1. Why it is necessary to write pen calligraphy well
Writing Chinese characters well is not as difficult as some people say. The calligraphy sage Wang Xizhi said in "The Theory of Pen Style": "A scholar who pays attention to the meaning can see the success in two months, and a person with a good nature will know its roots in a hundred days." It can be seen that the key issue in writing Chinese characters well is whether you "pay attention to the intention". Chinese people must write Chinese characters well. This is the minimum requirement for a Chinese person. If a person is very beautiful, has a generous appearance, and is polite to others, but his handwriting is like a crab crawling, what is your impression of this person? The general trend is that the phenomenon of Chinese people not being able to write Chinese characters well will no longer be allowed to exist. In view of this, in order to help you quickly improve your writing skills in Chinese characters, I am willing to have the following exchanges with you:
(1) Reflect the needs of a Chinese person. Chinese characters, traditional Chinese medicine, Peking opera, traditional Chinese painting, martial arts, etc. are the quintessence of China, the essence of Chinese culture, original creations of the Chinese nation, and a huge contribution of the Chinese nation to world culture. Among these national quintessences, Chinese characters are the most basic. For a Chinese person who cannot read or write Chinese characters, or cannot write Chinese characters well, it is at least a great regret in life. To put it more seriously, the national characteristics are not outstanding and the national character is not strong. Our country has implemented imperial examinations since the Tang Dynasty. It has a history of more than 1,000 years until the Qing Dynasty. What are the main tests of the imperial examinations? One is writing, and the other is writing. Writing is the first step. If the writing is not decent, no matter how good the writing is, it will not matter. With more than 1,000 years of imperial examinations, our nation has formed a profound cultural accumulation, that is, the word is regarded as a symbol of knowledge and learning. The ancients often judged a person's level of education and accomplishment by the quality of his handwriting. From our perspective today, this may not necessarily be accurate, but it cannot be denied that sometimes there is some truth in viewing people this way. Today, to say the least, words can reflect a person's level of knowledge and culture. Writing sometimes creates opportunities for a person's development and paves the way for development. To illustrate this point, I would like to give two examples. First, let me talk about the example of a foreigner. Everyone knows that there is a Prime Minister of Japan named Tanaka Kakuei. He was an ordinary worker in the early days. He was once unemployed and struggled to find a job. One day he saw in the newspaper that a well-known large company wanted to recruit a staff member, so he happily came here. company, submit your application, fill out your resume, and go home to hear the news. At this time, the company was in a dilemma, because there were nearly a thousand people applying, and it was difficult to choose one from a thousand miles away. What criteria should be used to select this employee? Japan does not have a complete archives system like China. Your origin, the year you joined the Youth League, the Party, and even the year you stole someone else's watch are all recorded. Not to mention 1,000 people, even tens of thousands of people can tell. Come out and wait. But Japan also has its own cultural tradition, which is directly influenced by Chinese culture. It has many similarities with China. The Japanese also attach great importance to the writing of Chinese characters. We call it calligraphy, and they call it calligraphy. At this time, the company's human resources department proposed the best employment standard. Under the same conditions, it depends on who can write Chinese characters well. At this time, everyone opened nearly a thousand resumes and compared them, and finally found one who stood out. His handwriting was neat, his style was solemn, and he had the ancient style of Chinese calligraphy, so he was selected as a company employee. This person was none other than someone else. It was Tanaka Kakuei who would later rise in this position and eventually become the head of state. A foreigner can actually pave the way for his own development through Chinese characters. For Chinese whose mother tongue is Chinese, the quality of writing Chinese characters becomes even more important. I saw a story in a calligraphy magazine about a Chinese business operator who once discussed business with a Korean businessman who had a high level of Sinology. The Korean businessman was very impressive. At first, both parties used their own native languages ??to discuss business through an interpreter. After talking for a while, the interpreter was in a hurry and went out. After the two faced each other for a while, the Korean suddenly asked questions in English to show that he was proficient in many languages. Coincidentally, the Chinese was an English major graduate and he answered in more fluent English than the Koreans. The Koreans were surprised and in awe. After talking in English for a while, the Koreans couldn't get the upper hand. After a while, the Korean wrote two lines of Chinese characters on the paper and asked a question. The Chinese wrote a few lines of words on the piece of paper and answered his question. When the Korean saw the Chinese's powerful Chinese characters, he was completely impressed. He offered the cigarette and praised the well-written characters. Finally the deal was concluded. It is a joke for foreigners that a Chinese cannot even master the culture of his own nation. Only by mastering the basics of Chinese culture can foreigners respect him.
