"Oh, I didn't expect Sissi to be so talented, I really underestimated her, and when she came back in the evening, I asked her if she was willing to learn from the master, and if she did, I would naturally introduce her. Li Mingguang has never seen Gao Qianqian carved seals, but when he heard Zhang Tianyuan say this, he really got interested, you know, this carving seal is not an easy thing, and carving buttons is a very error-prone job.

"Then I'll thank the teacher for her first, but teacher, I also want to learn this carving button, learn to play by myself, I don't know what to pay attention to?" Although Zhang Tianyuan's imitation skills are very high, if he can understand some carving skills, he will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort, so he wants to take this opportunity to learn more.

Li Mingguang cupped his eyes and said with a smile: "Master Zheng Yimei once said, 'Before carving the button, carve a large outline with a knife, and then carve it layer by layer, where to keep it, where to remove it, carefully arrange it in advance, otherwise, it doesn't matter if you keep what you shouldn't keep, remove what you shouldn't go, and the beginner will not be able to save it and become waste materials." Although skilled hands can change the shape, it is always far-fetched and unnatural. The most important thing is to have a sense of movement, so that the curve from the head to the tail and the back is undulating, so that it has a strong jumping momentum, and the head and tail echo. If you want to show the wild character of the beasts, it is advisable to use exaggerated techniques, generally the head must be large, and if it is small, it will be imposing, the eyes should be open, and the corners of the mouth should be upturned. ’”

"Is this his method of carving?"

"Yes, so this outline is quite important, let's just say the Gu Xifeng seal in your hand, then the outline will be carved. Otherwise, once you make a mistake. Then it will be a mistake, even if the masters can cover up these flaws in other ways. But after all, it's far-fetched and not natural enough. Li Mingguang nodded.

"It's really deep. ”

"It is difficult to carve a new relief, but the thin relief is even more difficult, and it must have superb technology. The first composition is positive, and the second is accurate. For animals and flowers, the compression method is used to deal with them, and the brightness and shade of the received light and backlight are analyzed from perspective to express their three-dimensional sense and sense of space. Thick doesn't mean blurry. If you really want to learn, I don't think you can do it for ten or eight years, after all, you don't have any foundation!" Li Mingguang shook his head and said.

His words were not to hit Zhang Tianyuan, but to tell Zhang Tianyuan, this carving button is not something that can be done at will, this requires ten years of hard work, if Zhang Tianyuan really wants to learn, then he can't be in a hurry.

"Hehe, I'm just playing. After all, I have a lot of things to do, and it's unlikely that I can spend all my body and mind on it. Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.

"It's okay to play, but the most basic thing you need to know is the thirty-two seals. Basically, it contains a variety of styles of printing and carving. There are three-dimensional buttons, and there are also bogurines. Actually, you can refer to it. If you figure out all the thirty-two seals, you're at least half an expert. Li Ming said.

"Yes. I looked at the thirty-two seals with animals, plants, people, and a mixture. There are many kinds and complex styles, and it turns out that it is carved by different methods, which is really amazing. Zhang Tianyuan only took a cursory look at it before, and his first impression was that the seals of these seals were simply exquisite carved works of art, even if they were not used as seals, and simply sold the carvings, they could be sold at a good price.

"Well, this is a set of seals, telling the story of China from the era of myths and legends to the Qing Dynasty, each seal, is the brand of an era, you such as the Xifeng seal, that is the style of the Tang Dynasty, look carefully, you can see a lot of things in the Tang Dynasty, I saw it at the time, I thought it was wonderful. Li Mingguang explained with a smile.

"I see, I'll just say, these things seem messy, but after careful analysis, they all represent something, and now when I listen to you, teacher, it suddenly becomes clear. Zhang Tianyuan went to appreciate these seals again, and naturally he had a different feeling.

"Brother Zhang, the things are here, the backing board, the paper, and the ink!" At this time, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu came over with the things.

"Tian Yuan, do you know this ink?" Li Mingguang asked with a smile.

"Clay is the garment of the seal. If the clothing is not neat, it will be lost, and if the ink is not good, the seal will not be colored. Those who are good at using ink choose ink, just as those who are good at writing choose pen and ink. The quality of its quality directly affects its artistic effect. As the saying goes, the difference is a thousand miles. "Zhang Tianyuan because he has copied calligraphy and paintings, plus the first set of Tianhuangshi seals he obtained, is also an absolute good treasure, so he has studied the ink, some truths, he can still tell, although he may not understand the deep meaning.

"Looks like you still know a little bit. Li Mingguang nodded with satisfaction.

Zhang Tianyuan looked at this box of ink clay, its color is vermilion, bright and eye-catching, delicate and thick, the smell is fragrant, and it feels completely different from the kind of things sold in stationery stores.

The ink sold in the stationery store cannot express the original face of the seal because of its coarse quality, heavy oil and floating color. Therefore, it should never be used for stamping samples or calligraphy and paintings. Good ink clay is thick and bright and delicate, the color is bright and calm, never obscure, and heavy and not oily, after extension, a layer of luster on the ink clay, "with the hand brush does not fall off".

