Steps for practicing calligraphy for the first time
Steps for practicing calligraphy for the first time. The basic skills of calligraphy are very important. This is inseparable from the practice in our daily life. There are also benefits to practicing calligraphy. There are many techniques and processes, so don’t slack off, so below I will share with you the steps for practicing calligraphy for the first time. Step 1 for practicing calligraphy for the first time
1. Eye training.
Eye training means reading calligraphy carefully. Reading calligraphy is a means in the process of learning calligraphy and a kind of ability cultivation. The more posts you read, the faster your eyesight will improve, and you will know how to write well. What’s the advantage? A person with a high eye but a weak hand can’t practice calligraphy well, because he has discovered beauty but cannot express it through his hands, and beauty has become It’s a fantasy.
2. Brain training.
Confucius said: "Learning without thinking will lead to failure; learning with thinking will lead to peril." When we practice calligraphy, we need to observe deeply, carefully analyze the writing methods and techniques of the ancients, and engrav the shape of well-written characters deeply in our brains. Whenever we mention this character, we will immediately think of birth. The shape of this character on the copybook should be done with the copybook in mind, and with confidence, it can be done in one stroke.
3. Practice.
To practice calligraphy, the heart and hands must be in harmony, and to practice handwriting, the heart and hands must be in unison. Practicing hands also improves eyesight and brainpower, and also exercises wrist power and hand power. Practicing hand feel allows the brain to direct the flexibility and expressiveness of the hand. When you feel the pen becomes a part of your hand, you can use the weight, speed and speed freely to write the effect you want to express.
The beauty of calligraphy art is inseparable from exquisite pointillism, graceful structure, and precise composition. The following mainly talks about the strokes, structure and composition of calligraphy.
1. Strokes.
The best way to practice calligraphy is to start with regular script and more basic strokes. The strokes are like a person's facial features. If the facial features are straight and the eyebrows are delicate, this person must be very beautiful, and the same is true for calligraphy.
2. Structure.
Beautiful structure is also the core of calligraphy art. The structure can be divided into three parts: primary and secondary, cloth and change.
1. Primary and secondary.
Everything has its priorities, and calligraphy also pays attention to the distinction between priorities. There are always one to three prominent key strokes in a character. These strokes are generally required to be stretched and straight to highlight the spirit of the whole character, while other strokes should be slightly more restrained.
2. Change.
Change is like a forest. There are no two identical trees, and no two identical leaves on a tree. Calligraphy also requires changes. Such as changes in length, weight, thickness, size, angle, speed, etc. Changes lead to life, and resemblance leads to death.
3. Cloth white.
The white cloth is even, the strokes in a word are evenly distributed, and the space is evenly divided. This is exactly what is said in seal cutting: "Divide red into white" and "Calculate white as black".
3. Structure.
Calligraphy pays attention to composition and the beauty of composition. Different layouts can form different artistic styles. If there are small and large calligraphy, they are scattered among them, just like Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy. Some compositions are densely spaced between lines, reflecting tapes from left to right. Such as Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Preface". Some compositions are rich in rhythm, structure and artistic conception. Good calligraphy can give people a kind of beautiful enjoyment.
To practice calligraphy, you must have perseverance and perseverance, and you must practice solid basic skills. The most important thing in practicing calligraphy is persistence. You can't spend three days fishing and two days drying the net. Note: One day of practice will make you good, and one day of not practicing will make you empty. After mastering the font structure, you can choose the font you like and practice it persistently, and do not change fonts easily. Because once you change the font, you have to start from scratch.
It is necessary to learn to combine application and practice with writing. Many people write very well when practicing calligraphy, but in actual application they do not follow the standards and write blindly. This will never make them good at calligraphy. The calligraphy you have practiced should be used every day, and you should write as well as you did when you practiced it. Use each one you practice, learn by using it, use it while learning, and only by combining learning and application can you practice calligraphy well. Step 2 for practicing calligraphy for the first time
Detailed explanation of the steps for learning calligraphy for beginners
1. Selecting calligraphy
This is a necessary step for us to learn calligraphy. Choose a book Post to learn.
How to choose a post? The first choice for us to learn calligraphy is regular script. There are two ways to select calligraphy: one is to choose the one you like best among various models to study. Only the ones you like will study carefully. Just imagine if you don’t like the copybook style, how can you learn it well?