(2) Needs for study and work. It takes about 16 years for a person to go from elementary school to university, during which time he cannot do without writing. Chinese characters play a very special role during your schooling period. At present, apart from normal colleges that require writing tests, very few schools require writing tests. In addition, with the popularity of computers, there is less time to write. This makes some students mistakenly think that it is enough to write correctly and there is no need to write. Well done. In fact, it is not the case. As a student, you should write well. Test scores are the most critical for a student. The quality of the test is determined by the teacher. It can be said that 100% of the teachers like students who are good at writing. They all like to see test papers with neat and standardized handwriting. A test paper, especially It is a liberal arts test paper, such as Chinese, history, politics, geography, etc. The first impression given to teachers is the condition of the paper. The handwriting is well-written, easy for teachers to read, and has strong acceptability. It is also a kind of respect and respect for the readers. Being polite makes it easy to gain the teacher's favor.
The handwriting is illegible and the recognizability is poor. The teacher will look difficult, tired and bored, which will give a bad first impression to the teacher. For example, the teacher reads the Chinese language papers and evaluates the essay scores. It is difficult to unify the scoring standards for essays. It is normal for different teachers to grade the same essay. A few points difference is normal. Chinese teachers have a special preference for students who are good at writing. When the theme, subject matter, language and structure are the same, the Chinese teacher is likely to give the same essay. It is normal to give slightly higher marks to essays with neat and beautiful handwriting. Besides, Chinese is the foundation of all subjects and the basic skills for our survival. The foundation of Chinese language is reading, speaking and writing, and writing includes writing good words and articles.
2. How to get started with pen calligraphy
Mr. Xie Juezai, a revolutionary of the older generation, once taught the younger generation: "If you write clearly, people will easily recognize it; if you write it beautifully, people will like it." Look." This tells us that our country's Chinese characters have their own practicality and artistry. Generally speaking, the pen calligraphy that people wrote in the past can only be called writing, not calligraphy. In recent decades, some knowledgeable people have combined the essence of ancient Chinese brush calligraphy with practical pen calligraphy, creating a new world of pen calligraphy. Pen calligraphy has become a kind of hard-pen calligraphy and has ascended to the palace of art. Loved by many teenagers. Since pen calligraphy is called art, there should be a way to enter the gate of art. Below I will introduce several ways to get started with pen calligraphy.
(1) From the works of famous artists. Some people say that if you learn how to write posts, you are considered a beginner. This is not unreasonable. Before posting, you must first choose a post. What kind of post should you choose? There is a saying in the calligraphy world: "If you take the method from the top, you will get it from the middle; if you take the method from the middle, you will get it from the bottom." It means that if you practice superior works, you can reach the middle level; if you practice the middle level, you can only reach the middle level. Inferior level. So what kind of masterpiece is it? Some students may say that my father's calligraphy can be said to be excellent and that my father's calligraphy is first-rate in their company or unit; some students may also say that I should learn from my teacher's calligraphy. Whether your father's calligraphy or your teacher's handwriting is good, it is very likely that they are really good and can be called a talent of one person, a talent of ten miles, or a talent of hundreds of miles. But if we put it on a wider scale, what if we put it on the scale of the whole city, the whole province, and the whole country? I am afraid that it will not be counted, and it will not be able to reach the talent of thousands of miles and the talent of thousands of miles. When we learn to write, we must follow the example of domestic celebrities and study the works of domestic first-class calligraphers. There are many such works in bookstores at present, and you can choose any one of them.
(2) Enter in block letters. Beginners with poor foundation should first learn smooth and neat regular script. It is best not to learn strong running script and cursive script first, which require deeper skills and are difficult for beginners to master. Running script and cursive script come from block script, which is just a fast writing of block script. Generally speaking, if you have a certain foundation of regular script and a period of practice in running script, you can write almost as well in running script. I have never seen a person who writes well in regular script but not decently in running script. Therefore, from the perspective of the mutual influence between regular script and running script, regular script has a greater influence on running script than running script has on regular script. Some people compare regular script to standing, running script to walking, and cursive script to running. It is not difficult to learn to stand first and then walk and run, but it is easy to fall if you learn to walk and run first.
