God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 1503 Good

The nine-fold seal script is easy to say, but in fact, those seemingly simple changes are not random changes, but have their own rules. Except for those who specialize in seal cutting, no one knows the way of doing it. Even painters of the older generation like Sun Yuying couldn't understand it.

This is a very professional thing, similar in nature to calligraphy, but deeper than calligraphy. It is based on a deep understanding of seal characters and carvings. If you do not have a deep knowledge and understanding of seal characters, it will be very difficult. making various changes.

In addition, the nine-fold seal script has a certain inheritance relationship with the talismans commonly used in Taoism. Similar seal characters were first used in the Taoist talisman culture. Among them, it was not until the Song Dynasty that it became popular on a large scale and became the most common irregularity in official seals.

Some people think that the nine-fold seal script has no artistic content, and the knife and composition are quite satisfactory without much creativity, all relying on the accumulation of layers of lines.

But Xu Jingxing didn't see it that way. On the contrary, he liked to study the nine-fold seal script, especially after getting to know Taoist Xuanyang, he often found similar talismans from Taoist Xuanyang, and later studied those more metaphysical contents by himself. At the time, I collected a lot of information in this regard.

It's just that most of the information in this area is printed on paper, and it is rare to see real objects, especially important ones.

Well, he didn't search very hard, after all, his time was limited and he had been very busy before.

The most important thing is that as he gradually deepens his understanding of the concepts of physical properties and intrinsic equality, these mysterious and religious things can no longer catch his eyes. , and it is difficult for him to pay special attention to it, unless the ancient seal has special functions and abilities that he has not studied yet.

But even so, his understanding of the nine-fold seal script is far superior to ordinary people, because his basic skills in this area are too solid, his memory is in a mess, and his brain is very easy to use. With such a foundation, even if he has no experience, he can With my own understanding of seal characters, I can transform these seal characters into the form I need.

If you want to give a vivid example, you can take the nine-fold seal script as a sentence-making question for primary school students. As long as the foundation of words is solid enough, you can easily write the correct answer even if it is a sentence pattern that you have not learned before. .

What's more, there is no correct answer to the nine-fold seal script. As long as it meets the standards and requirements of the nine-fold seal script, as for how to change it, it all depends on individual needs and understanding.

So when Xu Jingxing took out so many design drawings in a short period of time, even the older generation of painters like Sun Yuying were surprised: "Xiao Xu, you, you can't be a scribbler, can you?"

Xu Jingxing smiled and said, "Mr. Sun, how could I fool you with scribbles? How about you find a professional to take a look?"

Sun Yuying quickly waved her hand: "I believe you, but I'm a little surprised. I'm also a professional, but I can't understand it at all. It's almost like reading a book from heaven."

"Hey, you are really right. This is the book of heaven. The nine-fold seal script was used for religion from the beginning. There are many patterns that are almost exactly the same as the nine-fold seal script on the talismans drawn by Taoist priests. Those patterns are not made up It's a random one, but a variant of seal characters."

"Really?"

"It's true, I have studied some Taoist classics and materials before, and compared the content in this area, it is indeed a relationship of the same origin, and until now, the seals used in Taoist rituals are mostly nine-fold seal script, because While the composition of the nine-fold seal script is relatively fixed, the visual effect is quite special, with majesty and mystery."

"When you say it like this, it seems to be the case," Sun Yuying said regretfully, "It's a pity that I didn't seize the opportunity when I was young. If I could learn some seal characters from my teacher, I wouldn't have to be so blind now."

"There is a specialization in art, and your achievements in painting are enough to make most people ashamed."

"I thought so before, but when I saw you, I felt ashamed."

"Haha," Xu Jingxing was in a good mood, he laughed, and pushed the draft paper in front of Sun Yuying: "Aunt Sun, which one do you like? I'll do it right away."

Sun Yuying picked for a few minutes, pointed to the sketch with the most layers and said, "This one, although I can't understand the specific text, but the visual effect is very good, and the layers are particularly clear."

Xu Jingxing gave a thumbs up and praised: "Good eyesight, let me tell you, the nine-fold seal script is actually quite simple to put it bluntly. Under the right premise, the more layers you can stack, the better, and the one you chose is the best choice in various extreme situations.”

"Hehehe," Sun Yuying was very happy to be praised by Xu Jingxing's little flattery, and after a few chuckles, she asked, "Shall I do it now? How long will it take to finish?"

"Up to two hours."

"Is it really that fast?"

"Your chapter itself is a semi-finished product. It has been polished, and even the printed surface is in a mess. I just need to engrave the words on it. It's very simple. Two hours is a conservative estimate," Xu Jingxing replied confidently. He walked into the workshop with the chapter and the draft drawing.

