李艷考與五谷畫

我們平時常見的小米、綠豆等農(nóng)作物的種子，經(jīng)過巧手設(shè)計、精心粘貼后，就變成了一幅幅栩栩如生的繪畫作品，真令人叫絕。這種用農(nóng)作物的種子做成的畫被稱為五谷畫，是山東省濱州市鄒平縣好生鎮(zhèn)院上村28歲的李艷考經(jīng)過潛心研究獨(dú)創(chuàng)的。

自幼就喜愛畫畫的李艷考，偶然在電視上看到了一幅用小米做成的地圖，當(dāng)時她就產(chǎn)生了一種想法:為什么不能用小米作畫呢?如果再配上些其它農(nóng)作物的種子作畫，那畫不就更加精彩嗎?于是，她找來了許多作物的種子，鋪開了封存已久的畫案，執(zhí)意要將這些種子搬到畫面上，創(chuàng)作出一種新的畫種。

試做的第一幅五谷畫，李艷考怎么也表現(xiàn)不出腦海里想象的畫面效果，不是色調(diào)灰暗就是線條死板，看起來都不和諧。李艷考不厭其煩，反復(fù)練習(xí)，不斷試用各種作物種子，變換繪畫形式，進(jìn)行調(diào)整和探索，經(jīng)過30多遍的試驗(yàn)，終于拿出一幅像模像樣的五谷畫。從此她便一頭扎進(jìn)了種子堆里，潛心探索五谷畫的表現(xiàn)技法，如醉如癡地進(jìn)行創(chuàng)作。

雖然大部分人還不知道五谷畫，但她的畫知名度出去了，有人已經(jīng)預(yù)訂了她的作品，開始認(rèn)識到了它的價值。李艷考也對這種畫種充滿了信心。她希望把這份手藝留傳下來，使之成為當(dāng)?shù)氐囊环N特產(chǎn)、一個名牌。她打算申請專利后，再聯(lián)系合作伙伴，形成大批量生產(chǎn)，爭取讓五谷畫盡早地走進(jìn)市場。

1.五谷畫不僅具有中國傳統(tǒng)的繪畫特色，而且還融入了西畫繪畫風(fēng)格，給人們耳目一新的感受。平時李艷考會看些美術(shù)書，從中尋找創(chuàng)作的靈感。

The five-cereal paintings not only have the characteristics of the traditional Chinese paintings， but also integrate styles of the western oil paintings. Li Yankao likes to read some artistic books to seek enlightenment for her creation.

2.像小米、白菜種子等原料，實(shí)在太小了，必須用牙簽一粒一粒的按上去，否則就走了樣，制作一幅兩平方米的作品，需要六七天的時間才能完成，即使是比手掌還小的作品，也得要一天的時間。

The raw materials like millet and seeds of the Chinese cabbage are so small. So they must be placed by the toothpick one by one. To create a 2 m2. painting takes six to seven days. To create palm-size mini painting， takes a whole day.

3.在選材時，一定要保證材料的純天然性，李艷考到莊稼地里，仔細(xì)選擇適合作畫的材料。

Natural appearance is needed for the raw materials. So Li Yankao carefully chooses the material suitable for her painting in the crop field.

邊欄:李艷考的五谷畫作品:《永遠(yuǎn)的敦煌》、《草原小騎士》、《農(nóng)戶一家》、《威武的將軍》。

Five-cereal painting works by Li Yankao: Little Rider on the Prairie， The Martial General， The Eternal Dunhuang and A Rural Household

她把玻璃、木板、紙盒當(dāng)畫布，把鑷子、牙簽當(dāng)畫筆，把種子當(dāng)顏料，進(jìn)行特殊的繪畫創(chuàng)作。

She takes the glass， wooden boxes or cartons as her canvas， forceps and toothpicks as her brushes， and seeds as her pigments to make her special painting creations.

不管是人物還是風(fēng)景，不管是山水還是花卉，李艷考都想盡一切辦法用五谷去表現(xiàn)，去塑造。

Figures， landscapes， mountains， waters and flowers， whatever， Li Yankao tries her best to illustrate them with the five cereals.

The seeds of crops such as millet and mung bean， after being designed and glued， can become marvelous vivid pictures. These pictures called “five-cereal paintings” are uniquely created by 28-year-old Li Yankao， a young lady of Yuanshang Village， Zouping County， Binzhou City， Shandong Province.

Li Yankao liked painting in her childhood. When by chance she saw a map made of millet on TV， she had the idea to painting pictures with millet. So she found many kinds of crop seeds， with which she started to create her five-cereal paintings.