The size of the seal should match the size of the work and be equal to the inscription. It can be smaller, but not larger than the inscription. If the words are small and the paper is tight, you can use small joint beads to show consideration. When using two seals of different sizes in a work, in order to stabilize and avoid the shortcomings of top-heaviness, the seal at the top should be small and the seal at the bottom should be large. If several people cooperate, their seals should be the same size.
2. The quantity should be small
Number of seals, ancient singular. There is a seal "use one without two, use three without four, and cover an odd number, which means supporting yang and suppressing yin." The number of prints should not be too much, too much will be messy and even usurp the host's role. If a work has several printing methods, it is necessary to choose different printing methods to avoid similarities.
3, the location is right
When printing, pay attention to the position. There is always truth, falsehood and density in a work. The secret place is not compact enough and can be filled with a seal; If the sparse place feels empty, it can be enriched by seals, just like moving a small "weight" to make the picture balanced and ironed.
The name at the end of the paragraph and the position of the font size stamp should be arranged accurately If there is a space under the title, put it under the department; If there is no blank, it should be left instead of right. The sealing at the end of the paragraph should be kept at an appropriate interval to avoid crowding and looseness. A work uses preface and corner seal at the same time, so avoid putting it aside. The corner pressing chapter should be placed in the lower left corner, diagonal to the leading chapter.
4. Weight balance
As far as printing color is concerned, ink is lighter and white is heavier. For works with elegant ink color, Zhu should be used to maintain the harmony between the two; The works with strong ink color should be printed in white, so that the red ink color and the black ink color form a strong contrast, which makes each other interesting. If a work is printed several times, the printing colors should be clearly defined, that is, less ink and more white, less ink and more white, which is both diverse and coordinated.
5. consistent style
The style of seal should be coordinated with the style and style of calligraphy works. For example, neat and beautiful lower case works should not be stamped with straightforward and urgent seals, and bold and vigorous calligraphy works should not be stamped with exquisite iron seals, otherwise it will be out of place and directly affect the artistic effect of calligraphy works.
When using the leisure seal, we should not only pay attention to the integration of its content and the text of the work, but also keep the harmony between the content and style of the seal. For example, the seal of "the country's rivers and mountains" should not be carved piece by piece, and the seal of "a generation of heroes" should not be carved slender and powerless. And so on.
Seal authenticity identification:
1, the imprint to be identified is basically enough as long as it is consistent with the size of the known original seal and the position of the characters and strokes of the printed text.
2. The seals of famous paintings and calligraphy works must also have a certain artistic level. If the seal is poor, there is the possibility of counterfeiting. The artistic level of seal is mainly different from calligraphy, composition and knife, especially the use of words can not be wrong. It is impossible for a famous painter to write and use typos often.
3. The identification of seal depends on the color of inkpad. Although the color of an ancient painting seal may be bright, it will become rich and calm with the passage of time and vicissitudes. Inks are made of cinnabar, and the color of cinnabar is stable, but the long-term impressions will also change, although the changes are small.
The performance of gold is stable, but the new gold will still be different from the gold handed down for many years. Therefore, the color of seals on ancient paintings and calligraphy can't be the same as that on modern works.