Types and uses of engineering seals:
The first is the name stamp, which is divided into Zhu Wen (Yang Wen) and Bai Wen (Yin Wen), and is stamped under the signature. It is best not to put two articles by Zhu Wen or Bai Wen together. If both sides are covered, leave a Zhu and a space between the two chapters. When multiple chapters are used at the end of a paragraph, the order is to stamp the name chapter first, then the word chapter and the number chapter. The two chapters should not be different in size, but a taboo. For example, there is a big monkey, which the ancients called "the monkey in the hat". Isn't that ridiculous?
In addition to the name stamp, due to the needs of composition and layout of the work, a leisure stamp can also be affixed. The seal stamped at the beginning of the upper right corner of the work is called the introduction chapter. If it is a calligraphy work, the seal position is generally between the first word and the second word.
In addition, there are waist chapters and foot pressing chapters, which are also among the leisure chapters. As the name implies, the waist seal is used in the middle or lower part of a long work (avoid being close to the first chapter), so that the whole work has a coherent atmosphere; Corner seal is generally located in the lower left corner or lower right corner of the work, and its main function is to tell the mounter to stop cutting. Of course, this also includes the aesthetic significance and ideological expression of his works.
The seal usage mentioned above is only for a single overall work, but for multiple combined works, such as album pages, banners and screens, the number of idle chapters we use will also increase. The position of the seal cover should be considered in many aspects and arranged according to the overall picture. If it is false or true and the density is not compact enough, you can print a supplement. If you feel empty, you can enrich it by printing, so that the picture is balanced and ironed. To sum up, according to tradition, the number of seals on paintings and calligraphy works is odd. There is a seal "use one without two, use three without four, and cover an odd number, which means supporting yang and suppressing yin." If a work is printed several times, it is necessary to choose different seals to avoid similarities.
Having said that, this is another question of printing aesthetics. For example, the size of the seal should match the size of the work, be equal to or slightly smaller than the inscription, and not larger than the inscription. If the font is small and the paper is tight, just use single-row or small Lian Zhuyin. If there are many people working together, the print size of the works should be the same.
The printing position should be arranged accurately and the interval should be moderate. Open seal and corner seal should not be on the same line. Name seal, first seal and corner seal should not be diagonal, nor should they avoid regular triangles.
The style of the seal should be in harmony with the style and style of the work. Great freehand brushwork style should not be printed on neat and beautiful paintings and calligraphy works. On the contrary, a stable printing style should not be printed on freehand brushwork and calligraphy works, so as not to affect the artistic effect of calligraphy and painting works. The content and style of the leisure seal should be elegant, and the emotional expression and artistic conception of calligraphy and painting works should complement each other.
After that, a well-printed painting and calligraphy work is a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation.