"That's right, Brother Xiao Zhang, you're impressing me more and more!" Chen Nanshan said with a smile,

Xiao Zhang also smiled.

"It's not easy to draw the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest!" Chen Nanshan said with a sigh.

"It's really not easy, and I thought about it for a long time before deciding to choose this pattern. Xiao Zhang sighed and said.

Chen Nanshan also nodded and said, "I can understand your feelings, but it is really not a simple matter to draw the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest well. ’

Su Yuli was stunned, what were these two people talking about?

Su Yuli also watched for a long time, and there were several blue and white porcelain patterns painted by these two guys.

Why is this alone so difficult?

"Is this difficult?" asked Su Yuli puzzled.

"Of course, this is the famous Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest. Chen Nanshan nodded.

Su Yuli pondered for a while, but she had heard this allusion, but what does it have to do with porcelain burning?

The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest refers to the Seven Sages of the Three Kingdoms Wei Zheng during the first period of Ji Kang, Ruan Ji, Shantao, Xiang Xiu, Liu Ling, Wang Rong and Ruan Xian, first known as the Seven Sages, because often under the bamboo forest in Shanyang County at that time, drinking, singing, wanton hearty, the world is called the Seven Sages, and then the place name Bamboo Forest is called together, which is the origin of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest. Chen Nanshan said.

Su Yuli nodded and said, "I know this, but is there any difference between painting on porcelain?"

"Because these seven are too famous, so many people in history are based on these seven masters as the prototype of creation, whether it is painting, or carving, woodblock prints, and even jade carvings are presented, our blue and white porcelain will naturally not let go of this great theme, but because of its obvious difficulty in creation, let's just say, the jade carving that has created the seven sages of the bamboo forest is an award-winning work!" Chen Nanshan said with a smile.

Su Yuli was stunned, can this still win an award?

Just because of the creation of this?

"The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest itself has a great influence on literature, so this is in the jade carving, the Shanghai jade carver with the help of the influence of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest in literature, jade carving, the seven sages of the bamboo forest jade carving positive and negative bas-relief Ji Kang, Ruan Ji, Shan Tao, Xiang Xiu, Liu Ling, Wang Rong and Ruan Xian seven people often gather, play chess under the bamboo forest, enjoy music, discuss calligraphy and painting, wanton hearty, carving fresh and refined, so ten years ago won the gold medal of the magic capital jade carving award, which is also the perfect combination of ancient literature and modern craftsmanship, reflecting China's broad and profound literature and thinking concept. Chen Nanshan nodded and said.

After a pause, Chen Nanshan continued: "Many paintings of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest have been handed down to this day as famous paintings, and it can be said that this is the embodiment of art, so in the design of our blue and white porcelain, it is very cumbersome and complicated to reflect the seven sages of the Bamboo Forest shown in the paintings in the bamboo forest drinking, having fun, and playing chess. Chen Nanshan explained.

Su Yuli also seemed to understand.

Because the bottle body of porcelain is round and not easy to control, and there are too many elements that need to be embodied in this Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, and there are too many characters and too many environments, it is a very complex process!

Xiao Zhang said with a smile: "So, I also made the decision to choose this pattern for a long time before I made it, just to increase the difficulty of my creation and train myself." Xiao Zhang nodded after speaking.

Then continue to bow your head and start drawing.

The movements of Xiao Zhang's hands became slower and slower, and Su Yuli and Chen Nanshan also looked more carefully beside them.

Don't even make any noise to disturb Xiao Zhang.

It took Xiao Zhang almost forty minutes to complete the painting of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest on the Guanyin bottle.

Why is this bottle said to be plain and elegant, and why is it said to have little white space?

Less white space, that is, more cyan and less white, so that it can still be elegant?

Of course.

Because the feet and shoulders of this Guanyin vase are not devoid of any accessories.

What waves, gluttonous patterns, paper patterns, wave patterns, all of them do not exist.

Only one such painting is on it.

At the shoulder of the bottle are the leaves at the top of the tree, and at the bottom of the bottle are the stones and flowers at the bottom.

Although there is more blue and less white space, the overall style is so plain and elegant.

Very likable.

Xiao Zhang nodded with satisfaction, and then put the Seven Sages Guanyin Bottle of the Bamboo Forest aside and began to dry the green material pattern on it.

The hardest part was finally done.

"Brother Xiao Zhang, amazing, I have served you, I am really patient, I don't have the patience to draw such a complex pattern. Chen Nanshan expressed his admiration for Xiao Zhang.

As the two of them opened the kiln and burned porcelain for longer and longer, Chen Nanshan found more and more that he couldn't see through Xiao Zhang.

And even more and more admired.

What kind of craftsman is this?

Perhaps what a craftsman needs is this perseverance.

Xiao Zhang didn't say much, picked up the next plain tire next to him and continued to paint.

Chen Nanshan also returned to his place and continued to paint.

Time passes little by little.

At almost seven or eight o'clock in the evening, Xiao Zhang finally finished painting the painting of a mud tire on the left back.

The entire thirty pieces of blue and white porcelain have all been painted, of course, including some careful masterpieces, as well as some simple works.

Like that simple tea cup, you only need to draw a dragon pattern on it.

With Xiao Zhang's hand speed, it only takes five minutes to paint the dragon pattern......

"Brother Nanshan, I'm ready to glaze here!" What about you?" asked Xiao Zhang.

Chen Nanshan also held a bottle and said, "I'll be fine soon, the last one." ”

Originally, Chen Nanshan exceeded Xiao Zhang's speed.

But because he was infected by Xiao Zhang, Chen Nanshan was more attentive to his works.

Some of the original works had simple motifs that were temporarily removed.

Instead of painting some of the more difficult ones.

This is really affected by Xiao Zhang.

Xiao Zhang naturally knew what was going on.

But if you see through it, you can't say it.

That's how craftsmen should be. That's a good thing!

Xiao Zhang smiled, and then brought his own pot of glaze juice.

This large pot glaze has been prepared for a long time, Xiao Zhang first stirred it gently, and now his green materials have all been painted.

But it still takes time to wait for the green material to dry.

As Xiao Zhang said before, this time there is no hurry, so go back to sleep when it is time to go home and sleep.

It's time to eat.

You can't go to firing porcelain for days without sleeping, just like before.

Come early tomorrow morning to glaze, come to open the kiln at noon to fire.

After waiting for about the last five minutes, Chen Nanshan finally drew the pattern on the bottle, and then Chen Nanshan put all the painted mud tires together.

Rubbing his waist and said: "I'm really tired today, I have to have a good rest, let's come over tomorrow morning to glaze, I'm looking forward to it, tomorrow the kiln will be opened, what kind of blue and white porcelain will we burn!"

"I'm looking forward to it too!" Xiao Zhang said with a smile.