After a lot of practice and exploration, I feel that learning calligraphy is not as difficult as most people think, and there are certain rules to follow:
Master the correct writing method.
In ancient times, there were two ways of writing: sitting and writing with five fingers and writing with three fingers. However, in the 1970s, when Shen promoted calligraphy in China, he only promoted the five-finger calligraphy style, and the three-finger calligraphy style was on the verge of extinction. Fortunately, due to the successful practice of Lin Sanzhi and other masters, at present, 70% of calligraphers in China only use five fingers to write, including some famous old calligraphers.
Learning to write with three fingers is decisive for the center to use a pen. At present, the biggest problem in China's calligraphy inheritance is writing. The majority of calligraphy lovers should master two writing methods in time.
Beginners of calligraphy should first choose a good teacher.
The criterion for choosing a teacher is not his qualifications, but whether he is a real expert, mainly depending on his innovative ability, extracurricular efforts, comprehensive quality, influence and personality. Finding the right teacher can get twice the result with half the effort.
Choose copybook, pen, ink and stone.
Now the publishing industry is very developed, and all the ancient inscriptions have many different versions for everyone to choose from. A street in Beijing Liulichang is full of Four Treasures of the Study, a study room specializing in calligraphy and painting, with everything, and some are equipped with demo CDs.
Brushes can be divided into three categories: wool brushes, wolf brushes and double-stranded brushes. Sheep hair is soft, wolf hair is hard, and the hardness of double brushes is moderate. Beginners should choose double brushes, and brushes made by various well-known manufacturers, such as Shanlian Lake in Huzhou, Xu Anbi in Xuanzhou and Jiangxi, can be selected.