Master descends to earth

Chapter 185

"A large number of Yuan blue and white flowers exist in fixed places. There are only a few places in the world, and they have not been scattered. The first one is the Tobkapa Palace in Turkey, which has been more than 550 years ago."

"The second largest collection is the Akbir Temple in Iran. There are 32 pieces, and they have not been dismantled. This is not a coincidence."

The old man recalled: "The best-quality Yuan blue and white flowers are collected in the Tobukapa Palace. They have never been exhibited publicly. The palace has been repaired and stored in the treasury. I spent all my time to see Yuan Qing."

"I stayed in Turkey for a whole week, and I finally saw Yuan Qinghua after going through hardships and obstacles. I went there with a kind of pilgrimage, especially when I opened the harem. I sat down quietly, and my relatives seemed to be walking towards me."

Su Yuan read a kind of happiness and reluctance from the old man's face, and felt the same. In fact, Huaxia porcelain is reserved, gentle and elegant, full of the charm of traditional scholar-bureaucrat culture.

However, the blue and white patterns in the Yuan Dynasty are extremely complicated, and the colors are blue and white, which is inconsistent with the culture since the Han and Tang Dynasties.And the shape is huge, creating a new era of porcelain.

This is undoubtedly related to the frequent exchanges at home and abroad in the Yuan Dynasty, and the spread of East Asian and Middle Eastern cultures. Many porcelains have obvious local religious colors in the Middle East.

In particular, decorative art is deeply influenced by local aesthetics and teachings. It advocates denseness, dislikes blank space, rigorous composition, and has an aesthetic tendency of abstract, regular and balanced.

The theme is plants, geometric decorations and Arabic calligraphy, and the decorations include twining patterns, bead patterns, deformed lotus petal patterns, rhombus consecration, concentric circles, etc.

The size of many large bowls and plates reaches more than 40 centimeters, and some porcelains reach an unprecedented height of 70 centimeters. They are completely made to meet the habit of sitting on the floor and having dinner together in the Middle East.

Blue is even more impossible to appear on porcelain before the Yuan Dynasty, and we admire red and yellow.Red is life, yellow is fundamental.

Blue, especially the blue and white blue, has never had a place in the cultural aesthetics of the past, and even regarded blue as unlucky for a long time.In the Buddhist scriptures, evil spirits are called Lan Po, and in ancient townships, blue pens were used to deal with them, and they were called Lan Dan; in legends, there is a blue snake whose head contains poison and is called blue medicine, which kills people instantly.

It can be said that Yuan blue and white is the most coveted product of the local tyrants in the Middle East. It is a symbol of royal status and cannot be bought with money!

After more than three hours, Su Yuan was satisfied and felt as if he was full.Each piece is a national treasure, with not only sophisticated craftsmanship but also profound historical heritage behind it, just like a Manchu-Han banquet, it is fascinating.

After returning to the workshop, I spent a day recording and sorting out all kinds of craftsmanship. I had a deep understanding of blue and white porcelain and started to practice it.

Place the finely ground wet ingredients in a large bowl at a ratio of about one-third, stir the ingredients with a spoon, and then brew the ingredients with boiling water.At the same time, stir constantly with a spoon until the water surface becomes foamy.

After it settles, skim off the clear water above, and then adjust the water color in different bowls.Take out the tea, which is a secret recipe passed down from generation to generation by JDZ. When dividing the bowls, not only should you pay attention to controlling the amount of ingredients according to your needs, but if you add an appropriate amount of tea and stir evenly, it can effectively prevent raw water.

The so-called raw water is a phenomenon that occurs when the water is divided, that is, the material and the water do not fuse when the water is divided, and the water material separates, which affects the expressiveness of blue and white hair color and decoration.The tea water should not be too thick, otherwise the glue juice in the tea leaves will produce salivation, which will make the material agglomerate and affect the quality of water separation.

Pick up a special chicken-head pen and start to master the material properties, that is, to study how to draw.Blue and white material is a kind of mineral powder, which is easy to precipitate after being mixed with water. At the same time, the mud embryo is extremely absorbent.

If the brush is too fast, the material will be light and weak, and the brush will be too slow, so that the material and color will accumulate and appear dull.If you have a clear eye, a careful heart, and a precise hand, you can move your pen freely and handily.

When writing, the pen is full of material water, so try to face the top of the convex surface with the tip of the pen as far as possible for the arc-shaped blank. There are gaps to prevent the tip of the pen from rubbing against the clay and mixing it into the water to affect the color development.

Between the movements, the pauses are scattered, the rhythm is fast and slow, and the priorities are urgent. It requires the craftsman to concentrate on it and complete it instantly with the feel of the hand.

Steady and steady, seek the strength of the strange and steep, and the strength is balanced, like a cone painting sand.The force of the pen is flat, and the force is hidden in the dots and strokes. It is a kind of inner force that is natural and does not see the trace of beginning and end.

Center-forward brushwork, especially at the turning point of the line, should be like folded hairpins, as soft as gold, round and thick, with firmness in softness, not brittle.

Smart and not stagnant, the movements of the pen, such as turning, jittering, severity, and setbacks, should run freely, such as flying a bird out of the forest, startling a snake into the grass.Thinking that the brush is with you, thinking that you can't reach the brush, in order to seek the vividness of the brush.

All the skills are all based on the coordination of the heart and the wrist, the wrist can do whatever you want, the heart can live, the wrist can work by itself, and the wrist can work by itself.

Su Yuan concentrated his attention and devoted himself to it. Painters are different from knife skills. Blue and white porcelain has been the mainstream of Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 600 years, and it has been prosperous for more than [-] years.

Although you can use your sharp eyes to read various crafts, you still need to do it yourself to master it, and there is no shortcut.

The porcelain of the Song and Yuan Dynasties was characterized by the beauty of its shapes, while the Ming and Qing porcelains relied on pattern decoration and did not have high requirements for knife skills. Instead, they strived for perfection in the painting skills.

In the painting of blue and white, different color scales and material halos are not achieved by using the technique of ink painting, but by using the thickness of the layer of material and water, and the left-hand side blank and the right-hand pen of the supporting blank corresponding to the water. technique to perform.

For example, the independent picture of the eagle, because the branches of the ancient pine are twisted and staggered, the brushwork is bound to change accordingly, not only the speed of the brushwork, but also the thickness of the water.

The master of water-dividing technique can make full use of it. The shape of the ancient pine is changeable, the color of the material is rich and light, and the shades are mixed. The color scale reaches six or seven layers. in front of you.

Especially for characters, brush and ink are used for each other. There is material in the water and water in the material. Painting of flowers, trees, insects and birds.

After Su Yuan finished painting several plain tires in a row, he finally found some feeling. After all, he didn't have the foundation of painting, and he was not as fast as knife skills.

I am not discouraged at all, but enjoy it. Craftsmanship is like this. Only when there are difficulties are challenges. The process of each conquest is the most rewarding moment.

Especially after seeing the national treasures of the Forbidden City, especially the blue and white flowers of the Yuan Dynasty, it is interesting to play with the highest end.

(End of this chapter)