I have been staying at home for more than a month. In addition to reading some books that I never had time to read before, I just practice calligraphy. I feel that I can do the hard-stroke calligraphy well, and I am more confident about practicing it well. I picked up the brush calligraphy that I had put aside after practicing it in the past few years. I must practice it carefully while I have time.
However, writing calligraphy really tests patience and perseverance. I used to practice it on a whim for a while, but I felt that the writing was not satisfactory, so I put it aside. Then I practiced on a whim for a while, but found that I still couldn't write well, so I gave up again. Repeatedly, because I can't persevere, I don't improve much.
This time I made up my mind and must stick to it. I still have a complete set of pens, inks, paper and inkstones at home, and I write for at least two or three hours every day. I was very confident at first, thinking that as long as I kept writing every day, I would be able to write enough to read in a month or two. I wrote and wrote but found it was too difficult! It's one thing to be able to write it, it's one thing to be able to write it and it's another thing to be able to write it well. Often after two or three days of writing a word, I feel that I can write it well, and I prepare to write a piece of paper and save it as a grade. However, there are always one or two mistakes in this piece of eight words! Then I compared my handwriting with the calligraphy of the ancients on the copybook. It didn’t taste like that at all! I think that simply relying on temporary posts may not be very effective, and I need to find a teacher. This is easy to do. There are many free tutorials for learning brush regular script on site B. I carefully selected and followed Chen Zhongjian Calligraphy School. I watched the Duobao Pagoda Stele tutorial for several days, and I understood a lot about brushwork and font structure. Teacher Chen speaks well and writes well. Let’s learn from it. I am still a little frustrated while learning. People write easily and it looks so beautiful. I have written it dozens of times and still am not satisfied with it.
"There must be something wrong with the pen! Maybe it was left in too long!" I muttered. My husband heard and said: "If the pen is not good, just buy a few more pens." Yes, I bought several pens, and there are new ones that I haven't used yet. How could I forget them? I quickly found a new pen, soaked it in clean water, opened the pen, dipped in enough ink, and happily wanted to write.
But the new pen is also not in control... I read the post many times with my eyes, and my mind remembers the appearance of a word. When I get it, it always doesn't cooperate well, and I can't direct the pen to be smooth. Strong and thick lines.
As I write, I feel that my progress is too slow, and I start to feel upset and frustrated again. But think about it calmly, "One minute on stage, ten years of hard work off stage." What you think others can accomplish easily has been practiced thousands of times by others. The calligraphy of ancient famous masters also took decades of diligent study and practice, and they learned from the strengths of others before they achieved unique fonts.
Nothing will be achieved overnight, only after hard work and sweat can you gain something. I understand that I am still too eager for quick success and have too high expectations for myself. These are the reasons why I constantly want to give up. So, no matter how difficult it is, persevere, I believe it will be easy one day!