Who's Who's Porcelain Painting Appraisal

After 1916, He Shi mainly focused on porcelain paintings of snow scenes and landscapes. In the porcelain painting process, a set of innovative techniques has been gradually explored. The forgeries imitating He's paintings are all of his snow scene landscape paintings. Judging from the characteristics of brush and ink, He's paintings of snowy landscapes mainly have the following characteristics:

Firstly, in terms of composition, they inherit the advantages of artificial landscapes in the Song Dynasty, pay attention to the composition and layout, and pay attention to near, middle, and near. In the three-dimensional reconstructed picture from the far side, the mountains overlap, the slopes and banks are staggered, and the layers are orderly.

The second is to use brilliant black as the main color to outline the mountains, and use ocher to dye the yin and yang levels. When using materials in Fu Cai, He overcame the lack of gradation in the snow scene and skillfully applied pastel glass white to the snowy landscape, making the color materials in the painting freely shaded, the snow color realistic, and the layers well-defined. It has the traditional filling effect. The pink and moist effect of the color also has a vivid meaning in the painting. Paying attention to the pursuit of crystal clear effects in thinness, especially rendering the snowy and foggy sky, the subtle layers show extraordinary skills. The imitations are often based on their appearance. Most of them are filled with thick glass white in order to pursue a sense of layering during color painting, which makes them feel ridged when touched by hand. Third, He also painted some details with delicate brushes, such as a donkey treading on the snow, leaving a series of traces on the road; like a building or a building, one or two warm tones are always used to highlight it. His works, whether they are large-scale porcelain plate paintings or small print boxes, are all made with exquisite brushwork, rigorous workmanship, and neat order.

He's pastel snow scene porcelain plate painting "Liang Yuan Full of Snow" depicts "Liang Yuan Snow Fog", one of the eight scenic spots in Bianjing in the Song Dynasty. The painting uses boundary painting techniques to set the scene, and the composition is rigorous, natural and imposing when viewed from above. The scenery is outlined with ink colors, the trees and bamboos are soaring in the sky, and the branches are full; the beautiful rocks are exquisite and clear, and the jade is decorated with pink; the double-eaves tower is thick with snow, and the fence is slightly dyed blue, which makes the painting appear cold and glamorous. Drink and enjoy it in the pavilion Snow, the figures in the courtyard are decorated with vermilion, showing the folk joy in the ice and snow, and the distant mountains are like jade carvings. The brushwork is elegant and upright, and the artistic conception is profound. His works, whether they are large-scale porcelain plate paintings or small print boxes, are all carefully crafted and meticulously crafted, integrating poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing.