As mentioned earlier, the study of seal cutting techniques mainly focuses on seven aspects, namely, word method, seal cutting method, composition method, knife method, seal making, edge payment and printing extension. These seven parts are an inseparable part of the whole seal cutting technology. If you lack any skills, it is not a complete study. So where did you learn these seven aspects?
If you have a destination, you must always find a way. Let's solve this problem today.
Note that these seal cutting books are in the lower right corner of the picture.
You can look at the following books on seal cutting techniques:
[Qing] Deng Zhuanshu-Heart Sutra
Deng: thousands of characters in seal script.
Interpretation of representative works of ancient seal pottery techniques+mud seal
Han Dengan seal cutting.
Brief introduction of Han Dengan and seal cutting
Huang Mufu seal cutting and its knife method
Analysis of Huang Mufu's seal cutting techniques
Li Zhuan Shu-Thousand-character script
Pangu's Creation of the Earth
Explain China's seal cutting technology.
"Wu Changshuo's Stone Drum Instrument"
The origin of Wu Rangzhi's calligraphy seal cutting research and creative thought.
Textual research on Wu Rangzhi's imitation of Qin and Han seals.
Re-discussion on the beauty of form composition of seal cutting
"How to copy the seal. document
How to learn seal script
Zhaolinyi Mountain Stone Carving
Interpretation of Zhejiang Classical Printing Techniques
China Printing Style Series: Zhao Shuru's Wang Fuan School Printing Style (1)
China Printing Style Series: Zhao Shuru's Wang Fuan School Printing Style (Part Two)
Seal cutting baiyun song
Introduction to sealing-sealing method and guide to sealing-sealing method
"200 cases of improper seal cutting _ Han Tianheng"
Seal cutting aesthetics _ Liu Jiang
How to use a knife in seal cutting
Fifty lectures on seal cutting
A model of seal cutting and copying —— Taking copying Deng Yin as an example
50 cases of seal cutting technology
Learn seal cutting roughly, the above seven are the destination, and the following three are the paths to the destination:
1, Indosinian Qin and Han Dynasties; 2. Pay equal attention to both knife and pen; 3. External printing.
I. Indosinian Qin and Han Dynasties
This is the first starting point of skill learning. In a word, it is "the world is so big that you can't panic when you raise a knife."
It seems that the most popular concept in learning seal cutting is "Indo-China Qin and Han Dynasties", but this is the first sentence that an instructed learner sees the teacher. If you don't hear the teacher say this, you can basically change teachers. Just like learning calligraphy, under normal circumstances, I will copy the calligraphy posts of Zhong You and Wang Xi and look for inscriptions in the Tang Dynasty. It seems strange if the teacher doesn't start here.
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The study of seal cutting is more important than copying Qin and Han seals, and there are deeper reasons. Shen Ye in the Ming Dynasty said in "India Talk": The seal of the Han and Jin Dynasties has been passed down to this day, just like a king's law post. who is it? The law post was written by two people, not an original. If it's a seal, it's known to come from the hands of the ancients, and it's very clever in cutting, composition and writing, which is really enough to attack Tibet. Every time I play, it suddenly makes people have a thousand-year meaning.
What do you mean? The general idea is that Han and Jin seal cutting (basically refers to the seal cutting in Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, that is, the seal cutting in Qin and Han Dynasties) is not only as important to seal cutting as Zhong and Wang, but compared with calligraphy, those Fa Tie need someone to carve stones or turn around twice, which is not a real "original work".
From the perspective of tracing the roots, learning seal cutting is better than copying Qin and Han seals.
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I have always advocated going to China Seal, and even listed 500 courses on China Seal for this purpose. I will look at China's seal script one by one according to the selected seal script spectrum, so that I can not only learn calligraphy and seal cutting, but also appreciate composition and knife practice, and even appreciate the most important "classical spirit" of China traditional art.
