My Life Simulator

My Life Simulator Chapter 217

2020-10-28

Chapter 217 What is Art? This is art

Lu Li's house is relatively old.

The renovation of that year consisted of painting the walls with a layer of latex paint, hanging some gypsum roofs on the ceiling, and laying a layer of floor tiles on the ground.

In Lu Li's "Renovation Design", these basic items do not need major changes at all.

Walls can be solved by wall painting. Doors, windows and furniture can be carved and painted.

The only problem is that this modification takes time. This is even more insignificant, anyway, it is also a skill practice, and you can always get it done slowly.

Second day, Lu Li began to act.

At first there is no big fanfare, Lu Li starts from a small place first, one skill is not superb enough, and two one person can't make a big deal.

The first thing Lu Li remodeled was the dining table.

The dining table in the family is very old. It is said that the family had this table before Lu Li was born.

This is a square log table. Compared to those synthetic tables that I buy now, this table is old, but... the raw wood material is very suitable for modification.

An antique carved Eight Immortals table.

Much stronger than the synthetic table bought outside.

Lu Li laughed and walked around this table, already having a case in mind.

The shape of this table is very simple, with a table top, four legs, without any extras, it looks very simple.

But...the more rudimentary, the better.

The four table legs can be carved into a tiger squat pattern, like four tiger claws clawing to the ground.

Above the four table legs, a skirt can be added to make carvings, and the pattern can be made into Kui Dragon Mark.

The table top can be carved all around, and the eight treasure patterns can be carved. As for the middle of the table...this one cannot be engraved. The desktop must be flat, otherwise it is difficult to put things.

Lu Li is about to draw a lotus carp image on the desktop.

The entire table has been repainted and painted purple to look like antique redwood furniture.

After this transformation, the force came up!

Lu Li nodded with a smile, took out the wood carving tools from the room, and began to carve the legs of the table.

The first step is to trace the picture, make the four table legs into a tiger squat shape, trace the composition texture, and then start to carve with the knife.

This kind of large-scale sculpture is not as delicate as small pieces, but it is more drastic in operation.

Lu Li picked up a large carving knife and modified the shape of the four table legs. The four table legs straight up and down formed a tiger squat arc, and carved lines on the table legs. .

Below the legs of the table, the position of the landing, but need to be carefully carved. Lu Li carved the lower ends of the four table legs into a tiger claw shape.

After the four legs were carved, Lu Li began to carve the Eight Treasures pattern all around the table top.

Because to make the skirt of the Kui Dragon Mark, you also need woodworking tools. Lu Li only placed an order online last night, and it will take a few days to arrive. For the time being, we can only make these small changes.

The eight-treasure pattern engraving all around the desktop looks very complicated, with many lines and patterns, but it is actually not that complicated.

These patterns are all the same. After the drawing, they are engraved one by one, but they are just repeating the same engraving technique.

It didn't take too long, Lu Li finished the engraving of the Eight Treasures all around the table top.

To achieve the design effect of Lu Li, this table also needs to be fitted with Kui Dragon Mark skirts all around, and then painted and lacquered before it can be officially completed.

The tools have not arrived, and the paint has not yet arrived, so I can't get it in one step for the time being.

As a result, Lu Li set his sights on the matching stools of the Eight Immortals Table.

The style of the four stools is also very simple, and the only advantage is that the materials are solid, which is very beneficial to Lu Li's modification and beautification.

In order to match the table, the pattern of the four stools is exactly the same as the table. It is also the four legs of the tiger squat pattern, the skirt of the Kui Dragon Mark, and the four sides of the stool with the eight treasure pattern.

With the same shape and texture, Lu Li's carving is smoother and more handy.

As the morning passed, Lu Li re-carved the dining table and four stools.

Because the skirt is still missing, and it is not painted and painted, the table and stool after re-engraving, the color is white and white, it is not very good-looking.

However, compared to the simple table and stools before, even this unfinished work is of several levels higher.

Neither Father Lu nor Mother Lu came home for lunch. Lu Li made his own lunch and brought it over to sit on the re-beautified table. The feeling of eating seemed to be a little better.

Art comes from life, but it is higher than life, but... it must return to life in the end!

It is more important to bring "beauty" to one's own family than to bring "beauty" to others.

After lunch, Lu Li didn't immediately jump into the next step of landscaping.

