Cao Baodong told reporters that he suffered from polio when he was a child, and it was inconvenient to go to school and there was no opportunity to learn painting. In 2013, I saw the introduction of branding painting on TV, and I began to copy and learn it step by step.
In his creation, Cao Baodong often takes inspiration from his side, connects daily life and creation, and interprets what he sees and thinks in his daily life with his works. "This is not the Year of the Tiger, just thinking of making a 'Tiger Weitu' according to the Year of the Tiger, and using the soldering iron in your hand to express your good wishes for the future." The two wood-panel paintings lasted for 22 days, and in one painting, the tiger head looked at the mighty eyes, mainly hoping that the Tiger would shock the epidemic, Guotai Min'an, and the Shangshan Tiger would greet the rising sun and protect the mountains and rivers. Cao Baodong said.
Cao Baodong said that the history of brand painting is actually very long, but not many people know about it so far. The current branding painting is very different from the previous branding painting, which used to be painted directly with a large soldering iron, and now the branding pen has developed very conveniently. Paintings pay attention to priorities, shades and shades, composition, speed, temperature control, will determine the quality of the paintings. Speed and temperature control are the keys to the success of branding. Through the control of temperature, the shades of colors in the painting change, transition, etc. After the painting can not be modified, pay attention to a single formation, and from the pen to the pen requires one stroke, forming a unique artistic style.
Huashang Daily reporter Dong Xiaoming Editor Zhao Xin