Without the foundation of block letters, writing directly in running script is prone to the following situations: First, your own running script is not good at first, but you feel that your writing is good. The second is that I feel that my running script is not good, but I can't find the reason why it is not good. This is because I have no bottom in my heart, and this bottom is regular script. This is an important reason why most people have not written good running script yet.
At the same time, we should also admit objectively that there are indeed a small number of people who have never formally learned regular script and have learned running script from the beginning. Today, they can also write good running script. We have to admit that this is a problem. There is a method of learning running script, but this situation is individual and should not be universally promoted, because its success rate is low, while the success rate of the practice method from regular script to running script is very high. This is like jumping from first grade to third grade, but this is inappropriate for the vast majority of students and will lead to failure.
Some people also hold this view. I think writing in block letters is too slow. My main goal is to further improve the level of running script. I only need to write running script. Of course, there may be some improvement in writing this way. We It must be noted that there are certain limitations to improving the level of running script by simply writing running script, and progress is often slow. Only by practicing regular script properly can running script be improved quickly.
(3) Enter from one post. The ancients said that "half of the Analects of Confucius knows the world", which expresses the importance of fine learning. Calligraphy has its own uniqueness, which is different from literature and painting. To get started with literature, you can’t just learn one article, but at least dozens or hundreds of model essays; when you learn painting as a beginner, you need to copy it, and you can’t just copy one painting. To get started with calligraphy, you can just have a copybook, a copybook with only a few hundred words or even a few crosses. This is because the characters in this copybook almost summarize the structural rules and writing methods of all the characters in the copybooks. Remember, beginners must be dedicated and guard the door, and cannot wander around randomly. Some people practice using this post today and practice using another post tomorrow. The words they write are often nondescript, inconsistent in style, and not good-looking.
(4) Start with a few words. To say that we should start from a copybook does not mean to say that we should open the copybook and write from the first word to the last word. Instead of a comprehensive attack, it is better to focus on breakthroughs. You should choose some key and representative characters to practice. A copybook in block letters usually contains several thousand words, or even more.
We can just choose one or two hundred representative characters. For example, choose a few words for "walk", a few words for "by the handle", a few words for up-down structure, and a few words for left-right structure. After learning these words, you can draw inferences about other cases. Even if you don't practice other words, it's no problem.
(5) Start with the big characters. When you first learn, the characters you write should be larger. It's the same with everything. Once you enlarge it, you can see it clearly, and it's easier to see what's wrong. It is best to practice calligraphy using a field grid, not a small square notebook. The same goes for writing calligraphy with calligraphy. Use a big pen to write big characters first. This will not only help you find the shortcomings of your writing, but also facilitate the teacher's inspection.
(6) Start with form. When you are new to Lin Tie, you should be loyal to the original post, follow its glyphs, and draw gourds according to the pattern, follow the same steps, and the more similar the better. Don't make random modifications based on subjective wishes and pursue spiritual resemblance. In fact, "if the form does not exist, the spirit will be attached." If you ask for God as soon as you get started, you will often never get God. Therefore, some people concluded that first combine with the copybook, and then separate from the copybook after practicing to a certain level. This is the shortcut to practice calligraphy.
(7) Start by cultivating two abilities. When practicing calligraphy, attention should be paid to cultivating two basic abilities. One is the power of eyesight, and the other is the power of writing. The so-called eyesight is the ability to observe characters. Observation of the slope, length, and curvature of strokes must be accurate and rapid to be considered as having eyesight. The so-called pen power is the ability to control the pen with your fingers and wrist. If you can express what you think in your heart, see in your eyes, and express it with your pen, and achieve the unity of your heart, eyes, and pen, then you have the power of eyesight and writing. These two abilities are gradually cultivated in the process of learning. For example, when writing the word "good", you need to observe the "three degrees" before writing.