The second method is to ask the teacher to recommend a copybook to you. Many friends are always undecided when choosing a copybook. At this time, let the teacher choose a copybook based on the students' situation.
2. Posting
Next we will start to post. Posting is also divided into several aspects: first of all, you must observe the changes in the shape of the words before taking action. Go and write. Many friends are writing copybooks before they can see the characters clearly. After a while, they find that the effect is minimal, so we must know how to observe first and then write.
We just decide how big to write on the post. I think the words can be larger on the post. About five centimeters is suitable. For beginners, it is difficult to grasp the control of the pen and the details of the strokes. Therefore, we can make the characters larger, so that it is not only easier for us to control the pen, but also easier to grasp the details of the strokes.
How many words should be used at the beginning of a post?
The author believes that when writing posts at the beginning, it is better to study them word by word. Writing more at one time does not mean it is good. We should break them down one by one. If one character cannot be written well, many friends who are studying calligraphy will try to write the entire article, but the effect will be very little. Friends who have just started learning calligraphy can just write three to five words every day and be able to understand them thoroughly.
3. Back-up
Back-up can be said to be an upgraded version of the post, and it is a process of converting the post into your own use. Linting means writing facing each other, and backing means writing from behind, just like the literal meaning, which means writing silently without looking at the copybook. But backing is not creation, and you cannot write casually. Backing means restoring the model characters on the copybook as much as possible, so that it will be more like learning well.
IV. Creation
Creation is when you show what you have learned. It is a time to test your writing ability and what your shortcomings are, so that you can learn from it. The purpose of our posting is to collect it for our own use, and the creation is to achieve this purpose. Through copywriting, we can know the shortcomings of our calligraphy, and strengthen our study of the bad areas, so as to improve our calligraphy.
These are the steps for learning calligraphy. In addition to learning more and practicing more, when we learn calligraphy, we also need to read and read more calligraphy. In addition to the calligraphy we have learned, we need to read more and more, like other calligraphy. You should also read and learn more about excellent copybooks. Only in this way can our aesthetic ability of vision be improved. Only with the eyes, the heart and the hands can we learn calligraphy well.
Extended reading: Five styles of calligraphy
Seal script
Seal script is the collective name for large seal script and small seal script. Oracle bone inscriptions, with a history of three thousand years, are the earliest legible writings handed down from generation to generation and are mainly used for divination. The brushwork is thin, strong and straight, with many straight lines. There are square pens, round pens, and pointed pens, and there are many "hanging needles" in the handwriting. Dazhuan refers to bronze inscriptions, Zhou inscriptions and Six Kingdoms inscriptions, which preserve the obvious characteristics of ancient hieroglyphs. Small seal script, also known as "Qin seal script", is the common script of the Qin Dynasty. It is a simplified font of large seal script. It is characterized by a uniform and neat shape and a font that is easier to write than Zhenwen.
Official script
Official script, also known as Han Li, is a common solemn font in Chinese characters. The writing effect is slightly wide and flat, with long horizontal strokes and short straight strokes, giving it a rectangular shape. , pay attention to "silkworm head and wild goose tail" and "twists and turns". Official script originated in the Qin Dynasty and was compiled by Cheng Miao. It reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty and had a significant influence on later calligraphy. In the calligraphy circle, it is known as "Han Li Tang Kai".
For example, the "Stele of Ceremonial Utensils Built by Han Yuan, Prime Minister of Han Dynasty and Lu", also known as "Stele of Confucius Temple in Hanming Mansion", "Stele of Han Yuan, Prime Minister of Lu and Fu Yan's Yaofa", "Stele of Han Yuan", etc. Engraved in the second year of Han Yongshou (156), official script. The length is 227.2 cm and the width is 102.4 cm. Hidden in the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong Province. No amount. The engravings on all four sides are all in official script. The stele has sixteen lines and thirty-six characters, and nine people including Han Yuan have named it after the text. There are inscriptions on the underside of the stele and on both sides.
