How to carve woodblock prints under five art

1, draft: the division drawing line drawing; first choose the subject matter, determine the content, and then by the artist conceptualization of the draft. Take out the first draft by the painting store repeatedly reviewed, the painter repeatedly modified to finalize the draft. By the artist and then outline the draft, and finally handed over an ink line draft, a color draft and a few color separations, for engraving.

2, engraved plate: good use of wood fine and tough and not easy to wear and tear warped boxwood, you can also use pear, jujube and other wood panels. Wooden plate thickness to two inches or so appropriate, in order to prevent out of shape and expansion and deformation. Engraving is a delicate specialized skills, mainly by the engraver to complete.

3, printing: the printing plate printing the publication sample, and then according to the color of the picture, the production of color printing woodblock.

4, color: New Year's paintings use the use of ink are artists to modulate their own, should be selected with the best anthracite (or ink ash) and pulp together, fermentation and precipitation for at least a month before use. The ink color can be clear and even, saturated and moderate. Printing color was first used in Chinese painting pigments, such as rouge, vine yellow, flower green, stone green, etc., elegant and saturated tone, but the cost of Chinese painting pigments is more expensive.

5, printing: most of the color plate overprinting, a version of a color, usually to overprint five or six times to print a good New Year's paintings. Overprinting is the most important thing is to set the plate accurately and not offset, printed works to maintain consistency with the original.

6, open face, that is, painting eyes, eyebrows, lips, powder, etc..

Woodblock prints are a time-honored traditional folk art form in China with a history of more than a thousand years. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, folk New Year's paintings reached their heyday.

In Chinese folklore, New Year's paintings are the symbol of the year, and it is not the New Year if you don't put up New Year's paintings. New Year's paintings are not only decorations for festivals, but also have cultural and artistic values that make them an encyclopedia reflecting the life of Chinese folk society.

The development of woodblock prints to the middle and late Qing Dynasty, there are dozens of large and small origins, of which the famous ones are: Chongqing Liangping, Tianjin Yangliuqing, Hebei Wuqiang, Weifang, Shandong, Suzhou Peach Blossom Dock, Henan Zhuxianzhen, Mianzhu, Sichuan, Shanxi Pingyang and other places. During the years of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the area where the New Year paintings were used covered all parts of the country, including Taiwan, except Tibet.

On May 20, 2006, woodblock prints of Zhuxianzhen were approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.On June 7, 2008, woodblock prints were approved by the State Council to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.