(8) Enter from the top of Qi and thoughts. Some people say that practicing calligraphy and calligraphy is practicing Qigong. At first glance, it sounds a bit sensational, but upon closer inspection, it makes sense. Practicing qigong emphasizes that the qi is in the Dantian and then disperses to the surroundings. It requires certain movements and must be driven by thoughts. In qigong, making qi work is called energy. Once the qigong is released, it can often produce a power beyond human physiological limitations, such as invulnerability and the power to split boulders. We also need to use Qi when practicing calligraphy, and we must have the idea that the Qi reaches the end of the pen. After such intentional and long-term training, we can connect the Qi and the pen, and feel that the pen is powerful and the power penetrates the back of the paper. When writing, you should use Qi evenly in every stroke, so that even if the pen is broken, the Qi will continue. You must have the intention to write every stroke and word well. Without this intention, you will never be able to write well. The stronger the intention, the faster the progress will be. Some beginners do not believe in the role of ideas in life and learning. For example, according to reports, a death row prisoner in the UK was blindfolded and tied to a chair. The executioner cut a layer of skin on his hand, claiming that he had severed the blood vessels. A water dripping device was placed aside, causing the prisoner to believe that the sound of dripping water was the sound of dripping blood, and the prisoner was killed by the thought of "bleeding to death".
3. Clearing up doubts with vague understanding
(1) One-sided understanding of "No word can be completed in a hundred days". The saying "It takes a hundred days to complete calligraphy" has indeed played a lot of role in encouraging beginners and enhancing their confidence in calligraphy practice. When you practice calligraphy for a few days and see no progress and feel a little discouraged, someone will pat you on the shoulder and say: Brother, calligraphy doesn’t take a hundred days to complete. Keep practicing and see the results. If you are really obedient and keep practicing, you will really make progress. This is the positive impact of Zi Wu Hundred Days Gong.
At the same time, the negative impact of "No Hundred Days' Work" cannot be ignored. This sentence is relatively vague and can be interpreted in any way, which is misleading. It is a misconception that anyone can write well after just 100 days of writing. No matter how much time you write every day, whether you write for 8 hours a day or 8 minutes a day; whether you write seriously or not; whether you have someone to guide you or not. According to my calligraphy teaching experience, most beginners will not be able to write well in 100 days. Because we are not a calligraphy college, we can devote a lot of time to practicing calligraphy every day. We still have a lot of work to do, a lot of knowledge to learn, and there is not much time dedicated to practicing calligraphy in a day. Generally speaking, it takes about 350 to 700 days to write good calligraphy, so it should be changed from a word that does not take a hundred days to a word that takes two years. If you practice for 15 to 20 minutes every day for one or two years, coupled with a serious attitude and guidance, you can generally write well. Therefore, practicing calligraphy depends on persistence. Don’t think that you are not good at writing after practicing for 100 days.
(2) Misconception that good or bad writing is innate. I do not deny the innate differences between people in intelligence and other aspects, but this difference cannot be overemphasized. Marx said that the original difference between a porter and a philosopher is no less than that between a domestic dog and a hunting dog. The reason why a porter becomes a porter and the reason why a philosopher becomes a philosopher is due to acquired social conditions and education. According to research by psychologists, at most three out of 1,000 children are extraordinary. So for the vast majority of people, there is no question of whether they are born or not. Some beginners may ask this: My friend Wang Xin, like me, doesn't bother to practice calligraphy at all, but her calligraphy is better than mine. What's the explanation? This can be explained clearly, but of course it cannot be explained from the perspective of innateness. Is it possible that there is some innate element here? This is also possible, but it can only be a small amount, one out of ten. More importantly, the educational conditions are different.
First of all, it is very likely that your first enlightenment teacher was different. It is very possible that the enlightenment teacher your friend met was a teacher with profound attainments in calligraphy. It is very possible that your enlightenment teacher was not particular about writing; it is very possible that your classmate Your parents, brothers, and sisters are good calligraphers, but none of your relatives can write decently. It is very likely that your friends have been interested in, and attached great importance to, writing since childhood, but you have always believed that the quality of writing does not matter. .
In short, calligraphy is developed through practice, and innate factors play a very small role. It is mainly determined by acquired educational conditions and acquired hard work.
