How to seal the calligraphy and painting works

Lecture notes by Professor Sun Huajin, a famous painter.

The seal of calligraphy and painting works is very particular. Don't just sign and stamp.

Printing is more important than writing. It is natural that large works should be stamped with big seals and small works with small seals.

Chinese painting is stamped under the lettering, down to the bottom corner, and corner seal is not allowed. For example, the upper right corner and the lower left corner can be stamped with leisure stamps, and the upper left corner and the lower right corner can be stamped. If the above words are printed near the lower corner, there is no need to stamp the leisure stamp.

Chinese painting chess pieces have inscriptions, and the left and right corners have borders, so you can't stamp them casually. Square leisure stamp can be affixed to the upper right corner, square leisure stamp can be affixed to the lower left corner and square leisure stamp can be affixed to the lower right corner. If there is no need to stamp a leisure stamp here, it will be self-defeating if you barely stamp it.

Rectangular, circular, rectangular leisure chapter, can not cover the square corner of the leisure chapter in the lower corner. The leisure chapter of the square can't be covered on the upper edge of calligraphy and painting, and it will pretend to be the owner.

Chinese painting is engraved in a straight line, and the characters at the end of the line are different from other lines, so it can't be neat, and so is the seal.

1, with two seals, one for each circle, cannot be matched, except in special circumstances. Isomorphic printing can match.

2. Two seals, one large and one small, cannot be matched, except in special circumstances. The same size can be matched.

3. Stamp two seals, one rectangular and one oval, which cannot overlap, except in special circumstances. Isomorphic printing can match.

4. Seal with two seals, the male character above and the female character below, which cannot be correct, except in special circumstances. The upper yin matches the lower one.

5. With the upper and lower seals, except in special circumstances, they cannot be combined. The upper yin matches the lower one.

6. The seal shall be printed on the top and bottom, and cannot be matched, except in special circumstances. The upper yin matches the lower one.

Professor Sun Huajin told us that under the seal of the signature, there can be no more inscriptions. If the seal is bound by words, it will lose its natural phenomenon. Calligraphy and painting have been signed and sealed, and can't be given to others after payment, otherwise it will be disrespectful. Flower heads, bird tails, branches and hills are not allowed to be stamped. This is the minimum common sense of our painters, and we must understand it. Artisans carve seals, which cannot be used for calligraphy and painting. Artists need to carve seals, and the carved lithographs are the best. Ordinary printing is not suitable for painting and calligraphy works. You should have a decent inkpad box and use the best inkpad. Cover it with two seals, not too far or too close, only one seal apart. Seal, seal, composition and knife method are different and cannot be matched. Carve the seal with the same knife method. Don't paint limericks, for one thing, the knower makes fun of them, and for another, the works are vulgar. You can't put a stamp on the top of the preceding paragraph, and it is on the head of the person's name. People are taboo. One is impolite, and the other is to destroy the picture. Stamps with stamped corners, not too small. The rice paper separated by four feet is an orthographic print, about three centimeters, which is relatively moderate. Cover the corner, but not both sides, one side is just right. The distance between the printing and the edge is about 1.5 cm. When you stamp under the inscription, you must treat the seal as an inscription. However, it is necessary to cover the words around the paragraph, remove the lines and make a picture, except in special circumstances. Calligraphy and painting works can't be stamped, or they become giant printing bombs, which ruin the beautiful picture and make people look terrible. Small paintings can't be written in big characters, and big paintings can't be written in small characters. Small space can't have more inscriptions, and large space can't have fewer inscriptions. A painting and calligraphy work shall be stamped with a surname and a seal, and the number of stamping shall not exceed three times, but it may be stamped with two seals or one seal. Calligraphy and painting cannot be stamped at will. It is better to cover less than not properly, and it is best not to cover the seal with bad ink. Cover two seals, don't stagger them, how to cover them, how to use force and how to maintain the seal inkpad are all problems that can't be ignored. You can't write vulgar words on a painting, which will affect the aesthetic feeling of the picture, so it can't be avoided. The first picture of calligraphy is in quadruplicate, the first small long chapter can be covered on the upper right, and the rest can't be covered. If it is covered, the gas will go out. In short, we must learn from our own paintings and calligraphy works, read more famous works, analyze, understand, digest and absorb them, and better apply them to our own works.