How to Enhance the Bone Strength of Calligraphy Lines

The so-called bone strength means writing lines with quality.

Personal understanding, attention to the midline, force point and stability can effectively improve the bone strength of writing lines.

Many people think that the grip is tight and the pen used is heavy, which is just bones. Actually, it's not like this.

First, let's talk about the center.

When the brush is perpendicular to the paper, the pen tip is in the middle of the strokes, and the pen tip is opposite to the writing direction, so the writing center line is more powerful. If you hold the pen horizontally, the right side of the brush forms an acute angle with the paper, and such lines may lack bone strength.

In fact, hard pens also have linearity problems. In particular, there are many primary school students whose handwriting is crooked. There are often "elbows" when you start writing, or you can't draw or hold it. It can also be said that the quality of the line is not good, probably because of the writing angle.

Brush and hard pen, when writing, need to form an inclined angle with the desktop (paper). Generally, the brush should be perpendicular to the desktop, and the hard pen should be inclined at 45-65 degrees with the desktop. The line written at this angle may be a relatively strong line.

Of course, the "midline" mentioned here refers to the category of writing with a brush.

Second, talk about the power point.

Judging from the writing of brush, it is generally written from small to uppercase. If you are sitting and writing, the force point should be on your right wrist. If you need to write a bigger word or list standing up, the force is often on your shoulder. But it is not absolute, because when writing, it is basically a joint action of fingers, wrists and arms, but there are primary and secondary points.

Hard pen writing and writing small letters with a brush generally need to find a fulcrum, which is the joint protruding from the palm of your hand.

At the same time, we heard a story about Wang Xizhi's writing in Wang Xianzhi. This means that when Wang Xianzhi writes, he needs to hold the pen tube tightly to avoid being forcibly pulled out by his father. In fact, holding the pen too tightly, whether soft or hard, has an impact on the quality of lines. It's not that the tighter you hold the pen, the more powerful it is. Even if the grip is too tight, it is harmful to the presentation of bone strength, and it often appears cramped and stiff. So it can be said that this may be a story passed from wrong to wrong.

Therefore, it is best to hold the pen moderately, not too tightly.

The third issue is stability.

We saw a forklift. When shoveling and grasping things, its arm of force is relatively constant and can't shake at will. The same should be true of calligraphy. When writing in a sitting position, the elbows of both hands should be relatively fixed at the table. This can not only maintain a relatively correct writing posture, but also cooperate with the Force more stably.

Of course, the stability mentioned here is not a rigid movement, but a flexible and natural working posture. Natural writing posture, even breathing and stable mentality can all improve the stability of writing.

Paying attention to the front line, power point and stability in writing is very beneficial to improve the quality and strength of lines.

There are still many linear and powerful writing methods, such as grinding ink before writing, avoiding using ink; If you want to use ink, you should also make it thick and moist, and avoid using light ink (the words written in light ink lack expression and you can't see the strength of bones).

The above are some personal writing experiences gained in the teaching process for reference only. Please leave a message to discuss criticism.