"Yidege" brand ink is more expensive, and it is not easy to stink. There are many fakes, and people who don't know how to taste ink often buy fake "one cabinet", which is pitiful. Because ink is an indispensable material for China's calligraphy and ink painting, with the help of this original material, the fantastic artistic conception of China's calligraphy and painting can be realized.
The ancients said, "A good ink is like a famous horse." Pen and ink often directly affect the creative quality of calligraphy and painting. This column specially invites Mr. Liu Qun, who has more than 40 years of experience in calligraphy and painting, to tell readers how to choose the right ink.
The change of ink color can show the charm of calligraphy, and the beauty of calligraphy is colorful. The color of ink enriches the painting.
There are several types of ink.
From the morphological point of view, Mo Ding is different from ink painting, but from the main raw materials used in production, Song Yanmo, Youyan ink, Pinus tabulaeformis ink and multicolored ink are different.
Song Yanmo is mainly made of pine burning tobacco, mixed with proper amount of glue, herbs and spices. Song Yanmo takes Hui ink as the best.
Fume ink is made of oil burning smoke, generally using tung oil, sesame oil, rapeseed oil, petroleum and so on. When making ink, a proper amount of glue, medicinal materials and spices are mixed.
Chinese pine ink is a mixture of oil smoke and pine smoke. Because the mixing ratio is different and the ink quality is different, it is only suitable for writing and painting.
Multicolored ink is refined from five mineral pigments: red, yellow, blue, green and white, which belongs to high-grade Chinese painting pigments.
The most common inks on the market are Song Yanmo and lampblack ink. Oil fume ink is characterized by black and bright color. Song Yanmo is characterized by dark color and no luster.
How to distinguish the quality of ink?
When we choose Mo Ding, we must first identify the color of the ink. Ink emits blue and purple, followed by black, and ink emits red, yellow or white is the worst.
See if Mo Ding is smooth, smooth, cracked, deformed and incomplete, and if Mo Ding's paintings are even and shiny.
smell
Whether the fragrance of Mo Ding is pure or not, the main raw materials of ink are rotten coal and perishable animal glue, and some spices need to be added, but the content should be moderate. Too much will reduce the composition of coal and glue, and too little will not achieve the effect.
listen to
Finger flick Mo Ding to hear whether the sound is crisp and the sound quality is poor.
Weigh by hand
Check by hand whether the Mo Ding is solid, the texture is hard, and it is not easy to get better after soaking in water.
Because ink is a modern product, it is not as intuitive as Mo Ding's choice. When choosing, you should open the ink bottle and smell it. Is it fragrant? If the merchant allows, you can pour out a few drops to see if there are many impurities in the ink, and then look at the dilution of the ink. Ink with large glue and thick ink has poor quality. Finally, after the ink is dried, observe whether the color of the ink is pure and will not emit gray, red and yellow light. When buying ink, you should choose it according to your own needs, and try to choose a small capacity to avoid waste caused by improper storage.