Ink clay is a medium to convey the art of seals, and the quality directly affects the effect of seal art expression. The ink with good texture is printed with a bright and calm color, three-dimensional and spiritual. When the ink with poor texture is printed, the color will appear gray or shallow, and some oil stains will leach out, making the ink blurry and more ugly.

"I just know a little bit about it, and if you let me introduce it in depth, I'm afraid I'm going to be speechless. Zhang Tianyuan was humble, that was because he had also made a mistake and directly used the kind of ink he bought in the stationery store, and was later reprimanded by Tu Shou Tu Lao, saying that he was simply a waste of the way.

"You don't have to be so modest, this ink is called Eight Treasures Ink, Zhangzhou Eight Treasures Ink, etc., which are made of pearls, agate, gold leaf and other precious materials. It is refined by special processing methods, and has fresh color, fragrant smell, no soaking in water, no traces of fire, no drying in dry days, no mildew in rainy days, and no oil seepage in summer. Eight advantages such as no freezing in winter.

Its color is vermilion, bright and eye-catching, delicate and intense. The smell is fragrant, the winter is not condensed, the summer heat is not discharged, the heat is not dry, the rain is not mildew, the imprint is clear, and the color will never fade. Even if it is burned with fire, the glyphs on the paper ash are still legible. Li Mingguang said with a smile.

"Ah, by the way, I seem to have heard that this thing used to be a tribute, and it also has the reputation of 'printing paper is peach blossoms smiling, and Ling Zhu and ink rhyme are bright'!" Zhang Tianyuan patted his head and said.

"Not bad. This is a time-honored brand in China, don't look at a small box of ink, but the price is not cheap, the market is generally better to look at thirty or forty yuan a tael, generally beginner practice, buy three to five yuan a tael, but do you know how much this box of ink?

"This thing looks like only about one or two, at most a hundred, right?" said Zhang Long on the side.

"A hundred? Then I'll give you a thousand, and you can buy me two boxes. I'll give you the rest of the money. Li Mingguang glanced at Zhang Long and said with a smile: "This is a special eight-treasure seal clay, just one or two, a thousand pieces." In ancient times, it was common to exchange a tael of gold for a tael of ink. For nearly a hundred years, in the painters and calligraphers. Especially in the minds of Indians, the Xiling seal clay made by the Xiling Seal Society is as precious as gold. Of course, this box of ink clay is also comparable to that of Sirloin. Naturally golden. ”

"Oh my god, it's so expensive for just such a small box of ink. Rich people are really willful, we can't understand it at all. Zhang Long and Zhao Hu glanced at each other, and could only shake their heads and sigh.

Not to mention a thousand yuan and a tael, even if it is a hundred, they will not buy it, because they can't understand why this thing costs so much money.

But Zhang Tianyuan is different, although Zhang Tianyuan has not been collecting antiques for a long time, his understanding and love for this aspect is far more than that of Zhang Long and Zhao Hu.

Knowing that this seal clay is expensive, he cherished it even more, only to see him hold the seal that was simply the size of a jade seal with both hands, and then dipped it evenly on the ink, and then asked Zhang Long and Zhao Hu to spread out the paper on the table, because there was a soft cushion underneath, so he was not afraid that the seal would crush the paper.

After pressing the white paper, he picked up the seal with both hands and carefully placed it in the box.

"Zhang Tianyuanyin"

There are only these four words on the seal, but it reveals a majestic atmosphere, the four words are seal characters, the lines of the font are simple and elegant, and the seal itself is cleverly combined, it feels as if these four words should have grown on the seal in general.

Zhang Tianyuan once read a novel about literati cultivating immortal Taoism with articles, killing enemies and becoming holy, and in Zhang Tianyuan's view, the four characters on this seal are also like the weapons of the master of the seal, so personal.

Ou Yezi and the cadre Mo Xie forged swords, and those who used their swords would naturally be convinced, and they would admire and be proud of their sword-forging skills.

And Zhang Tianyuan used this seal, also has the same feeling, these four characters cleverly combine the carving method of punching knife and cutting knife, obviously after careful pondering and research, the best of the best. From this point of view, it seems that the Chinese seal carving master has not disappeared as he said, and he is definitely superior to Gao Qianqian in terms of seal engraving skills.

The yin and yang text of the seal is also very particular, different words, representing different functions, such as the name of the font number seal, the book simple seal, as well as the signature seal, also known as the "flower seal", is the carved flower to write the name of the signature of the charge, so that people are not easy to imitate, in ancient times as a letter to take the evidence.

In addition, there is a seal of the pavilion, the ancients often named their own rooms and studies, and often made seals with them.

"Zhang Tianyuan seal" This is actually the name number seal, the seal engraved people's name, table word or number. The name of the Han people has more than one word, and its three characters are sealed, and those who do not have the word "print" are printed. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, the word seal has been based on the word Zhu Wen, and there are also those who add the word "clan" under the surname. Modern people also engrave pen names, which also belong to this category.

Although these four words are simple and the meaning is very straightforward, they represent Zhang Tianyuan's identity.

He also carved a seal with white jade, with the book "Tianyuan Jade Emperor", which was also a name and font number seal, but it was similar to a pen name, in order to hide his identity.

And this seal is different, this seal Zhang Tianyuan is going to be used often, of course, it will be more appropriate to engrave his full name. (To be continued......)