Chapter 67: Uncovering the Painting
Chapter 67 Unveiling the Painting
Qin Zhenghua said angrily: "The Bai family is a scholarly family. Several generations of people have spent painstaking efforts to collect famous calligraphy and paintings and rare ancient books. They were looted and burned by the rebels. It is really sad."
"This painting should be after your grandpa got Tang Bohu's original "Li Duanduan Picture", he scribbled and created a copy that looked fake at first sight, and then asked Master Qin to frame the real and fake paintings together, so that it can
In those war-torn times, we were able to hide the authenticity and preserve the original product." Bashahou Hou said speculatively.
Qin Zhenghua echoed: "If this is the case, then my father feels that he is honored to participate in the preservation of the national treasure. He must use his best skills to make this fake painting so seamless that people will lose it at the first sight.
Research interest.”
He stood up and said to Bai Zirui: "Young man, come with me with the painting, and you can come and take a look at it too!"
He took the lead to walk out of the living room and towards a small, lonely house in his home. Bai Zirui put away the scrolls and rags on the table and followed behind him.
This small house is the best location in his small courtyard. When you walk into this small house, you can see that the room has three windows with transparent glass, which has good light transmission and makes it very bright.
In the middle of the room, there is a wooden desk about one meter high. The surface is smooth and flat. When he was broken, he introduced this room to Bai Zirui as Qin Zhenghua's decorating workshop. This desk is a mounting table, and there are various other arrangements.
There are some items that Bai Zirui doesn't recognize. Although they are not messy, they give people a sense of order.
"This is a drying board, which is used to flatten and dry painting frames and various mounting materials. This is a drying rod, which is used to dry processed backing paper, colored paper and various materials.
This is the copy table, comparison, brown brush, ruler and cutting board. The stone is a calender stone, also called a grindstone, which is used for calendering and smoothing the back of the frame."
Bai Zirui found it very novel to enter the place where Qin Zhenghua was working on his paintings. Seeing his curious look, Bao Pohou introduced him to the usage of various tools on the table.
Qin Zhenghua waved to Bai Zirui and said: "Young man... come here, spread out the painting on the copy table, and then help me get a basin of water. As for the broken man, go ahead and do whatever you want. Don't make trouble here."
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He touched his nose and remained silent and shameless, ready to see what mystery was hidden in this fake painting.
Bai Zirui unfolded the scroll and laid it flat on the copy table in accordance with Qin Zhenghua's instructions, then picked up a small basin in the workshop and went to the door to bring in a basin of water.
When he stepped into the workroom again, he saw that in the blink of an eye, Qin Zhenghua had taken off the sky pole, ground pole and axis head of the painting scroll, leaving only a painting scroll. Qin Zhenghua watched him come in with water in his hand.
He motioned for him to come over.
After Bai Zirui brought the water over, Qin Zhenghua lightly dipped a brush the size of a nail clipper in the water, and then brushed the lower left corner of the painting. The painting paper was very absorbent and the brush was in contact with the water.
When it came to the paper, a little bit of water on the brush was immediately absorbed. Then he continued to brush with water. After three or five times, a small area in the lower left corner was soaked.
He waved his hand to signal Bai Zirui to take the basin away, then stretched out two fingers to slightly twist the corners, and saw that the original scroll was immediately divided into two pieces.
"Young man, this painting really has another mystery. I want to peel off a few more layers of rice paper. However, the above painting is made of cooked rice paper which is relatively brittle. I'm afraid it might be damaged when I peel it off.
What do you mean?" Qin Zhenghua asked Bai Zirui.
Bai Zirui was admiring his skills in uncovering paintings. When he heard his question, he asked with some surprise and confusion: "Uncle Qin! Can you reveal more layers of paintings from such a thin painting?"
"Others can't do it, but I can definitely do it. If you agree, I will continue to peel it off. If you don't agree, I will restore the painting to you, and you and Bao Baohou will take the painting away." Qin Zhenghua said neatly.
Bai Zirui looked at the Popohou Hou and saw him nodding in agreement. As the saying goes, people of the same species flock together, and those who can make the Popohou Hou nod in agreement must be similar to him and have superior skills.
Bai Zirui said solemnly: "Uncle Qin, I believe you. Let's continue to uncover it."
When Qin Zhenghua saw Bai Zirui agree, he immediately became energetic. He took out many bottles and jars from the house, poured some liquid into the basin of water like preparing medicine, and then asked Bai Zirui to stir it.
Bai Zirui stirred for about 10 minutes. The originally paste-like liquid in the basin turned into transparent and very thin. When Qin Zhenghua saw it, he asked him to stop, took the basin and put it at his feet.
Then lay the fake "Picture of Li Duanduan" upside down on the table.
Then he found a new brush and put the soft-bristled end into the basin. After the transparent liquid soaked into the brush, he immediately started brushing on the back of the painting. He used one hand to apply force as freely and vigorously as if he were splashing ink to practice calligraphy.
Evenly, in a short time this fake painting was completely covered with this transparent liquid.
As soon as he finished doing this, he found a hand-pressed watering can from the room and sprayed it on the painting painted with transparent liquid. The spout of this watering can was extremely fine and sprayed out mist-like water. The water came into contact with
Once you see the screen, you immediately get involved.
"Okay, you two go and wait outside!" Qin Zhenghua was about to take the next step when he issued an eviction order.
Seeing the critical moment, Bai Zirui and Baoshahou were about to steal a few tricks from their master, but they didn't expect Qin Zhenghua to kick them out at this critical moment, which made them extremely depressed.
The two of them also understood this very well. As the saying goes, the law cannot be passed on to the six ears. These old craftsmen attach great importance to the inheritance of teacher's rituals. The art of uncovering paintings is very easy to be exploited by some people with evil intentions. Naturally, he does not want Bai Zirui and Baolanhou to
See the core technology of Jihua.
Bai Zirui and Po Pohou returned to his living room in desperation, but they were always paying attention to the movements in Qin Zhenghua's framing room. After waiting for about half an hour, they saw him opening the door of the framing room and walking out.
There was a very tired look on his face, but his eyes were bright and he looked very excited.
Qin Zhenghua said to Bai Zirui happily: "Young man, you are in luck." Bai Zirui and Bao Pohou were a little confused.
Qin Zhenghua waved to the two of them and called, "Come in and take a look!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked into the mounting room again. Bai Zirui and Bao Baohou followed closely. When they arrived, there were two paintings spread on the table. The two hurriedly stepped forward to observe the two paintings carefully. The contents of the two paintings were completely
same.
It's just that you can tell the difference at a glance in the details of the expressions of the characters in the portraits. The characters in one painting are dull and lifeless, and there are cracks in the picture, while the ladies in the other painting appear to be looking forward to it, and the characters are vivid and lifelike.
It's like stepping out of a painting.
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