The Vietnamese were born with rice; Therefore, rice is also the source of inspiration and also the material of many Vietnamese artists.
Introduction to art rice art
Vietnam is famous for its fragrant rice, which has long been one of the great powers in rice export. Rice is not only associated with the farmer's farm for millennia, but is also associated with the cultural life, spirit and prosperity of the nation.
From the grain of nature, through the skillful hands of artisans, the grain has been transformed into a beautiful and unique artwork, very creative name is very simple: Painting rice.
Rice Painting (Rice in English) is regarded as the modern art of painting, the uniqueness of the rice painting not only by the material but also by the creativity that its owner makes ...
Raw materials, the process of making rice pictures
To make a good picture of good quality rice, artisans must be very meticulous in the process of raw materials to make rice pictures as it will directly affect the quality of the picture.
Raw materials for making rice pictures are rice seeds and must be cultivated and harvested in the fields of Vietnam, there are three types of rice selected as painting materials. In that, pickled rice is chosen for the piece details, sticky rice chooses for large, large pieces, broken rice used to create small details and smooth the picture
The grain will be differentiated from white, yellow, brown and black by drying and roasting without the use of any other coloring chemical, the color of the rice will depend on temperature and time. drying / roasting. Therefore, rice pictures only the basic colors mentioned above without bright colors such as blue, red, pink, purple ... Currently, the color of rice in the market is in the range from 15 to 20 colors .
To create a picture of beautiful rice art, the artisan must self-tinker, study the rice types, glues, techniques of rice arrangement so that all are close and close together, the picture needs to focus weak The color of the rice, the texture of the rice, the layout beautiful, the texture must be meticulously arranged, sharp ... especially in the main color choice, artisans must choose rice with color suitable to The composition of the picture is not broken.
Existing rice paintings are: landscape paintings, portraits, art paintings, calligraphy paintings, animal and religious paintings and other genres (those not covered by the above six categories) will be selected. Variety of choices for customers to choose decorations for living room, office ... or to give relatives, friends, souvenirs, etc.
Video introducing rice pictures
