How to write calligraphy script
There are four ways to write calligraphy script: straight script, oblique script, short script and flat script.
According to the starting stroke, there are square strokes, round strokes, hidden fronts, exposed fronts, reverse strokes, and smooth strokes; according to the closing strokes, there are sharp strokes, knife strokes, hook strokes, and blunt strokes.
1. Straightforward. Start the pen against the front, stop it with a pause, and cut the tail to the left like a knife. Start the pen along the edge, and when closing the pen, lead the pen upward to the left to bring out the edge
2. Skew. When the sharp edge is used, the pen is started from light to heavy; when the sharp edge is used to close the pen, it is from heavy to light. Start the pen against the front, gradually from heavy to light, then close the pen and move forward to the lower left. Start the pen with Zang Feng, and then edge slightly to the upper left when closing the pen.
3. Shorthand. Exposed square pen, press first and then lift. The Zangfeng round pen is heavy first and then light. Lightly stroke the pen, from thin to thick. If a word has double or multiple apostrophes, it is necessary to distinguish between hidden and exposed, long and short, smooth and reverse, square and round.
4. Flat skimming. The writing is full of vigor and vitality. Start writing smoothly and vigorously.
The writing style of running script is rich and diverse, full of changes. According to the starting stroke, there are square strokes, round strokes, hidden front, exposed front, reverse stroke, and smooth stroke; according to the closing stroke, there are sharp strokes, knife strokes, hook strokes, and blunt strokes.
The key points of writing strokes:
First: use the side edge to draw the stroke left.
Second: Start writing, hold the tip of the pen lightly in a holding position, raise your wrist to the right and write quickly down to the left. Don't hesitate during the writing process, and have your hand follow the tip of the pen.
Third: During the writing process, the pen is moved with the wrist, not with the fingers.