If it is zero-based, it is difficult to learn without any basic knowledge of seal cutting at ordinary times, but it is not impossible to master it, so as long as you follow a certain method and add your own perseverance, you will be very good and reach the seal cutting technology.
Under normal circumstances, if you want to learn and make a good seal, you must first prepare the materials, that is, the stone carving knives and other auxiliary materials needed in seal cutting.
When studying, you should learn and master several basics or basic skills. For example:
Basic skills of carving knives, such as carving basic lines, such as straight lines and curves, carving back words, carving simple single-character prints (the purpose is to practice basic lines), and carving basic lines with different thicknesses and angles;
Basic skills of calligraphy, practice horizontal lines, vertical lines, oblique lines and curves, and write and say the roots of words.
The basic skills of understanding seal script: remember the 540 radicals of Shuo Wen Jie Zi. Remembering radicals is not only conducive to recognizing seal script, but also to looking up words in dictionaries, because most dictionaries, especially those without phonetic symbols (most seal script dictionaries have no phonetic symbols).
The requirement of this basic skill is not only to practice your muscle memory, but also to have a good understanding of seal script. The more solid the basic skills at this stage, the better for the later study.
The above is the basic knowledge of learning seal cutting. As long as you study hard and slowly learn the basic skills of seal cutting, you will be able to master the basic practices in a short time, and then slowly gain something according to your own efforts.