The method of making woodcut watermarks

The method of making woodcut watermarks

What is a woodcut watermark? The woodcut watermark is invented and created by our country, and its production process is divided into three steps: sketching (color separation), carving wood board, and printing. Woodcut watermarks are very suitable for the printing of traditional painting art in China, and its production process has been internationally recognized. As the quintessence of China's traditional printing technology, woodcut watermark is unique for its vivid printing effect. Today, I will introduce woodcut watermarks in the Biyin Market. 1. Sketching (color separation) (1) When sketching, first cover the fully transparent and impermeable adhesive film on the original work, and then faithfully sketch and copy the picture on the adhesive paper. (2) Then cover the goose skin paper on the adhesive film paper that outlines the manuscript, separate the colors according to different hues, and trace the dots, lines, color blocks, inscriptions, seals and picture levels into manuscripts respectively. As many shades as there are on the original work, as many manuscripts as they are drawn. The sketching technicians must not only have high painting skills, but also have a deep attainment in Chinese painting. When sketching, it is necessary to make decisions about the shade of the original manuscript, the style and artistic characteristics of the painter, the size of the picture, the number of plates, and how to print. 2. Engraving woodblock: the manuscript is pasted on the wooden board, and the engraving plate can be carried out after drying, each manuscript is carved into a wooden board, and dozens of plates must be engraved for printing a painting, or even hundreds of plates. The carver must be familiar with the ancient and modern painting theory, and carefully understand the original work in order to operate freely and confidently carve the lines and layers to a subtle and beautiful one. 3. Printing: The engraved woodblock will be brushed and printed in turn. The method is to first brush the protruding part of the woodblock (that is, the part of the picture), then spread the rice paper on it, and then hold a brush to brush it on the rice paper. As many woodblocks as there are printed on this piece of rice paper, they are finally made into a finished product. It requires that the brush printer must be familiar with the painting technique, before the brush to analyze the original action of the pen fast, slow, light, heavy, color thick, light, dry, wet, etc., in the process of brushing, but also according to the original rendering touch, etc., while brushing and printing with the brush and then appropriate processing, so that the brush print reproduces the original pen and ink characteristics. Through the decomposition of the above three steps, I believe you have understood the production process of woodcut watermarks and the characteristics of products, and woodcut watermarks can be said to be incisive and incisive for the production of traditional portrait printing.