It is correct that the concentration of ink can be divided into burnt, thick, heavy, light and clear.
Introduction to ink:
One of the traditional Chinese study utensils and one of the four treasures of the study, it is the black pigment used for writing and painting, and later also includes red ink and various colored inks. The main raw materials of ink are soot, pine smoke, glue, etc., which are carbon elements in amorphous form. Ink used for writing with a brush can be produced by grinding an inkstone with water, and exists as a colloidal solution in water. The main factions of ancient ink are Hui ink and Sichuan ink.
The moisture content of the ink and the composition of the glue are different, which will affect the viscosity of the ink. The viscosity of ink used in different situations is different. In addition, the newly made ink also contains more moisture. There are also inks that have been stored for a long time, which have a higher density and have been dried for many years, making the ink color more three-dimensional. This kind of ink is called "ancient ink".
The usage is as follows:
When learning calligraphy, brushwork and inkwork are interdependent and complement each other. As the saying goes, "what little inkwork there is, comes from the pen." The use of ink directly affects the look of the work. Calligraphers of all dynasties have all studied ink techniques in depth. Bao Shichen of the Qing Dynasty said in "Yizhou Shuangji": "Calligraphy and calligraphy are based on ink, and ink techniques, especially calligraphy, are a key factor." Ming Dynasty literati With the rise of painting, the ink techniques of traditional Chinese painting were integrated into calligraphy, adding to the interest of calligraphy works.
Dense ink is the most important ink method. The ink is thick and black, and when writing, the strokes are solid and deep, the ink does not float, and can sink into the paper, giving the effect of being dignified, steady, and radiant. Ink swelling refers to the phenomenon of excessive ink spilling out of the strokes on rice paper. Increasing ink does not hold true in terms of the orthodox concept of "ink does not come out". However, the beauty of rising ink is that it not only maintains the basic shape of the strokes, but also has a hazy ink interest, blending lines and surfaces.
Wang Duo is good at using expanded ink to expand the expressive level of lines. In his works, dry, light, dense and wet are combined, and the ink color is rich. It sweeps away the rigid ink methods of his predecessors and forms a strong visual art. Effect. Huang Binhong is more unique in the study of ink techniques and put forward the theory of "five strokes of L ink". He occasionally applied the ink-increasing method to the creation of seal scripts, which was very interesting.