Riding the wind of rebirth

In addition, if you want to recolor, you can also use chemical paint, but this method has a disadvantage, that is, once the ancient painting has been treated in this way, it will no longer have the repeated repetition of the traditional method. ability to repair.

Therefore, the more precious paintings and calligraphy, the more traditional restoration methods must be adopted.

After this treatment, only the face paper and the painting heart pressed on the face paper are left. The back of the painting heart is now completely exposed to the air.

At this time, the painting heart is damaged, so it enters the repairing stage.

The link of repairing is to use paper strips of primary colors and raw materials to glue together the cracks, holes, and incomplete parts of the missing parts in the calligraphy and painting, so as to restore them into a complete paper surface.

The method of repair directly affects the effect and value of these traditional paintings and calligraphy after restoration.

This is why there is a large amount of Chengxintang paper in this box, because the paper used for restoration works should be exactly the same as the paper used for works.

If not, try to be at the same time as possible.

If this is not possible, then find a similar era.

The rest is a series of techniques and processes such as old-fashioned and dyed.

These techniques and processes are kept strictly confidential, and ordinary masters will not easily pass them on to their disciples, thinking that with this skill, they will open Pandora's box at the same time—the ability to counterfeit has undergone a qualitative change.

After that is to cross the town wall.

After processing the heart of the painting, replace it with a new "fate paper", after holding it up, turn it over, remove the face paper used to fix the work before, dry it, and then brush it again with alum water .

The reason for this is that Xintuo's painting hearts are generally made of raw paper, and the life papers of Tuo's painting hearts are different from raw to cooked, so it is easy to smudge the colors in the calligraphy and painting.

In order to avoid this from happening, no matter what kind of paper the painting heart is, it must be brushed with alum.

This is also to make basic preparations for the next restoration, so that when the work is re-framed again after 100 years, the painting heart will still not be polished.

Afterwards, the work can be "square-cut and inlaid". On the one hand, it is to inlay ingredients around the center of the painting, such as inlays, borders, etc.; on the other hand, it is to match some necessary accessories according to the style of the original calligraphy and painting. Such as curling, pasting corners, etc.

In short, trimming the relatively unimportant parts of the periphery of the work to make it more "complete".

Then there is "repainting on the back", which is commonly known as the "resurrection" of calligraphy and painting. There are three steps - sizing on the backing paper, repainting on the backing paper, and painting on the wall.

That is what Zhou Zhi sees now, the restoration of "Cuibi Post Poetry" has been completed to this point.

"The elbow is coming?" The fourth uncle raised his head, and he didn't speak until the fourth aunt also noticed Zhou Zhi.

The silence was only broken until now. Zhou Zhi greeted the two with a smile, and looked at the work that had been restored to completion again: "It's amazing to be able to make it like this. Fourth uncle and fourth aunt have worked hard."

On the current work, you can still see some criss-crossing light-colored broken lines and spots in the strokes, which are the colors revealed on this side of the paper strip at the bottom of the work.

Although the fourth cousin has processed the repair paper to be exactly the same color as the current background color of the painting heart, the broken lines and holes in the strokes can still see the traces of repair.

Therefore, before re-mounting, the work is still short of the last restoration work, which is to cover up these restoration traces. This step is called - overall full color.

Panchromatism is also an extremely important link in the restoration of calligraphy and painting, requiring restorers not only to have rich experience in mounting, but also to have solid art skills.Panchromatic is related to the selection of pigments, the technique of writing and the operation methods and skills possessed.

Because of this step, it is necessary to complete the missing parts of the restored ancient painting with a brush!
For example, the strokes between calligraphy, the missing lines and color blocks in the painting all need to be filled in by later generations, and it must reach a level that cannot be distinguished by the naked eye!

Therefore, this step is the part that most tests the skill of the restorer.

"I kept some traces on purpose, and I didn't clean it very thoroughly, so that it has more of an ancient flavor." The fourth cousin is very satisfied with his restoration work.

"Yangbang's technique is extraordinary!"

Calligraphy and painting restoration, since the Qing Dynasty, the two most popular schools are the "Su Gang" and "Yang Bang", representing the highest level of calligraphy and painting restoration.

Of course, fraud is also the highest level.

The fourth cousin is a graduate of Jinling University, and it is obvious that he studied under the Yang Gang faction.

"It's just in time." The fourth cousin didn't feel Zhou Zhi's flattery: "It's time for full color today."

"I'll help you." Zhou Zhi said quickly.

"No." The fourth cousin shook his head: "I'll help you."

"what?"

"Ah, what? Didn't you learn double hooks? This is simpler than double hooks."

"Uncle Si Cousin, you are so eloquent!" Zhou Zhi was on the verge of tears: "The double hooks are made on new paper, even if the hooks are scratched, it's just a waste of effort."

"But this is to start with the original work! Song Ren's original work! Can this be the same as the double hook?!"

"You can do it with elbows." Fourth Aunt smiled and said, "You have almost learned Fourth Uncle's skills, and the only thing missing is this final step."

"I'm really guilty." Zhou Zhi found his voice trembling: "Other operations can be recovered. This... this can't be recovered..."

"Think about it, if I accidentally drip a drop of ink on it, or accidentally smear the new ink..." Zhou Zhi couldn't help shivering at this point: "I can't bear the name of a national sinner..."

"Where is such an exaggeration!" The fourth cousin couldn't laugh or cry: "How could the things you said happen?!"

Zhou Zhi secretly slandered, you old man didn’t know that there was a worldly incident in a certain museum. When scientific instruments were used to detect cultural relics, the probe broke the Northern Song Dynasty official kiln porcelain into several pieces.

"Things that shouldn't happen don't mean they can't happen, otherwise it's not dialectical materialism..."

"How did the old Su family come out of a cowardly rat like you..."

"I'm the old Zhou family..."

"Shut up! You have to do it today, and you have to do it if you don't!"

"Oh, I said that earlier..."

"You don't have to worry about your elbows." The fourth aunt laughed at the words of the two: "Your fourth cousin will watch you from the sidelines and will not let the things you said happen to you."

"I still have to take it easy... Fourth Aunt's table is..."

"If your fourth uncle and I were as cautious as you, we wouldn't dare to do anything with the work on the table." The fourth aunt said with a faint smile, "Congratulations, Elbow, you are right this time." That box is a shocking treasure."

"What we are repairing now is the second package taken out of the box. When we opened it, we found that it was the "Dragon Fog Playing with Waves and Dragons" handed down by a famous painter in the Song Dynasty."

"It's from the Song Dynasty again?" Zhou Zhi was stunned: "This surname is so rare. If he is a famous painter, shouldn't he be unknown? But I haven't heard of it?"