(3) Misconception that as long as you write regularly, you can write well. Without scientific farming, relying only on ancient experience, hard work, and repeating the farming methods of our ancestors, we will not have high-yielding fields. The same is true for writing. You can't learn handwriting well by just practicing hard and repeating mechanically. There are techniques and methods for writing. The 8 ways to get started with pen calligraphy mentioned earlier are skills and methods. In addition to these 8 points, it is also important to have a good teacher who can check and guide you from time to time. On the one hand, the copybook itself is a good teacher. You should compare it with the copybook to identify the shortcomings of the calligraphy you are practicing. On the other hand, you should hire a teacher who understands calligraphy. He can regularly, objectively, accurately and promptly check out your writing problems and suggest ways to correct them. This will have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort, making you progress faster and preventing unnecessary duplication of work.
In short, learning pen calligraphy is the same as learning other knowledge and skills. You must first have a spirit, that is, you must have the confidence that you will succeed when you learn, the determination to persevere, and the perseverance. Only by working hard, spending a certain amount of time, and practicing repeatedly can you master it more skillfully. Secondly, learning calligraphy is a kind of comprehensive ability cultivation. To sum up, it roughly includes improving the theoretical knowledge of calligraphy, mastering writing skills and techniques, and cultivating aesthetic ability and sense of beauty. There is an inseparable internal connection between these three: the theoretical knowledge of calligraphy is the basis for improving writing skills and aesthetic ability, and the improvement of writing skills is conducive to the understanding of calligraphy theoretical knowledge and the cultivation of aesthetic ability, while aesthetic ability and beauty The improvement will help to understand the theoretical knowledge of calligraphy and improve writing skills. Therefore, simply practicing writing skills is blind and superficial, and the improvement of writing skills must be very slow and very limited. It is very necessary for calligraphy enthusiasts to learn some calligraphy theories and develop their own aesthetic abilities while improving their writing skills. From the perspective of the laws of human understanding and practice, learning calligraphy must follow the process of observation (understanding) - writing (practice) - comparison (re-understanding) - writing again (re-practice), and so on, in an endless cycle. Such a pattern. Observation: It is the beginning of human understanding and practice of things, and it is also the guide for human research and exploration of anything. The same is true for learning calligraphy. You must first learn to observe. By carefully observing and analyzing the characteristics of the strokes, structural characteristics, pen usage, and unique style of posture, etc., you can copy and imitate with purpose in order to achieve better results. Otherwise, if you don’t understand the characteristics of model characters, you will just copy them and write them blindly and passively, which often takes a long time but fails to achieve the desired effect. In addition, through observation, such as reading more model calligraphy copybooks, visiting higher-level calligraphy exhibitions and browsing celebrity ink, etc., through regular observation and understanding, you will gradually improve your aesthetic ability and appreciation of calligraphy art. , At the same time, you can also gradually discover the stroke characteristics, structural combination rules and body posture characteristics of characters, laying a preliminary foundation for learning calligraphy. Pro-writing: It is the practical process of learning calligraphy and also the decisive link. Learning calligraphy must start with copying and practice more, there is no shortcut. Even though some people like to visit various calligraphy and painting art exhibitions, and usually like to observe, analyze, and comment on other people's handwriting, and have strong appreciation ability, they still won't be able to write beautiful handwriting without hands-on practice. This is what people often say: "high ambition but low power". People with higher levels of attainment have achieved a tacit understanding of hand-eye coordination after long-term careful observation and hard practice. Beginners often understand how to write well after seeing it with their eyes, and they can also imagine the words they write. However, when they write the words by hand, it goes without saying that they are very different from the original characters, or even the words they imagined. It's also quite different. This is "high eye but low hand", which is caused by inconsistent hand-eye coordination. From inconsistent hand-eye coordination to tacit hand-eye coordination and smooth use, it takes a long time to practice writing repeatedly. Therefore, calligraphy learning is not simply the teaching and understanding of calligraphy knowledge, but more importantly, the repeated and serious practice of writing. The purpose is to exercise the skills of the hands and cultivate the coordination skills of the hand and eye.
4. Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
(1) The font for writing has been formed. Can it be changed and how to change it?