The clay sculpture and pen holder promised to mother yesterday must not be sloppy. It must be completed first.

The second pen holder, Lu Li made a set with the previous one. One is "the bright moon shines on the river", and the other is "morning sun Yingshangang".

The clay sculpture of father is to move bricks, and the clay sculpture of mother is to sell vegetables.

The second time I made the pen holder and clay sculpture, it was easier and more skilled than the first time. Lu Li spent far less time than the first time.

After half a day, the clay and bamboo sculptures were all finished.

Take out yesterday's clay sculptures and bamboo sculptures. The two clay sculptures are placed side by side on the coffee table in the living room. The two bamboo sculpture pen holders... um, the cups are just the cups, and they are also side by side.

When the father mother came back, they were very happy to see two clay sculptures and two "cups" on the coffee table.

The artistic value of these two distinct things cannot be seen by the father mother. However, they have already felt this intention.

"Haha! It's so beautiful! It's so beautiful!"

The mother looked around at the clay sculpture on the coffee table for a while, smiling until she couldn't stop laughing.

"Huh? The table and the stool..."

Father suddenly saw the very different dining table and stool, and said in surprise: "Baby, the table and the stool... it's also you It's made?"

"It's not finished yet!"

Lu Li said with a smile: "It's just finished the carving, but also the skirt and painting, It will take a few days to complete."

"Aiya! I just saw it!"

The mother turned her head and saw the greatly changed dining table and stools, and ran up quickly, surrounding the table After turning around, "tsk tsk" exclaimed in his mouth, "Good ability! Son, you have learned art well. The table and stools are like antiques on TV after you have made them like this."

“Art makes life better!”

Lu Li replied with a smile.

"en! Not bad! Not bad!"

father also nodded with a smile, "It seems that you learn this art, it is very useful!"

Lu Li laughed, I don’t know if it’s useful for others to learn art. I study art, it must be useful!

Can't improve the quality of life, can't make life better, why should I learn it?

For the next period of time, Lu Li is still "landscape" step by step.

Table carving, stool carving, then coffee table carving, wood sofa carving, doors and windows, wardrobe desk, all carvings.

Except that the bed is not a log and is not suitable for remodeling, all kinds of furniture in the home have been beautified by Lu Li's carvings.

The woodworking tools and assorted paints ordered by Lu Li have also arrived.

Bought some hardwood boards at a lumber company, Lu Li began to carve tables, stools, sofas, coffee tables, and decorative skirtings on doors and windows.

The window is a plastic-steel sliding window, so there is no way to beautify it. Lu Li just installed a decorative skirt above the curtain to beautify it a little.

When installing these decorative skirts, except for the nails on the doors and windows, Lu Li did not use nails in other places, but used the traditional woodworking mortise and tenon technique to assemble these skirts.

With the trim skirt installed, it's time to paint and paint.

Painting and color matching is Lu Li's specialty, so naturally it is not a problem, even painting on various furniture doors and windows is not a problem.

The only thing that's a little rough on the hands is the paint.

Fortunately, I can find everything on the Internet. I searched for the manufacturing process and color painting process of lacquerware. After reading it, Lu Li also mastered the process flow.

There is not much esoteric about varnishing, it is nothing more than priming, painting, painting, and then applying a layer of varnish.

First sand it with sandpaper, then scrape the primer, then paint it, dry it, paint it on it, and finally brush it with varnish.

The work is very easy, and it doesn't take much time, but...there are several steps in the middle that need to be dried naturally, and half a month has passed by the time the whole process is completed.

Half a month later, Lu Li's furniture, doors, windows and wardrobes are all brand new.

The exquisite carved and painted decorations give these old homes a new lease of life. Every piece of furniture, every door and window, looks gorgeous and elegant, magnificent.

"Wow..."

When Lu Li's last step was completed, Lu's father and Lu's mother were stunned when they saw the furniture, doors and windows, and wardrobes at home!

In the living room, on the purple red coffee table, the pattern of rich and noble peony is engraved and painted.

The two short and one long next to it, three wooden sofas, have been transformed into Coiling Dragon Imperial Tutor chairs. Dragon and phoenix carving, five blessings come to the door, all kinds of carvings and paintings, colorful, magnificent.

In the restaurant next to it, there is an antique tiger squat table with four tiger squat square stools, like a tiger squatting on a hill.

Dark purple Eight Immortals table all around, with four sides of Kui Dragon Mark skirts, colorful paintings, brilliant lights and vibrant colors.

A circle is drawn in the center of the desktop, and a lotus carp picture is drawn in this circle. The four corners outside the circle are painted with four decorations of Fu, Lu and Shouxi.

Such a sofa, such a coffee table, such a table... This is a work of art, right?

So beautiful!

These furniture...it's totally different from the old junk!

"Son, with this ability, you will never worry about it in your life!"

Dad Lu looked at these magnificent furniture like works of art, and was very happy .

Not because of the furniture, but because of Lu Li's craftsmanship. With this ability, you don't have to worry about not being able to eat in the future.

“There are even more beautiful ones!”

Lu Li laughed, pointing to the direction of the room, “I have remodeled the door and wardrobe, let’s take a look The final result!"

"The door and wardrobe are also finished? Then you have to take a good look!"

Mother Lu had a smile on her face, and quickly got up and ran over.

Lu Li also walked to the door with the father.

At this moment, the finally completed door has a Chinese-style lattice frame with carved and painted colors on the original door frame and door panel, and a painted painting is also carved on the door page.

Lu Li's room has "Hanmei Aoxue" on the door.

Inside the Chinese-style lattice frame, stands a cold plum with frost and snow. There is also a poem inscribed in the blank space: "The sword edge emerges from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold."

In the parents' room, there is a "Rich Peony" on the door, and a splendid peony blooms in the Chinese-style lattice frame.

The guest room next to the room has a "welcoming pine" carved and painted on the door.

After such a renovation, the once-old decoration and outdated furniture have reappeared in a splendid brilliance.

"It's so beautiful! It's so beautiful!"

The mother looked at the engraving on the door and smiled.

"Really good-looking!"

The father is also nodded. Looking up towards the yellowed latex paint walls all around, father and frowned.

"Son, the furniture and doors and windows are very beautiful, it's this wall..."

The father turned to look at Lu Li, said with a smile: "It seems that this wall It has to be redecorated, otherwise it will not be worthy of the things my son made."

"No need for decoration!"

Lu Li smiled and looked the head, " Dad, what is the most high-end wall decoration right now? It's wall painting!"

"Wall painting?"

father is somewhat confused about what it is.

"It's just painting!"

Lu Li grinned, "Isn't painting what I do best? Leave it to me!"

"Good! Good!"

Hearing this, the father mother nodded again and again.

On the second day, Lu Li started painting the walls.

Lu Li has already made a plan for the wall painting. The required paints and some required tools have also been bought back.

Everything is ready, just waiting for... sanitation.

Well, before painting, you have to clean and wipe the walls, ceilings, and all of them, and then you can start to apply the base color after cleaning.

With the ladder, Lu Li wiped and cleaned the walls piece by piece, and thoroughly cleaned the whole room up and down. Some areas that are not flat enough need to be sanded.

speaking of which is easy to do...just cleaning the walls and ceiling took Lu Li a whole day.

After a night of drying, on the second day, Lu Li began to paint the walls.

The background color is determined according to the decoration style. Generally, it is relatively light color, beige, milky white, light pink, these background colors.

Take a large brush, like latex paint, and brush every wall and ceiling of the room.

The process took Lu Li two days. After brushing the base color, Lu Li left it empty for two more days, waiting for the base color to dry before officially starting to paint.

The TV wall in the living room, Lu Li painted a lotus pond.

A bunch of wicker hangs down from the upper left corner, and a pomegranate sticks out from the upper right corner. Up ahead, the blue waves are rippling, and the distant view is a bush of jade green reeds. Below, on both sides of the TV, are lotus plants and lotus leaves.

Opposite the TV wall, on this wall, Lu Li painted a landscape of green hills, surrounded by clear water, waterfalls and flowing springs.

On the wall of the restaurant, Lu Li painted a scene of an ancient banquet. There are four separate paintings of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum on the hallway.

The wall of the room mainly paints the scenery of flowers and birds, all of which are warm pictures with warm tones.

The whole painting process took Lu Li more than half a month.

After Lu Li finished painting the "Peach Blossoms" in his room, the month-long "Home Beautification" project was finally successfully completed.

successfully accomplished!

Lu Li laughed heartily. What is art, this is art!

(end of this chapter)