How to get started with seal script?

The structure of seal script is different from official script and regular script, and it has the following characteristics:

The first type is a rectangle, with half-word block letters as the degree, straight characters as the body and half-word as the vertical foot, with a ratio of roughly three to two.

Second, tighten up and loosen up. Most of the characters in Biography are dominated by the upper part and the lower part is telescopic foot. Of course, there are also characters with no feet below. The main strokes are in the lower part and the upper part can be raised.

Third, the strokes are horizontal and vertical, and the thickness is even. All horizontal and vertical paintings are equidistant and parallel, and all strokes contain a circle in the square, which makes the circle lively and interesting.

Fourth, balance and symmetry, balanced spatial division and left-right symmetry are important features that distinguish seal script from other characters. There are individual symmetry, local symmetry of characters, and oblique symmetry of round strokes.

Mastering the basic brushwork of seal script is the basic skill of learning seal script well. The basic brushwork of seal script should be summarized by "central pen". In other words, the main front of the pen must be in the center of stippling, so as not to be exposed. It is characterized by hiding the head and protecting the tail, which contains strength, because the pen written by the center is concise, powerful, round and beautiful, and has always been regarded as the main method of calligraphy.