How to practice the simple and easy-to-use patterns of coffee flowers?

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Coffee flower drawing exercise:

We have previously posted one of the most cost-effective flower drawing methods in history, sharing several small exercises for using water flow to improve proficiency in flower pots. Today, we add several problems and solutions that are often found by practitioners in the process of practical teaching application.

In fact, the problems that need to be paid attention to in the basic flower drawing exercise are nothing more than four points: the injection height, the tilt angle, the swing amplitude and the location of the landing point in contact with the liquid surface.

01. Injection height

Pour water from the mouth of the coffee jar toward you, and you will find that the flow will first show a small triangle, and then turn down into a thinner direct current.

When practicing the flower drawing technique, we must pay attention to using a small triangle to touch the liquid surface (the distance between the tip and the liquid surface is basically less than one centimeter). Only in such a close distance can the foam float on the liquid surface and show a pattern.

When practicing the fusion technique, it is necessary to widen the distance between the tip and the liquid surface to form a DC with sufficient impulse (the distance is as large as 10 centimeters as far as possible), otherwise the foam will float on the liquid surface because of insufficient impulse in practical application, resulting in the phenomenon of black and white, which is very dirty.

2. Tilt angle

Whether it is fusion or coffee flower, there must be a certain tilt angle. Enough tilt angle can make the milk ​​​​ foam flow out with the milk, form a liquid surface with tension when fusing, and effectively show the pattern when drawing flowers.

So when practicing, we must pay attention to: no matter how fine the flow is, we should also let the triangular water flow of one centimeter at the tip of the cylinder have an oblique forward angle. Falling vertically or even tilting in the opposite direction means that the tilt angle is too small.

If you want to point the push pattern, such as a big heart, then the inclination should be increased quickly to ensure that a large number of foam flow out, to prevent layers of chaotic lines. When you want to practice embossing, you can slowly press the cylinder on the basis of ensuring that the small triangle is oblique to the front, and narrow the water flow as much as possible.

Finally, as the end of the picture, pay attention to the end of the flow refinement mainly depends on the height of the flow distance to adjust, do not greatly change the angle of the vat.

3. Swing amplitude

When practicing embossing, some students will shake the vat impatiently in an attempt to improve the effect of the pattern by increasing strength.

In fact, the movement of embossing is very gentle.

First of all, make sure the flow distance and angle: the "small triangle" moves forward obliquely, and the distance between the cylinder tip and the liquid surface is not more than one centimeter. On this basis, the handle of the flower jar is used as the axis to carry out a small pendulum movement, so that the small triangle can steadily draw a "word" about one centimeter long on the liquid surface. Note that the triangle should always be complete, the liquid level should be stable, and should not be pulled too much.

When practicing, pay attention to the wrist fixed, pull the vat do not twist, the cylinder mouth and cylinder bottom are always on the same axis.

4. Location of landing point

When practicing heart-shaped coffee flowers, the landing point should be between 1/3 and 1/2 of the liquid level on the side of the hand holding the flower jar (most people are on the right). The point to pay attention to is that this landing point must be kept in a state of slight forward resistance, not backward. When the cup is almost full, pull it up and finish.

When practicing the leaves, you should quickly swing and pull after forming the shading until you reach the edge of the cup, then pause, pull up, and finish.

No matter what kind of pattern it is, the landing point should be stabilized and raised at the end, so that the small triangle leaves the liquid surface and ends with a thin DC part.

Don't think so complicated about the foundation, just put your posture in the right position. What gnash teeth, the face is ferocious, the whole body is spasmodic, so that it is superfluous to drop a cup and smash the machine.