You can add wine to the ink, each with its own saying. What the hell is going on? In fact, we still have to talk about its principle, why some people like to add a little wine to the ink, what are the benefits? How much should be added to be appropriate, let's talk about it slowly.
I think most people guess. For example, some people say that ink and wine have aromas, and ink and wine are the same as adding water, which is to dilute the concentration of ink.
However, there are a few friends who said the practicality of adding wine in some ink, one is that the ink dries quickly after writing, and the other is that some paper surfaces have wax, and it is not easy to ink when writing.
Of course, there is also a little wine, which can be antiseptic, and the ink will not stink.
Let me tell you that there is no need to add wine to dilute the ink in the ink, just like adding water.
The ink dried quickly and there was no reason. Unless it is grinding ink with wine instead of water, the proportion of water in wine is high, so it makes sense that the writing is dry quickly.
If the proportion of pure water in the ink is higher than that of wine, it is similar to the rate at which ink without wine is dried.
In addition, if the surface of the paper has wax, writing is not easy to ink the problem, netizens have said that adding a little washing powder, laundry detergent, soapy water, can play a role in the problem of writing without wax.
Then, there is some truth in adding wine to the ink to prevent corrosion. However, finished ink is now used, as long as we do not have residual ink on the same day, there will generally be no problem of rot.
For example, I now use the finished ink, usually poured into the dish, the ink must be used up, and then, the brush is also washed.
However, I tell you a secret: if you really need to add wine to the ink, it must not be for the sake of drying fast, nor for the paper to be difficult to ink.
Because we usually draw and write on rice paper, there is no need to dry quickly, and there is no problem that it is not easy to ink.
The real purpose of adding wine in the ink is to make the ink color brighter.
Do you think it's strange?
In fact, this principle is not the skill of the painter and calligrapher, but a technique of the framer.
Therefore, the vast majority of our friends who learn calligraphy and painting do not understand.
Originally, after the mounting artist mounted the old calligraphy and paintings, because the color of the calligraphy and painting and the ink color surface had a sense of ancient "twilight fog", at this time, the mounter would brush it with alcohol, and then, the ink color and color would be brighter.
Therefore, adding wine to the ink will add some freshness to the ink color. Because there is ethanol in the wine, it is acidic, and our ink is also acidic, so that in fact, the ethanol in the alcohol activates the acidic vitality of the ink and color.
It should be noted that writing and painting, as far as possible, do not put the addition of wine, as a skill to play.
Calligraphy painting uses ink, and its radiant beauty depends mainly on the use of ink properly with a pen, not because of the addition of wine.
In a few special cases, it is not impossible to do it occasionally, but relying on the so-called "stunts", it is always impossible to write well and draw well.