Let me first give you a guide to self-study. Of course, there are also ways to become a disciple.
Self-taught calligraphy certainly requires practice, but you must have a good method.
1. You'd better go to the bookstore and buy a practical calligraphy tutorial for college use, read it carefully, and first have a comprehensive understanding of calligraphy and master a relatively comprehensive basic knowledge. This is very necessary for your development in calligraphy to stick to the right direction and path.
2. Choose a copybook by a famous artist that you like, and copy it carefully. Generally speaking, you should study in Kaixingcao order. When you reach a level that you feel quite satisfied with (if you insist on practicing every day, this period of time is estimated to take half a year to a year and a half), you can go to a teacher with your own exercises. At this time, you can understand the teacher's guidance by seeking advice from the teacher. Because you have actual experience, the effect will be good. That's why I didn't ask you to become a disciple from the beginning. This is for self-study by adults, and is another matter for young children.
3. Calligraphy is a very profound art and knowledge. If you want to do it well, you must practice hard, persevere, and persist throughout your life. In addition to being determined and confident, you must continue to expand your knowledge and improve your cultural quality and accomplishments as your level continues to increase. This is all useful for learning calligraphy well. As for what you should learn, you can slowly experience it in practice. There is no need to say too much now.
4. How to practice calligraphy? Some people think that the more you write every day, the better. In fact, writing more does not necessarily lead to better results. There must be a good method. Buy a copybook that you like, for example, "Lanting Preface" by Wang Xizhi (known as the best cursive script in the world) or "Holy Teaching Preface". You should first carefully look at how each word in the copybook is written, read it over and over again, and think about it over and over again. Don’t be greedy for more at first, just one or two words a day. Write these one or two words until you feel you are good enough, and then gradually increase the number. , three or five words a day, seven or eight words, a dozen words, in short, don’t ask for more, don’t ask for speed, just ask for good. What are you looking at, what are you thinking? Take a look at the shape of the strokes and see what shape they look like by tapping horizontally and vertically. Second, look at the font, what shape the character is, that is, how the strokes that make up the character are arranged and combined, which stroke is long, which is short, which is big, which is small. Third, look at how the characters are connected, that is, how the upper and lower characters are connected. Fourth, look at how the lines are related. After you see it clearly, you still need to understand it, that is, you want to understand how people write, how the pen moves, the way the writing is done, and the order of the strokes. Only when you see clearly, think clearly, and then work hard to practice can you write well. If you have the desire to write well, a good method, and your perseverance, you can be sure that you will see initial results in ten days, big changes in one month, and impressive results in three months. In less than half a year , you will develop good handwriting. Give it a try!