The brush is soft and elastic. Press to expand the brush, and lift to close the nib. According to the speed and strength of the pen, you can clearly distinguish between speed, weight and thickness. This is the characteristic of writing brush. You can start practicing when you understand it. Because the brush is no longer used in actual writing, even if you learn it, there are not many practical opportunities. According to this situation, generally speaking, either you write your own works every day to entertain yourself, or you try your best to make the brushwork play a role in practice. At this point, it is a better way to start practicing from small writing. First of all, small letters can be used as basic skills, and daily practice can enhance the control of writing brushes; Secondly, it's really meaningless to be in Yan Zhenqing every day with eight centimeters of Mi Zige paper, isn't it? Don't you want to write a postcard to pick up girls, or take a photo and send it to a circle of friends to show off? Therefore, there is no need to cling to all kinds of online "you must start learning from Yan Zhenqing (Liu Gongquan) or other XXX", "you must start practicing in block letters" and "you must use wolf hair (wool)" and so on. As a master of calligraphy, I tell you responsibly that those are useless. Let me list one, two, three and four items for you. I said at the beginning of the article that for adults, in the process of learning calligraphy, there are almost no restrictions such as "must start from" or "don't do anything", because the muscles of adults' hands and arms are fully developed, and in the process of learning calligraphy, they only need to train and control according to the actual situation. Second, I am interested in calligraphy, even in any art (singing, dancing, etc.). ), is your rare and most precious wealth. For ordinary people, learning calligraphy is not to win the championship in national competitions, not to become a great calligrapher, but to express their feelings. When they are happy or sad, there is a way to express them incisively and vividly. So, why put so many shackles on yourself? Life is hard enough, why torture yourself from a rare interest? Besides, those methods of torturing yourself are not necessarily necessary. Third, what Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Zhao Mengfu, Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Huai Su ... For beginners, there is not much difference. Do you think Huai Su and Zhang Xu can't write Weeds, but Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan can write regular script? Why not fly? To learn calligraphy, we must first have a clear direction. First, read more calligraphy posts of famous artists in past dynasties, choose a style you like, and see whether you like the ancient ones, such as those of Zhong You and Wang Xizhi, or today's ones, such as those of Zhao Mengfu and Wen Zhiming. As long as you don't look at modern people, you can look at the inscriptions before the Han Dynasty and the ink in the Qing Dynasty. Let's read the old cursive script clearly.
First, the choice of writing: First of all, say "seal script, official script, regular script, running script, cursive script". You can start with any writing style you want. Of course, I didn't say that. If I say so, many people will throw eggs at me. This is what Pan Boying said. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Pan Boying was appointed as the vice chairman of China Calligraphy and Seal Cutting Research Association and a professor at Tongji University. Modern famous calligrapher, one of the active admirers of "Two Kings" calligraphy style. He once wrote a book "On China's Calligraphy", which was published in 1980s and can still be found in the national map. It has been revised and reissued. It is clearly stated in the book that official script (regular script) and cursive script can be studied together because the brushwork is the same. From the origin of calligraphy, it is natural to learn seal script and official script first. With the foundation of seal script and official script, it is much more convenient to write regular script and cursive script, because the roots of real grass come from there. However, we already know that the principle of ancient and modern brushwork is the same. If you go in from the brushwork, you can gradually bypass others no matter which one you learn first. Moreover, from an artistic and practical point of view, it is of course better to give consideration to both and not abuse them. At the same time, he also suggested that people who are interested in calligraphy can choose a regular script and a cursive script and practice it every day according to their own time. The most important thing is longevity and durability (don't think about it! )。