1. Sketching is done by the painter on special paper according to the painter's original works or photos. If there are several colors on the screen, draw sketches of several groups of plates. Sketch should truthfully show the depth, level and interest of the original painting.
2. Seal cutting is to stick the sketched paper on the board, then carefully understand the author's creativity and the interest of the picture with reference to the original, and carve the original on the board with a knife like a pen according to the sketched ink line.
3. Printing should be carried out in a room with a certain humidity, using stuffy rice paper. Printers must master certain painting skills, trace back to the spirit of the original work on the basis of understanding the sketching and carving process, and complete printing according to the engraving overprint.
Due to the difference of original works, the number of versions of woodcut watermark is also different. Qi Baishi's Morning Glory has eight editions. After printing one, change to another. It takes eight times to print the whole page.
It's not that experts can't see the difference between woodcut watermark and the original. Therefore, a well-printed woodcut watermark is also of great appreciation and collection value.
Lu Shihua, a Qing Dynasty man, said that calligraphy and painting were not written by famous artists. Although they are in rags, it's better to put them in a hidden box. Don't use anything else, and don't be impatient and pay the price for clumsy work. Impatience, paying for clumsy work, is to destroy its traces.
It can be seen that the mounting skill is related to the life and death of calligraphy and painting. Rong Baozhai is a gathering place for mounting technicians. People have reason to entrust their precious paintings and calligraphy works to it, because they have the ability to restore those precious paintings and calligraphy to their former glory.