Methods and tips for practicing calligraphy

1. For words with a left-right structure, the left and right sides should avoid each other, the middle strokes should be close together, and the strokes on both sides can extend outward: the left radical should be written smaller, and the right side should be highlighted, including left, middle, and right. The same is true for the structure, such as: Ban, Hua, Jiang, Xu, Shu, Wei and other characters. Beginners should try to practice as much as possible according to the copying practice stickers, pay attention to what is said above, and summarize when writing.

2. The top and bottom should be aligned: The upper and lower centers of gravity of words with a top and bottom structure should be aligned. Whether they are wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, or narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, their centers of gravity should be on a line. For example: the center of gravity of the words "Chong", "Bao", "Nan" and "Hua" is on the vertical painting; and for example, the center of gravity of the words "window", "home" and "图" is on the stipple painting. The center of gravity of asymmetrical characters is at the intersection, such as: ge, yao, han, ming, etc.

3. Pay attention to avoidance of strokes: calligraphy is made through practice, and the more you practice, the more you will write well. The stipples in regular script should be distributed in an orderly manner, well-proportioned, and do not overlap or cross. When writing, pay attention to the avoidance of strokes to avoid overlapping and crossing of strokes. Words that are prone to failure include: give, meter, Shi, etc.

4. Arrange evenly: It means that the strokes in a word are evenly distributed, with similar intervals and consistent tightness. For example, in the word "Liang", the horizontal strokes should be evenly spaced; the vertical strokes in the word "zhou" should be evenly spaced, and the three strokes in the word "shan" should be evenly spaced.

5. The same strokes are different: calligraphy pays attention to natural beauty. There are differences between words or strokes in a work, just like there are no two identical trees in a forest. No two leaves on a tree are exactly the same. For example, for the same strokes, pay attention to the differences in length and direction.

6. There is a key point in a word: everything has a priority, and calligraphy also pays attention to the clear priority. There are always one to three prominent key strokes in a character. The fountain pen calligraphy teacher said that these strokes are generally required to be written in a straight and straight manner. In order to highlight the key points, other strokes should generally be written more restrained.