Master's Lonely Road Regrets Wu Tang Qi Baishi Liu Xinhui (member of Xiling Seal Cutting Society and China Calligraphers Association) Many people's familiarity with Qi Baishi began with his paintings, but Qi Lao himself said: His seal cutting is better than painting! Why is this? Objectively speaking, if Qi Baishi is just a simple painter, he cannot and has no reason to become a master of Qi Baishi. It can be said that Qi Baishi's seal cutting is the cornerstone of Qi Baishi's painting. Without Qi Baishi's seal cutting achievements, Qi Baishi's paintings would have no artistic support. Why do you say that? First of all, Qi Baishi began to learn painting at the age of 27, but Qi Baishi was the earliest printer. Before the age of 27, Qi Baishi had begun to learn and create seal cutting. It is not difficult for me to find the answer to this point from the Baishi early print counter in the Baishi print exhibition of the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts. Qi Baishi was a carpenter in his early years. Its wrist is strong, its hand is accurate, and its adaptability is extremely strong, which laid a solid foundation for the formation of Qi seal style. Secondly, Qi Baishi's printing style and calligraphy style come down in one continuous line and develop with each other. Thirdly, Qi Baishi's seal is the most ideal window to see through Baishi's artistic conception, creation and achievements. When we look at the seal of the old man Baishi, the biggest feeling is "happiness". Many repetitive and monotonous words, in the eyes of the old man Baishi, are precisely his opportunities to be unconventional. Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal Calligraphy and Painting Auction Art Trading Qi Baishi Calligraphy and Painting Qi Baishi Seal 1994, I visited my husband, and Mr. Qi told me that it is very interesting for old people to carve things. He put the stone on the edge of the table, picked it up, looked at it from a distance, carved it horizontally first, then vertically, and finally cleaned up the seams of the strokes with the tip of the knife ... Mr. Qi said it simply, but I think the old man Baishi must have conceived printing for a long time. He is resourceful and sharp-edged. Looking at Qi Baishi's seal, it is not difficult to find the following characteristics: First, the knife is used as a substitute for the pen, and calligraphy is used as a means of printing. Qi Lao's seal script is simple. In the process of seal cutting, the old man Baishi gave full play to the advantages of calligraphy, rough and calm. Second, black and white calligraphy is printed on the cloth. At this point, it is the most subtle and difficult to understand. But this is also the key to understanding the beauty of seal cutting. Third, especially those "invisible" places outside the red and white, but the energy is huge. Taking the seals of Lonely Road (Bai Wen) and Baishi (Zhu Wen) as examples, we can realize the wonderful use of engraving without engraving. Fourthly, the contrast between red and white is huge, which adds a great stone flavor to his painting composition, which is beyond the reach of epitaphs. And this taste is not tuned, but instinctively and naturally comes from the internal generation of white stone. Five, the knife method is simple, the composition is exquisite, without thinking, skillful and clumsy complement each other. The lines printed by Baishi are smooth and rough, as if they were drawn on the side with a pen, and they are all real knives and guns. 6. Be bold and clever in the handling of words and characters, words and edges, and be full of wisdom by borrowing edges, damaging edges, removing edges, thin edges and thick edges. Seven, it is generally not necessary to print materials with particularly fine texture, mostly based on Qingtian, supplemented by Shoushan. The biggest feature of Qingtian stone is that it is brittle and subject to a knife, and the carving effect is most commensurate with Baishi's calligraphy feeling. Therefore, we can see that the most representative works of Baishi, such as "Xiangtan people in China" and "The vegetation is not necessarily ruthless", are all based on Qingtian old materials.