Answer: It can be changed, and it won’t take long. Many comrades believe that writing has already taken shape and cannot be changed as we get older... This view is wrong. You know, writing well is not difficult, nor is it unattainable, but it is extremely easy to learn, as long as you use the right method and correct your old writing habits. Specifically, when you practice writing, you must correct your writing posture and method of holding the pen. This is the first condition.
Now I will list two examples of calligraphy practice by our ancestors and discuss this issue based on my own experience.
As we all know, Wang Xizhi, the sage of Chinese calligraphy, first learned calligraphy from Wei Shuo. Later, he read more famous works by famous writers such as Zhong Yao, so he changed his learning. It was he who carried on the past and opened up the future, turning the ancient calligraphy style into the beautiful and smooth modern style, and making creative contributions to regular script, running script and cursive script. This is Wang Xizhi's historical contribution in the history of Chinese calligraphy.
Let’s talk about Yan Zhenqing. He first learned from Chu Suiliang and later learned from Zhang Xu. He adopted the style of seal script and wrote dignified and majestic regular script. It was he who created a new style other than Erwang.
I first copied the regular script of Zhong Shaojing, and then the regular script of Ouyang Xun and Huang Ziyuan. I followed Huang Ruozhou's calligraphy in running script. I felt that there was still a long way to go and I still had to work hard. But no matter how many years it takes for your handwriting to take shape, it can be changed.
Some comrades asked: Is it okay to write pen calligraphy and imitate calligraphy calligraphy? Practice has proven that yes, the effect is the same.
Write pen calligraphy and calligraphy well, no matter your age, no matter whether your writing is formed or not, as long as you write diligently, make up your mind, realize the importance of work and future, after some hard work, It can be written well.
Even if you start late, you can still catch up. Throughout the ages, there have been many famous teachers who became successful after studying in their thirties. Liang Hao of the Song Dynasty was admitted to Jinshi at the age of eighty-two. He chanted: "We also know that it is better for young people to pass the exams, but it is the mature people who compete for the top spot." Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty abandoned his official position to study and was already fifty-four years old when he determined to write a book. His famous works "Book Burning" and "Collection of Books" were completed when he was sixty-four and seventy-three years old respectively.
Achievement does not depend on age, the key lies in ambition and perseverance.
(2) Where should I start learning to write?
Answer: You must first select your ideal copybook, and also consider whether it is similar to the glyphs you write. After you have selected it, read it several times to analyze the key points of the glyphs and the rules of the structure. This is called "the intention lies in the words first", and then use transparent white paper to trace first, then copy, and memorize the key parts of each word. The specific steps for writing posture and writing are described as follows:
1. Sit upright, with shoulders flat and back straight. The body and head should not be tilted, let alone lowered; the distance between the eyes and the table should be about One foot, the front chest is about three inches from the edge of the table.
2. Hold the pen upright, and the pen tip should be straight forward. Do not tilt it inward (as long as the palm of your hand is flat, the pen tip will naturally move forward); the tip of the index finger should be about an inch away from the pen tip. If you hold the pen incorrectly or the tip of the pen is tilted inwards, you will not be able to write smoothly, you will not be able to write horizontally, you will not be able to write well, and you will not be able to write smoothly. You may even have to move your right hand every time you write a stroke. At the same time, the written lines have no spine and no rhythm, and the glyphs cannot be said to be relaxed and generous.
3. The inclination of the pen barrel. When writing large characters, hold the pen upwards and the inclination of the pen barrel should be slightly larger. When writing small characters, hold the pen downwards and the inclination of the pen barrel should be slightly smaller. The general slope should be at the joint of the index finger. If it exceeds this position, the strokes written will be either rigid or dull. If the inclination of the pen barrel is inappropriate, the pen speed will be limited, and it will be impossible to write elegant and charming glyphs, so the "tiger's mouth" should not be tilted.
4. Hold the pen lightly so that you can move it freely; if you hold the pen too tightly, your writing will not be broad and generous. According to what I saw during lectures in middle schools, in a class of fifty students, forty-five students held their pens incorrectly or their pen tips were tilted inward. This is also the case in universities. It is for this reason that the characters written by these students are not hooked properly. It looks like a hook, but the 捺 does not look like a 捺. The strokes are all flat and piled up.
