Bamboo: Nodes and Hollow Lines

Details of a group of bamboo elements. One bamboo pole, about eight centimeters in diameter, serves as a column or crossbar. Its surface is smooth, and its color has transitioned from the fresh green of new bamboo to a warm honey-yellow, with several dark spots. The bamboo nodes protrude as rings, and the length between nodes is irregular, becoming shorter towards the top. The cross-section reveals a hollow interior with a white inner membrane. Elsewhere, there is a ceiling or screen woven from fine bamboo strips. The strips are uniform in width but vary in color depth. The lines of the bamboo are extremely fine and straight, contrasting with the rough, heavy earthen wall. Light comes from the side, making the annular shadows of the bamboo nodes clear. Avoid: using plastic imitation bamboo materials, drawing the bamboo nodes at equal intervals, using dyed bamboo, drawing the bamboo as solid.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組竹製元素的細部。一根作為柱或橫桿的竹,直徑約八公分,表面是光滑的,顏色從新竹的青綠已經轉為溫潤的蜜黃,並有幾處深色的斑點;竹節突出成一圈環,節與節之間的長度不規則,越往上越短;斷面處可以看見中空的內部與白色的內膜。另一處是一片以細竹篾編成的天花或隔屏,篾條的寬度均勻但顏色深淺不一。竹的線條極細而挺直,與粗糙厚重的土壁形成對比。光從側面來,讓竹節的環形陰影清楚。避免:使用塑膠仿竹材料、把竹節的間距畫成均等、使用染色的竹、把竹畫成實心。