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Chapter 1963 Painted Pottery King

The tools used in the production of painted pottery in Gansu include not only hard "pens" made of hard bristles, but also soft "pens" made of soft bristles.

Otherwise, the fine grid pattern and zigzag pattern of the Banshan and Machang types cannot be completed.

From the slender and smooth lines, it can be seen that the "pen" used for painting at that time was probably a long-pointed hard pen made of wolf, deer and other hairs, and it had a good cohesiveness.

In the traditional art of our country, painted pottery is the earliest original art work that combines patterns and utensil shapes.

When painting painted pottery, the ancestors paid great attention to the relationship between the pattern, the shape of the vessel, and the angle of view.

And has noticed the pattern, the visual effect produced under different viewing angles.

Therefore, the drawing design is based on the fact that no matter from which angle, you can see a good picture from the front or the top view, and strive to achieve the coordination between the composition of the pattern and the shape of the device.

According to the shape of the vessel, determine the design of its decorative parts and patterns.

Because prehistoric society did not have tables and cases, objects were mostly placed on the ground or on small earthen platforms, which is completely different from the modern placement;

In addition, prehistoric ancestors sat on the ground, and the natural perspective is also obviously different.

Therefore, the focus of painting is mostly on the abdomen and below the utensils.

For example, the pots and bowls of Yangshao Culture, etc., the line of sight is limited to the mouth and abdomen, so only the parts where the line of sight can be painted are painted;
Basins of the Majiayao type have a large mouth and a shallow belly, and because the inner wall is clearer when looking down, the inner color is the main color, supplemented by simple outer color;

The bottle-shaped utensils of Yangshao Culture and Majiayao Culture are long and thin, with oblique abdomen and small body, so they can be seen at a glance.

Therefore, from the edge of the mouth to the lower abdomen, most of the color is applied or the whole body is applied;

The half-mountain type of urn has a large round belly shape, because the lower abdomen is basically covered when placed on the ground, so the upper part is painted with color.

When a craftsman paints, it is impossible to daub it randomly.

According to the shape of the utensil, there should be a prior design and idea for the pattern and inner color of the mouth, neck, and abdomen.

After the position of the pattern is determined, the painted parts of the utensils are divided and fixed as needed, and then painted.

When painting, first draw the theme pattern, and then supplement the outline with the theme to coordinate and complement each other's auxiliary decorations.

According to the observation and study of painted pottery patterns, it is actually possible to infer the specific painting process.

For example, the painted pottery is divided or separated, except for a few utensils, which are all round utensils, basically composed of multiple groups of decorations to form a horizontally spread painted band, and a few painted in a vertical direction.

Therefore, first of all, try to divide or separate the painted parts reasonably, and then group the painted patterns.

Due to the different shapes of the utensils, the methods of equal division are also different. The vertically elongated utensils are mostly separated by horizontal parallel lines to separate the painted parts from top to bottom;

For horizontal and wide utensils, use vertical parallel lines to divide the utensils equally from left to right.

The painted patterns have bisections, trisections, quarters, and multi-sections, all of which are determined by the motif pattern decoration.

Some patterns are relatively simple and easy to divide, such as the fish pattern basin, which divides the circle into two equal parts horizontally, and draws two groups of fish with the same pattern;
The petal-pattern painted pottery basin first uses vertical lines to divide the belly of the utensil into two equal parts horizontally, and then divides it into four equal parts and eight equal parts, and finally draws eight groups of petal pattern patterns.

There are also painted parts of some utensils, which are separated by singular numbers.

For example, the painted urn unearthed in Sanping, Yongjing, known as the "King of Painted Pottery", divides the painted part into three parts with parallel lines, and then paints the parts.

The equal line or dividing line can not only be used as the spacer line for different patterns of each part, but also become a frame and play a certain decorative role.

The patterns of the Banshan and Machang types are dense and complex, and the equal divisions or divisions are extremely fine.

For example, the painted pottery urns with continuous double-arc patterns in Baping Banshan, Guanghe Di, had to divide the circumference into 11 equal parts, which shows that the work was extremely difficult at that time.

Therefore, there may have been a tool for equal division at that time, otherwise, it would be difficult for these 11 sets of arcs to be equally divided so accurately.

These accessories are the most convenient, ready-made aliquots for utensils with ears.

Then there is the positioning. After the late Yangshao culture, painted pottery has a large number of rotating continuous patterns, which are very integrated and cannot be separated.

These patterns are divided into equal parts, which obviously cannot meet the needs of the development of painted pottery.

According to the characteristics of this type of pattern, first of all, the overall layout should be planned, the positioning point or positioning circle should be determined, and the painted parts should be divided.

For example, the sharp-bottomed bottles collected in Lujiaping, Longxi, need three center circles with swirl patterns.

The dot is used as the anchor point, and then with the dot as the center, an arc is drawn around to form a continuous swirl pattern.

The painted pottery of the Banshan and Machang types mostly have circles as the theme patterns.

So the circle replaced the dot and evolved into a circle positioning.

For example, in the half-mountain type of painting, it is necessary to draw a few large circles, gourd patterns, etc., and then draw other supplementary and auxiliary patterns such as zigzag patterns.

The same is true for Machang type painted pottery. First draw the outlines of the four major circles, and then fill in the grid pattern inside the circles and the finely divided decorations in the surrounding spaces.

The production of these talents is based on these, and some patterns are painted first, from complex to simple.

Painted pottery patterns can generally be divided into theme decoration and non-theme decoration.

The theme decoration is painted on the most eye-catching position of the utensils, and other decorations are used as a foil, filling the void, or decorated on the mouth, neck and lower abdomen, which play the role of auxiliary decoration.

When painting colors, it is necessary to grasp the important positions, first draw the theme patterns in the prominent positions, and then draw the auxiliary decorations at the corners, so as to achieve a harmonious effect as a whole.

The painted pottery urn unearthed in Sanping, Yongjing is divided into three grids, consisting of three parts.

The middle abdomen is the largest, and the theme pattern is located in an important position in the middle.

It is necessary to draw the swirl pattern as the theme first, and then fill in the small concentric circles in the surrounding blank space, and the other patterns on the upper and lower abdomen are completed last.

The painted pottery of Banshan type has dense and delicate patterns, making it difficult to paint.

However, through careful observation and analysis, although the black color pattern occupies the main space, it is not difficult to see that the overall pattern is based on red color.

The red line also plays the role of equal positioning.

The black zigzag patterns or strips and blocks are spaced among the red lines, and the black and red complement each other to form a good picture.

Therefore, it seems that the painting process of the Banshan type painting should be to first outline the main decoration with red color, and then draw the black color pattern.

All in all, if you draw the theme pattern and backbone lines first, you can control the whole picture and make the layout more reasonable and beautiful.

Outline first, and then fill, which is also a main method of making colored paintings.

Since the late Yangshao culture, more grid patterns have appeared.

Its outer contour is round, oval, gourd-shaped, triangular, back-shaped strips and so on.

And the grid filled in the outline is getting denser and finer.

For the analysis of this kind of utensils, the outer outline should be drawn first, and then the grid pattern, diamond square pattern and other decorations inside the outline should be filled.

For example, the painted pottery vase with the salamander pattern should first outline the body of the salamander, and then draw the grid patterns and limbs inside the body.

(End of this chapter)