In the workshop, under the watchful eyes of his apprentices An Xin and Sun Yuying, he directly picked up the carving knife and began to work.

Sun Yuying was confused again, "Don't you need to write backwards?"

"It's all in my head." Xu Jingxing patted his head, picked up the carving knife, and carved down on the blank printing surface.

It must be mentioned that the quality of Sun Yuying's semi-finished seal is really good. Although the hardness is higher than that of Shoushan stone, the feedback force of the engraving knife after contact with the seal surface is very soft, not slippery or crumbling, which is completely incompatible with Hetian jade.

Carving Hetian jade with a chisel carving knife has a feeling of scratching the glass with a knife, which is very uncomfortable.

But carving this chicken blood stone is like carving dry and hard fine clay, and the residues carved out are all well-proportioned fine particles, the kind of delicacy and softness that can cure obsessive-compulsive disorder.

So when he touched the knife, Xu Jingxing fell in love with this feeling. No wonder the high-grade chicken blood stone can be sold so expensive. It makes sense. The feel alone is incomparable to the popular materials he carved yesterday.

When I look back, I must get some bloodstones to play with.

While sculpting, he kept this matter in his heart.

In less than 10 minutes, the original flat and smooth printing surface was covered with strips of lead lines, and after modification, it took only 10 minutes to complete the theme printing.

Sun Yuying was even more surprised: "Is this all right?"

"It's almost finished," Xu Jingxing explained with a smile: "Seal cutting is similar to our ink painting. At the beginning, it's very comfortable to use a splashing ink pen to walk away, but after the frame is completed, you need to repair the details, add some color, or Fill in two strokes."

"Scared me to death, I thought this would be all right, but it doesn't look like anything is missing."

"The border, and the detailed texture of the line." Xu Jingxing pointed to the draft he drew, "You also know that even a single line has a lot of attention in art, and the artistic expression of thick, thin, long, short, and smooth lines is different. This point is more obvious in seal cutting, because the lines here are not the slender lines recognized by ordinary people, but strokes. Specifically, each line above is actually a combination of two lines. into.

"Corresponding to the specific application of the knife, we should pay more attention to it. Take this nine-fold seal seal as an example. Because there are many characters, the lines must be thin enough, but the slender and dense lines will appear dense and miscellaneous. What should I do? Then How can I make the lines more powerful? There are several methods, but I use the most conventional one. The lines on both sides of each stroke are carved with a straight knife. For a strong straight line, the cut angle is about [-] degrees, so the lines printed on the paper will be very clear.

"What is the knife cutting method? Look at my gestures, like cutting meat with the tip of the knife, so that each knife can only cut a very short line, but because the distance is short, it is easy to master, and the force is thorough. The cut line is short and straight, which is comparable to the punching knife method. The knife punching method does not change the posture of holding the knife but the distance of the knife is longer. The cut line is longer and has a smooth and smooth feeling. The two knife methods The cut lines have their own characteristics in terms of artistic appeal, and need to be adjusted according to the content and style of the printed text."

While Xu Jingxing was talking, he started to work, one knife after another, because after fine-tuning and engraving the frame, the work was considered complete.

After finishing, he looked at it carefully, put the seal on the table, and pointed out: "Mr. Sun, do you want to try the effect?"

But Sun Yuying looked at the time first, and praised: "It took 56 minutes in total, less than an hour. This efficiency is really high. I have seen other seal engraving masters carve seals. It takes about half an hour for them to make watermarks. It takes three or four hours to finish the work, and they all make simple chapters with only three or five characters. If they want to do this kind of fourteen characters, they say that they may not be able to finish it in one day. The difficulty is so high that some masters don't accept my job."

Xu Jingxing said with a smile: "That's because your seal is too precious, and if you accidentally engrave it, you will lose your fortune." He took out a box of ink pads and handed it over: "Try it, if there is any dissatisfaction, you can adjust it."

"Okay," Sun Yuying carefully took the freshly baked seal, held the handle of the seal with both hands, filled the ink pad box with ink, and gently pressed it on the rice paper on the coffee table, leaving a conspicuous nine-stack seal in white , picked up the seal and blurted out praise: "Okay——"

The two words "good" have very different meanings.

Looking at the small seal on the paper, the light in Sun Yuying's eyes seemed to break through the cover of the presbyopic glasses, and the smile on her face immediately overflowed.

An Xin also poked Xu Jingxing's arm, her more intellectual and fair face was full of praise, and at the same time she gave a thumbs up to express her praise.

(End of this chapter)