First, reverse writing: first design the Yin Gao on the paper with good transparency, turn one side of the paper upside down and copy the stone with a pencil according to the "reverse draft", and then copy it with a brush. If it is printed, you can reverse the printed spectrum and put a small mirror next to the selected printing extension, that is, copy the stone according to the seal in the mirror. After Yin Gao was stoned to death, he should carefully examine the original with a mirror and make further revisions.
2. Watermarking method: 1 First put the raw paper (or wool paper, etc.). ) On the printed surface, press out the marks with the palm of your hand, and then write or design the Yin Gao in thick ink within the range of indentation on the paper. 2. Place the Yin Gao with dry ink on the printing surface. Be careful not to let the paper stone float. 3. Apply clean water to the Yin Gao with a clean brush, and then use clean wool paper to absorb the excess water. 4. Put two or three pieces of selvage paper on the Yin Gao, polish it evenly with your nails, and then remove the printed manuscript. If the printed text is not clear, you can trace it with a pen. The key to mastering the watermarking method is not to remove the residual powder on the printing surface after grinding with fine sandpaper. When writing Yin Gao with thick ink, it is advisable to wait for the ink draft to dry thoroughly before wetting. It is important to be slightly wet and even. Sculptors can gradually improve their methods through continuous practice.
How to copy
Before that moment, we should do an important basic training-copying. The method is to cover the almost transparent but impermeable tracing paper on the printing extension line, gently press it by hand to prevent it from moving, and then dip a small GUI pen in ink (or carbon ink or drawing ink) to copy according to the original printed lines. Imitating and approaching the smallest details of strokes in each word as much as possible, such as the beginning, end and turn, can best reflect the spirit of the original seal script, and at the same time carefully understand and remember some regular things, which is of great benefit to future creation. Wash your hands with soap and pad your hands with paper before copying, so as to avoid greasy paper and difficulty in inking.
Copy the lines printed in the right column, copy them in white and hook the edges with thin lines. If you copy with wax paper blank or transparent micro-transparent paper, just press the paper with the same printing size and Yin Shi on the palm of your hand (an impermeable transparent cellophane can be lined between the copy paper and the printing spectrum to protect the printing spectrum), and then you can copy the stone with watermark method after copying, and carve it on the stone with an ink pen. Beginners should choose neat Manchu to start.
Holding knife method
Holding a knife is like holding a pen, which is generally uncertain. All kinds of knives have advantages and disadvantages. It is nothing more than adapting to the habits of sculptors. Seeing the quality of seal cutting works is not observing the operational performance. However, it is helpful to carve a good seal by using the method of holding the knife that suits your habits. Editors like to hold knives, just like pens. The average teenager is easy to accept. It is fixed by thumb, index finger and middle finger, and the ring finger and little finger assist the middle finger at an angle of about 45. From the above three knuckles, carving from the bottom right to the front left, the direction of feeding the knife remains unchanged, and it is easy to shoot outward like boxing. After proficiency, you can also change the angle and direction of the blade, and carry the tool with you to process the details at will.
Tool transportation method
Seal cutting is a combination of calligraphy and carving art, so the former calls the carving knife an iron pen. My predecessors talked about the art of using saber, and there are many names, which are almost mysterious. In fact, the knife method is nothing more than punching and cutting.
The "punching knife" pushes the knife forward to the line that needs to be engraved on the corner of the knife, and holds the ring finger against the edge of the lithograph to control the speed of the knife. However, this kind of "punch" is not a hit, but a punch in one section, which can avoid the shortcoming of not being dignified enough, and the punch angle is small, about 30.
The holding angle of the "cutting knife" is straighter than that of the punching knife, about 60. The lines cut by the cutter are shorter, and the longer lines are divided by repeated actions according to different angles. Due to the lack of momentum of pure knives, it is generally appropriate to use both punches and punches, relying on the whole body's virtual strength to transport between fingers through elbows and wrists, rather than relying on the big movements of arms.