Recently, Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House launched a collection of children's poems created by Kuang Hongyu, a member of the Chinese Poetry Society and a young poet of Zhejiang's "post-10s", "Peach Flavored Tendon Douyun". The poetry collection selects 96 children's poems, exquisitely conceived and complete, and the words flash with the light of childlike fun, true feelings and wisdom. Each poem in the book is equipped with an illustration, drawn by a 7-year-old jiang Yuqi child in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, the picture is fresh, the colors are bright, and the imagination is peculiar, which not only presents the artistic conception of the poem, but also adds to the charm of the poem.
Jiang Yuqi is a second-grade student at Liuzhou East Road Branch of Langya Road Primary School in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, and recently turned 8 years old. She enjoys drawing, writing poetry, and reading picture books. At the age of 6, she began to publish poetry, and her works were scattered in children's literature, Beijing News, China Young Writers Daily, Culture and Art Newspaper, Juvenile Poetry Journal and other newspapers and periodicals. She is very good at creating children's poetry picture books, "Grow Up Quickly", "Chrysanthemum Petal Little Fish", "Peekaboo Cat" won the Best Excellence Award of the "Five-Grid Magic Book Contest" of oriental doll magazine, and the best creative award of the "Children's Magic Picture Book Competition".
During the interview, the reporter learned that Jiang Yuqi and Kuang Hongyu became acquainted with children's poems, and with her outstanding painting talent, she received an invitation to create an illustration for Kuang Hongyu's first poetry collection. In 2021, Xiao Yuqi used his spare time to spend more than 3 months to create a relevant and appropriate illustration for each of the 96 poems, and also drew a cover picture for the poetry collection. Two "post-10s" teenagers full of spirit collided with the spark of art, and children's poems and children's paintings complement each other, bringing readers a very amazing reading experience.
How do I need to draw illustrations for text?
Illustrating text is a difficult task, and many experienced adult painters may not be able to carry it out smoothly. How did Jiang Yuqi arrange illustrations for children's poems? She told reporters that she first tried to draw two styles for Kuang Hongyu to choose, one is unrestrained and one is fresh. The little poet chose a fresh style. When creating specific illustrations, young painters are accustomed to walking in three steps. Step 1: Draw a draft. After reading a poem, she will have inspiration and images will appear in her mind. Step 2: Copy. Copy the draft onto formal drawing paper. Step 3: Coloring.
When illustrating the poem "Going to the "Class"", Jiang Yuqi wanted to present the meaning expressed in the poem that "there are too many interest classes and cram classes for children", so he drew a tree, and many children stood on the tree to do homework, their expressions were very depressed, standing on the tree and could not get up and down. Such a fantastic idea is really ingenious and makes people laugh.
When she read the poem "The Nanny and the Mosquito", she suddenly did not know how to depict the mosquitoes in the face of the nanny hitting the child. She felt that the nanny did not do it right, too careless, but she thought that the nanny should love the child and wanted to draw her good side, so she conceived of the more beautiful scene of the nanny pushing the stroller. The little painter's sensitivity is very keen, capturing delicate emotions.
Jiang Yuqi liked the poem "Summer in Henggang" very much, and felt that the yellow peach forest in the poem was particularly romantic, so he painted his grandmother as a young girl. Looking at such a picture, the breath of summer in Yokota is overwhelming.
In Jiang Yuqi's mind, "poetry is a question mark and an exclamation point." Like the little poet, she has the innocence and childlike heart of a young person, and her deep understanding and perception of poetry help her to create art under the premise of reading Kuang Hongyu's children's poems. The 96 illustrations are fresh, brightly colored and exquisitely conceived, presenting the artistic conception of the poem and adding to the charm of the poem.
The biggest influence on myself is my mother
The creation of literature and art requires a certain talent, but the education guidance of parents and the diligent practice of children are also crucial.
Jiang Yuqi said that the biggest influence on her was her mother: "My mother is a person who loves life, she likes to be close to nature, I am influenced by her, and I go to the farm, the mountains, the river, the flower field with her to play on the weekend, with these experiences, as soon as I get the paper, I have a lot of emotions to express." "Yuqi's mother deeply feels the benefits of being exposed to nature, and nature opens the door of her imagination for her children to discover beauty." I took her to many, many flower fields, to see the plum blossoms of Meihua Mountain, the February orchid of Nan Polytechnic, the tulips of Green Expo Garden, the cherry blossoms of Xuanwu Lake, the lavender of Datangjin, and many places full of roses, sunflowers, lotuses, and Gesang flowers. "The poetry of life is passed on to the child by the mother in the company of the bits.
Yuqi's mother will record many interesting words spoken by her children in her daily life, and will also print the children's poems and picture books written and drawn by the children themselves into books as souvenirs, encouraging the children to insist on creation.
When Yu qi was in kindergarten, she participated in the master class held by the Oriental Doll Magazine and came into close contact with many excellent painters, who were all role models for Yu Qi to learn from and encouraged her to paint harder. Mom also took Yuqi to listen to Zhou Xiang's lectures, participate in the nursery rhymes and poetry concerts of Teacher Liang Jun, and watch the paper dramas performed by Teacher Watanabe Shigeharu. These experiences are of great benefit to broaden Yu Qi's artistic horizons, improve his painting skills, and enhance his interest in learning. Yangzi Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Huang Yanwen