As mentioned before, the quality of writing is absolutely related to posture and writing. Just like a carpenter sawing wood, if your posture and holding the saw are not correct, no matter how straight the "line" is, you will saw it crookedly. This is the same as writing good calligraphy.
(3) How should the steps of learning calligraphy be arranged?
Answer: Start by learning the basic strokes of regular script, namely dot, horizontal, vertical, left, back, lift, hook, and fold.
A character is like a machine. Practicing the basic strokes is like processing the "parts"; practicing the radicals is like starting the "assembly"; practicing the entire glyph is like entering the "final assembly" . That is to say, learn "decomposition" first and "coherence" later. Therefore, regular script is the foundation, and basic strokes are the foundation of the foundation.
When practicing basic strokes, practice them in categories. For example, when practicing writing "丶", you should practice 丶,丿,丶,丨, etc. separately, and then write "continuous" and combine them.
General rules: when practicing regular script, practice basic strokes first; then practice the order of strokes; thirdly, practice radicals; fourthly, practice glyph structure; fifthly, practice branch layout.
The "dots" of Chinese characters should be emphasized when writing, like a stone falling to the ground. What kind of points are needed for what kind of parts, it is necessary to "concentrate on the writing first". For example, the writing method of Zhong Shaojing and Ouyang Xun above "倀" is more powerful when written in short vertical strokes.
(4) Why is it said that to learn calligraphy, you must first practice regular script?
Answer: As we all know, when a child starts to walk, he must first learn to stand. After standing firm, he can learn to walk. When the steps are familiar, he can walk quickly and then run.
This is the same as the three steps of practicing calligraphy, first practice regular script; then practice Xing; third, practice cursive. Calligraphers of all ages have unanimously maintained that only by practicing regular script well and having a solid foundation will it be easier to write in regular script and cursive script. Only by practicing regular script well can the writing be smooth and the body not fragmented.
(5) How long does it take to learn regular script first?
Answer: As long as you choose a good copybook and insist on writing two pages every day, you can achieve results in two months.
As for the method of practicing writing, it is still best to trace first, then copy, and then compare to find differences. For words that are difficult to write, write them down separately and make special breakthroughs.
When your practice is effective, you will naturally become interested: the more you write, the more you will love writing, and the more you read, the happier you will be! This is the beginning of your success.
(6) I am used to writing running script, can I make it by practicing regular script again?
Answer: No problem, and it’s fast. Because you already have a certain impression of the structure of the glyphs, a certain foundation in writing, and a certain degree of literacy in your fingers and wrists, you only need to change the method, correct your original posture of holding and handling the pen, and follow the basic system of regular script If you keep practicing, you will get results within half a year.
(7) In order to write each word well, what key points should be mastered?
Answer: The first thing is to master the pen strength. This means that you should use force when making strokes that should be done hard; when you should not use strong force, you should use light strokes to make transitions. For example, if you write the words "国", "红", "真" and "steel", you can clearly distinguish the importance, which will give people a sense of beauty.
Generally speaking, when writing strokes such as "丶,一,丨,丶(捺)", the strokes should be written with more force, and other strokes should be lighter. But each stroke in a word cannot be made with force. For example, when writing the words "人,大,天" and other characters, the strokes should be light and the strokes should be heavy. On the contrary, it can be written as "heavy" if the strokes are left, and "light" if the strokes are held back. In short, the force cannot be evenly distributed.
(8) Some people say that basic strokes are easy to practice, but frame structures are difficult to write. Is this true?
Answer: It sounds difficult to say, but in fact it is very easy as long as you find the right method and the right path.
For example, after you first practice the basic strokes, you will have basic skills. The method to find the correct way and the right path refers to structurally distinguishing whether it is a single character or a combined character.
If it is a single character, you must grasp the center and center of gravity of the character. For example, the characters "Shang, Xia, Qian, Shi" and other characters are all single characters, so it is necessary to grasp its center of gravity: the horizontal strokes are slightly longer, the vertical strokes are slightly shorter, and the vertical strokes must be centered down (regular script).
If it is a combined character, it is necessary to distinguish whether it is a left-right structure; Clarify these six differences, and then grasp them according to the definitions and organizational rules of the words. In this way, you can write a perfect and beautiful glyph.