This classical spirit may not be described in accurate words, but a seal is in front of us, and the real seal carver can see at a glance whether the seal is "ancient" or not and whether it has the basic skills of Chinese and Indian. People who have been to the Han Dynasty and those who have never been to the Han Dynasty carve and present completely different classical mental outlook. China people have the idea of respecting the ancient times, and the seal of China itself contains most traces of seal cutting technology so far. What seal cutting learners need to do is to copy constantly, or directly learn from it, or be influenced by the technical habits formed by long-term copying.
Second, pay equal attention to both knife and pen.
This is the second starting point of learning skills. In a word, it can be summarized as "seal cutting gradually knows that knives and stones stink, and Linchi begins to feel the fragrance of calligraphy."
Seal cutting is not only the art of knife and stone, but also the art of pen and ink. It is an indisputable historical fact that seal cutting developed in Deng and became a turning point in the history of seal cutting in China. However, this does not mean that the ancients picked up a knife and cut it on a stone without making a draft. The original seal was also written by a calligrapher (seal official) with a high level of seal cutting, and then carved by craftsmen. The reason why ancient practical seals have such a high artistic level comes from countless unknown calligraphers behind these seals.
(Deng Zhuan Engraving)
However, Deng completely introduced calligraphy into literati seal cutting, and seal cutting entered an explosive period. In the history of seal cutting, various seal cutting works emerged one after another, and calligraphy played a decisive role in the development of seal cutting.
Zhao said that "the ancients had pens and ink, and today people have knives and stones", referring to his criticism of the current situation of cutting techniques at that time: in the past, the works carved by the ancients had pens and ink, and now people know that it is impossible to use a knife with all one's strength! Pay attention to learning calligraphy, so that it can be reflected together with the knife flavor in seal cutting.
(Zhao Zhuan Engraving)
Wu Changshuo came to Shi Guwen, so seal cutting became Wu Pai, which is the most typical example of modern calligraphy.
If the first point we are talking about is to let everyone master the knife method in the Qin and Han Dynasties, then the starting point is to let everyone practice calligraphy, master the brushwork in an all-round way and cooperate with the knife method.
(Ding Jing seal cutting)
Grasp with both hands, and both hands should be hard. Deng's style of writing is vigorous, Ding Jing's style of writing is full of knife flavor, Wu Changshuo's style of writing is vigorous, and Huang Shiling's style of writing is full of knife flavor, all of which can be learned. Masters who pay equal attention to knife and pen like Zhao can also serve as models.
If we carefully observe the representative works of Indian artists sent to several schools in the Qing Dynasty from the May of the Ming Dynasty, we can easily find such a clue. The works with pen and ink are full of charm, with knife and no pen, stiff and dry, with pen and no knife, dead insects and dead pigs.
How come? Practice calligraphy and master brushwork, all over the Ming and Qing dynasties, combined with brushwork. I look forward to fully presenting colorful artistic effects on the printing surface and deeply understanding the mutual reflection of pen and ink in seal cutting.
Third, seek printing other than printing.
This is the third starting point of learning skills. In a word, it can be summarized as: "Bricks and tiles grind in Qin and Han Dynasties, and bells jingle like soup".
Both ancient seals from Qin and Han dynasties and famous seals from Ming and Qing dynasties are still hovering in India. Even copying the seal cutting works of Deng and Wu Changshuo, it is impossible to compare with the "out of print" calligraphy of Deng and Wu Changshuo. Even if more than 300 copies of Zhao are printed, it is impossible to do as well as Zhong Ding, stone drums, weights, coins and coins printed outside. Touch it yourself.
(Huang Shiling seal cutting)
The contact range needs to start from the occurrence of characters, and all the contents related to characters and art in Zhixia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period, Qin and Han Dynasties should be added to this contact range, so as to cultivate their own "classical" vision and enhance their understanding of classical spirit.
This range is already wide and generous, but it is still not enough. "This is not the end of the story." Speaking of which, it's not over.
All the art forms that may be related to seal cutting, or the natural scenery, local customs, the vastness of the universe and the narrow scope that may give us seal cutting images, are all in this "out of print" effort. What we see in our eyes and think in our hearts, inside and outside, does not affect the improvement of our seal cutting level.