The making method of Yangjiabu woodblock New Year pictures mainly includes the following steps.

The production method of Yangjiabu woodblock New Year pictures is divided into three processes: sketching, engraving and printing.

At first it was printed for small cases, and later it was printed for big cases. First, artists painted with wicker charcoal sticks and incense ashes, which was called rotten manuscripts. On the basis of the rotten manuscript, he completed the manuscript, traced the manuscript, stuck it on the pear board for carving, and carved the line version and the color version respectively. Then after color matching, paper clamping, printing, color running, etc., manual printing. After the New Year pictures are printed, they should be painted with various colors by hand to make them look natural and vivid.

The specific steps are as follows:

1, composition design

When designing works of art, we should first consider the psychology of the public, which is in line with farmers' appreciation habits. Secondly, the painter is highly skilled. After the improvement of Yangliuqing New Year pictures, a new method of painting and printing cooperation appeared. Yangjiabu went to Tianjin to consult the famous painter Wang Shoutian, got many new manuscripts, and asked the famous Tianjin painter Zhao Qingchun to do a lot of improvement work, which made Yangjiabu New Year pictures combine the advantages of Yangliuqing New Year pictures well and become the same as Yangliuqing New Year pictures.

Step 2 carve

The material of the plate is the best, followed by pear, apricot and peach. Every painting must have an original, with lines and outlines printed on it, and there are several sub-editions for color matching. The number of sub-editions depends on the required color. ?

Step 3 print

In the early years, Jiangnan bamboo paper was used as the printing material, and the pigments were also very particular. Later, semi-wool paper was used, and the pigment was cheap. The size of the picture frame, the big one has a whole piece of cotton paper, which is called "Big Gong Jian", and the small one has two, three or four pieces, which are collectively called "Little Gong Jian".

The above is the production method of Yangjiabu woodblock New Year pictures in Weifang.