First, color "color" mainly refers to visual effects and impressions. When we face a seal cutting job, we should first focus on the overall situation. When reading a work, you should trust your first feeling. Composition to see if the dividend is visually balanced, eye-catching, safe and even, and vivid. The method of writing depends on whether the printing is unified and harmonious, whether the deformation is moderate, whether the exaggeration is excessive, and whether they take care of each other. Knife depends on whether the technique is used properly and naturally, whether the knife and pen are integrated, whether the meaning is conveyed in place, and whether Ji Xu has a sense of rhythm. In short, we must first grasp a basic positioning in the big visual effect.
Second, "Xiang" refers to "aroma", which originally refers to the olfactory effect of dishes. When used in seal cutting, we can understand it as the "breath" or "breath" of seal cutting works. We need to see whether the works have the spirit of stones, books, mountains, villages, rivers and lakes, temples, arrogance and strangeness, and even hostility, vulgarity, craftsmanship and habits. Thick or light, clear or turbid, far or near, vulgar or elegant. The breath of seal cutting works is the embodiment of the temperament and taste of the works, and it is often an important criterion to judge the quality of a seal cutting work.
Third, "taste" is taste. Falling on the seal cutting works is the style orientation of the works, whether it is mellow or spicy, elegant, peaceful or lively, smart or ethereal, difficult to swallow or dull, similar to chewing wax or endless aftertaste, light or choking. Although ups and downs have their own tastes, everyone's tastes are different. It is possible to make a whole dish by grasping the seasoning heat. When we interpret works, we can have our own taste preferences, but we should also try our best to comment on tastes and become a gourmet.
Fourth, meaning "meaning" refers to mood, meaning, artistic conception, conception and creativity. "Meaning" is an important factor to judge whether a work has vitality, expressiveness and artistic appeal. No matter whether it is freehand brushwork or neat, seal cutting works that lack meaning and interest are unsuccessful creations. Natural intentions, avoid affectation or obvious intentions.
Five, raising "raising" refers to nutrition. As far as seal cutting works are concerned, it refers to the roots and foundations of the works, whether the methods are positive, whether the predecessors' experience is fully absorbed, whether the roots are young and red, whether calcium-deficient cartilage is iron-deficient and anaemic, whether excess fat leads to obesity, whether malnutrition is sluggish, whether endocrine disorders lead to peas all over the face, whether qi stagnation and fire deficiency lead to impetuousness, whether it leads to precocious puberty, whether it falls into a lump, and whether it is unbalanced in nutrition.
6. Shape "shape" refers to shape, shape, style and some visible external features. The three elements of seal cutting, that is, composition, figures and knife cutting, will be expressed through a certain "shape". We need to see whether the form used in the work is appropriate (such as random modeling and the use of bonus columns), whether the female engraving and male engraving are properly used, whether the layout of the seal is reasonable, whether the rules, characters and knives are coordinated, whether the sidebar and the seal are harmonious, and so on.
The exertion of the above six aspects directly affects the effect of the work. In addition, each art has its own characteristics, but there are also some * * things between them, such as the artistic conception of seal cutting in literati painting, the interest of seal cutting in calligraphy, the melody rhythm of music and dance, the spatial structure of seal cutting in architectural sculpture, etc., which provide us with a broader associative space for interpreting seal cutting works, and we can "read outside and seal inside".
In a word, the process of interpreting seal cutting works is complicated and interesting. In a sense, interpretation is a kind of "second creation". When we master a set of interpretation paths, we can analyze and understand a seal cutting work from the outside to the inside, and then the process of interpretation becomes a good way for us to continuously improve our own level.