Regular script
Regular script is also called Zhengkai, Zhenshu and Zhengshu. It gradually evolved from the official script founded by Cheng Miao, becoming more simplified, horizontal and vertical. Regular script has the meaning of being a model, which has been mentioned in Zhang Huaiguan's "Shu Duan".
People in the Six Dynasties still used it habitually. For example, Yang Xin's "Cai" article, Wang Sengqian's "Lun Shu Wei Dan Biography" said: "Dan Zi Zhongjiang, a native of Jingzhao, good at regular script ." That's the abbreviation of "Eight Point Kaifa". It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty that it replaced the name of the official book. Its content is obviously different from the ancient name. Examples of different names but the same name but the same name but the same reality are probably the above.
Running script
Running script was developed on the basis of official script. It is a font between regular script and cursive script. It is to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the slowness of cursive script. Difficult to identify. "Xing" means "walking", so it is not as sloppy as cursive script, nor as straight as regular script. In essence, it is the cursiveization of regular script or the regularization of cursive script. Those with more regular script than cursive script are called "Xing Kai", and those with more cursive script than regular script are called "Xing Cao".
Cursive script
Cursive script is a font of Chinese characters, characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes. It was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script for the convenience of writing. There are Zhangcao, Jincao and Kuangcao. They feel beautiful in the madness. "Shuowen Jiezi" says: "The Han Dynasty had cursive script." Cursive script began in the early Han Dynasty. Its characteristics are: keeping the outline of characters, destroying the rules of officialdom, letting people run around, and rushing to work. Because of the meaning of cursive creation, it is called cursive script. Step 3 for practicing calligraphy for the first time
1: Famous quotes from famous calligraphers of the past dynasties
Calligraphy celebrities from the past dynasties have certain attainments in the art of calligraphy, and the classic quotes they provide are for beginners to learn calligraphy. It provides a shortcut to getting started and is more authoritative. These famous quotes are concise and comprehensive, and they are worth savoring.
1: Sun Guoting:
Beginners to distribution, but strive for fairness.
2: Xiang Mu:
There are three precepts in the book; the distribution of the precepts at the beginning, the precepts are uneven, and the precepts are not uniform, and the precepts are inactive and stagnant; the final ones are proficient, and the precepts are not crazy and weird and vulgar.
3: Wang Xizhi:
(1) The shape of the characters should not be wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, otherwise the emphasis will be disproportionate. The partitions are white, and the distance should be balanced, so that the top and bottom can be accommodated, and it will be naturally stable.
(2) Evenly divide the stippling, the distance and the near are related, spread and refine, and harmonize the brush and ink; the edges and fibers come and go, and the density and density are connected.
(3) When the two characters are combined into one, the weight should not be long, the single should not be small, and the complex should not be large. Dense is better than sparse, and short is better than long.
4: Yan Zhenqing:
When you want to write, you should anticipate the shape of the characters and arrange them to make them stable, or unexpectedly create them and make them have different trends. This is called cleverness.
5: Ouyang Xun:
Beginners should first establish a general body, place it horizontally and vertically, and treat the cloth and white to make sure they are even.
6: Jiang He:
There are three kinds of cloth white; the cloth white in the word, the cloth white in the characters, and the cloth white in the lines. When you are new to learning distribution, you must stop evenly; once you know it is still even, you need to seek changes, and the slant, right, and dense are staggered in between.
7: Chen Yi:
If the sparse place is full, the dense place will be lifted; if the flat place is full, the dangerous place will be lifted; if it is full, it will be fat, and if it is lifted, it will be thin.
8: Xiang Mu:
People are very good at books, and there are thousands of shapes and forms, but nothing can be said about neutrality. Said fat. It's just that I'm thin. If the length of the book should be in harmony, the weight should be balanced, the yin and yang should be appropriate, the hardness and softness complement each other, and the person who talks about the appearance of the world will be neither fat nor thin. Neither long nor short is beautiful.
9: Zhang Huaijin:
Raise your head and back; that is, two characters are combined into one character. It is necessary to draw up and down to have the tendency of clutching and closing.
10: Mrs. Wei:
The stippling is like a rock falling from a peak, and the knocking is like a collapse; the horizontal painting is like a cloud formation thousands of miles away, but it is faint and tangible; the vertical painting is like a long live withered The vine; the strokes are like rhinoceros in the land; the strokes are like crashing waves and thunder; the oblique hooks are like the hair of a hundred Jun crossbows; the horizontal folds are like the knots of the crossbow's tendons; each word is a character, each of which resembles its shape. This is a wonderful creation. The calligraphy is The road is over.
