1. Write first, then seal, and the inkpad of the seal covers the handwriting; If the ink is black and the inkpad is red, then the red covers the black. 2. Stamp before writing, and the ink of the word is covered on the inkpad. If the ink is black and the inkpad is red, then the black covers the red.
The seal on a calligraphy work is not stamped at will, but has certain statutes. If it is improperly stamped, it will not only add icing on the cake, but will be self-defeating and destroy the artistic effect of the whole work. Therefore, how to seal the seal needs to be taken seriously and carefully considered. Usually, the following points can be grasped.
1. The size of the seal should match the size of the work, and it should be equal to the inscription. It can be smaller, but it can't be larger than the inscription, and it is indecent. If the words are small and the paper is tight, you can use small joint beads to show your thoughtfulness. When a work uses two seals of different sizes.
We should go from small to large to achieve stability and avoid the disadvantages of top-heaviness. If several people cooperate, their seals should be of the same size.
2. The quantity should be less than the number of seals. There is a seal "use one without two, use three without four, cover with odd numbers, which means supporting yang and suppressing yin." The number of prints should not be too much, too much will be messy and even usurp the host's role. If a work is printed in several ways, it is necessary to choose different forms of printing to avoid similarity.
3, the position is appropriate, so be careful about the position. There is always truth and falsehood and density in a work. The secret place is not compact enough, so it can be filled with a seal; If the sparse place feels empty, it can be enriched by the seal, just like moving a small "weight" to make the picture balanced and ironed. The position of the name and font size stamp at the end of the paragraph should be arranged accurately.
if there is a blank under the title, the money will be under the department; If there is no blank, it should be left rather than right. The seal at the end of the paragraph should be kept at an appropriate interval to avoid crowding and looseness. A work uses both the introductory chapter and the corner seal at the same time, so avoid putting it aside. The corner-pressing chapter should be placed in the lower left corner, which is diagonal to the leading chapter.
4. Balance of weight As far as printing color is concerned, Zhu Wenyin is lighter and Bai Wenyin is heavier. For works with elegant ink color, Zhu Wenyin should be used to keep the two in harmony; A work with strong ink color should be printed in white, so that the red ink color is in strong contrast with the black ink color, which makes each other interesting. If a piece of work is printed with several numbers.
the printing color should be primary and secondary, that is, more ink with less white, more white with less ink, so that it is both varied and coordinated.
5. The style of the seal should be consistent with the style and style of the work. For example, a straightforward and urgent seal should not be stamped on neat and beautiful lower case works, and a bold and vigorous calligraphy work should not be stamped with a beautiful iron seal, otherwise it will be out of place and directly affect the artistic effect of calligraphy works.
when using the leisure stamp, we should not only pay attention to making its content integrated with the text of the work, but also keep the content and style of the seal in harmony. For example, the seal of "the motherland's rivers and mountains" should not be carved in pieces, and the seal of "a generation of heroes" should not be carved slender and powerless. And so on.