1, Preparation materials: First of all, before you start, you should prepare the painting tools you need, such as a drawing board, colorful pigments, a palette according to your needs, and multiple brushes. This is the premise of painting Mid-Autumn moon cakes.

2. Conception screen: Before you start painting, first conceive the Mid-Autumn moon cake scene you want to express. You can choose to draw an independent picture of moon cakes, or combine moon cakes with other elements, such as a full moon and family reunion.

3. Draw the shape of the moon cake: Choose a moon cake with an appropriate size to draw, which can be round or square. Gently outline the basic outline of moon cakes with light-colored pigments to keep the gestures natural and smooth.

4. Fill color: Choose the appropriate pigment color and fill the color according to the taste of moon cakes you want, such as red beans, lotus seed paste and five kernels. Draw the texture of syrup or fruit on the surface of moon cakes to make them look more delicious.

5. Draw the pattern of the moon cake: If you want to add color to the moon cake, you can draw some traditional patterns or patterns on its surface, such as rabbits, moons and flowers, to show the characteristics of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

6. Draw the background and add shadows and light: Around the moon cake or in the background, you can draw some matching elements, such as flowers, rabbits and family members, to enrich the whole picture. According to the direction of light, the shadows of moon cakes and surrounding objects are drawn to make the whole picture look more stereoscopic and vivid.

7. Handling details and adding Mid-Autumn Festival atmosphere: Carefully check the whole painting, and make necessary touches and adjustments to the details to ensure the harmony and completeness of the picture. If you want the picture to better reflect the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can add some symbols of the Mid-Autumn Festival to other parts of the picture, such as hanging lanterns, the moon, family reunion and other elements.

The origin of mid-autumn moon cakes

1, traditional sacrificial food: The earliest moon cakes may have been made as sacrificial food to worship the moon and ancestors. These moon cakes are usually simple foods made of wheat flour, honey and water.

2. Legend of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon: A famous legend related to Mid-Autumn Festival is the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon. Legend has it that Chang 'e soared to the moon, leaving an empty moon palace. In memory of her, people began to make moon cakes and offer them as sacrifices to the moon.

3. Origin of the Tang Dynasty: Moon cakes became more exquisite in the Tang Dynasty (AD 6 18 to 907), when they already had various fillings, such as bean paste, lotus seed paste and nuts. During this period, the production technology and flavor of moon cakes gradually developed.

4. Development in Ming and Qing Dynasties: During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, mooncake making developed further, becoming a traditional Mid-Autumn Festival food and gradually evolving into cakes with various flavors and shapes.