Autumn, 2023

Jiayi Li

9 in x 13 in

In this project, I designed six cards of autumn solar terms in the twenty-four solar terms. “Twenty-Four Solar Terms” is a product of ancient Chinese farming civilization. It is a knowledge system formed by ancient ancestors in compliance with farming seasons, observing the movement of celestial bodies, and understanding the changing laws of seasons, climate, and phenology in a year. In autumn, the green leaves gradually change color, and then fall off to the ground. The autumn in our school is very beautiful, and the sun shines on the leaves of different colors, which is very warm. 

All the materials come from the scenery on the campus that I took. Because I like the light and shadow performance of Impressionism very much, I chose to increase the color tone of the pictures to bright contrast to make the picture more vivid, and then I used Photoshop to adjust the effect of oil painting. Then I marked the names of the six Chinese solar terms on each picture.