2: How to practice calligraphy
Calligraphy is an art. To practice calligraphy well, you should pay attention to the following points:
( 1) Establish a correct idea of ????learning calligraphy:
Writing does not take a hundred days to complete. The practice of calligraphy requires the spirit of hard work, preparation and perseverance. Don’t slack off halfway.
(2) Choose suitable writing tools:
The four treasures of the study are the tools that should be prepared for practicing calligraphy. To choose the appropriate use, as the saying goes, if a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
If the selection is inappropriate, it will affect the efficiency and progress of the exercise.
(3) Start with regular script and gradually advance to writing:
To practice calligraphy, you should choose an appropriate method. You should start from simple regular script and gradually advance to writing. Don't be too ambitious. Haste makes waste. It is necessary to have a good foundation in calligraphy practice.
(4) The choice of inscriptions on inscriptions
The choice of inscriptions on inscriptions is the key to practicing calligraphy well. A master will lead you in, and practice depends on the individual. Having a good master, plus one’s own diligent study and practice , can you gradually practice calligraphy and become a calligraphy master.
Three: Methods of copying copybooks
1: Choose the appropriate copybook
Copying copybooks is the only way to learn calligraphy, and it is also an effective and good method. There are two types of copybooks for copying, one is a brush copybook and the other is a fountain pen copybook. To learn fountain pen calligraphy, you should copy the fountain pen copybooks. The effect of copying the brush calligraphy is also very good. Because most brush calligraphy has a high artistic quality, in addition to its precise stipples, clear thickness and detail, and clear explanation of the ins and outs, it also has the advantages of beautiful structure and perfect composition, which is conducive to beginners' learning.
In addition, there are many types of calligraphy brushes in various styles, making them easy to choose and use. It's just that the lines of calligraphy are relatively thick, while the handwriting of fountain pens is relatively sharp, so when copying, the flesh and blood should be removed and the bones and muscles should be taken.
2: Method of copying copybooks
(1) Select copybooks. Choose a copybook that you like more, has neater stipples, and a more well-proportioned structure, and copy it. If it is a calligraphy copybook, you should choose a copybook with a smaller font, which can save the time of reducing the size.
(2) Copy first, then copy, and combine copying. When learning calligraphy, you should copy first, then review, and combine copying. The so-called copying is to place the copybook under a relatively transparent calligraphy paper and use a pen to trace the words on the copybook in red one by one. It is required that the handwriting of the pen should not go beyond the calligraphy of the calligraphy brush, and should be written in the middle of the stipples on the copybook. In this way, over time, it will be easy to learn the structure of the words on the copybook. The so-called lin is to put the copybook next to the calligraphy paper and draw the gourd according to the words on the copybook.
It is required that the stipples be written in a realistic manner, with changes in light, heavy, rhythm and thickness. In this way, over time, it will be easy to learn the meaning of the words on the copybook. Since copying is more difficult than copying, one must copy first and then copy. Since copying and copying are two complementary means of learning calligraphy, copying must be combined and done step by step.
(3) Read the post carefully. Furthermore, read the post carefully before copying. The words on the post, how to write the stipples, how to arrange the structure, and how to arrange the chapters must be carefully considered and find out the rules. This will make it easy to write interestingly, and it is easy to write well. When copying, don't be greedy for too much or too soon. Stick to one or two hours a day and copy a few words repeatedly, only in this way can you get real gains. For words that are difficult to write, you should learn more about them, copy them more, and compare them more.
(4) In addition to copying, you also need to be able to memorize, verify, and use. To memorize means to write on the post without looking at it, so that you can write the words on the post without looking at the post, and strive to be as good as in form and spirit; to check is to check the words written on the back with the words on the post. See if there are any mistakes, and be good at discovering your own shortcomings so as to correct them; use means practice, apply what you have learned to real life, and consolidate and improve what you have learned in practice.
(5) Learn from the strengths of others. After you have copied one type of copybook, you should also copy some other copybooks based on their strengths.