For beginners, it is better to practice official script first.
Because the lines of official script are relatively beautiful, the requirements for writing skills are not very high. You only need to use ordinary hand strength to easily write good official script fonts. Official script is also an important foundation for learning other brush calligraphy. After learning official script, it is helpful to further learn cursive script, running script and other fonts suitable for calligraphy writing.
In the process of practicing calligraphy, writing official script generally takes a lot of time. It takes at least one to two months of practice to basically master the relevant essentials, thus laying a solid foundation for the next step of calligraphy practice. the basis of.
Notes for beginners when practicing calligraphy
1. The posture should be correct, with both feet flat on the ground, hands on the case, shoulders flat, back straight, head upright, and eyes focused on the paper. superior.
2. Hold the pen with the finger pointing firmly and the palm empty. Hold the pen with the fingers and move the pen with the wrist. Start practicing calligraphy with your wrists pillowed, and gradually lift your wrists and hang your wrists.
3. The writing techniques should be clearly distinguished, generally divided into two types: square pen and round pen. The application parts of center, side and lying front should also be clarified.
4. Regular script is the basis for learning calligraphy. After learning regular script, I then learned running script, and finally cursive script. You can also learn Wei Bei first.
5. When writing a post, don’t just glance at it and write one stroke. First, read the post, understand the essentials thoroughly, and then write each word in one go.
6. First of all, you must practice various radicals well, and it will be easy to form various characters later.
As long as you are willing to learn and work hard to practice calligraphy, you can definitely learn it. But the method must be correct, otherwise it will be counterproductive.