At first, I studied calligraphy from Tang Kai, but I didn't touch seal script. Later, he entered the teacher's studio to study, starting with seal script according to the teacher's teaching system and taking five-body concurrent courses in the order of calligraphy development history. In this learning process, I gradually realized the important role of seal script in training.
Calligraphy is the art of lines. Without high-quality lines, there will be no high-level calligraphy works. I think it is necessary for a calligrapher not to create seal script works, but it is necessary not to write seal script. I have seen some calligraphy lovers draw mosquito-repellent incense in order to practice thread, so why not copy the seal script copybook?
In short, I feel that although I don't like seal script, I am still willing to spend some time practicing seal script in order to better improve the quality of lines.
Seal script is a kind of ancient font in China, which is rarely used now, but as an artistic font, it is more used for decoration now, because after all, many people can't understand seal script, which is not particularly practical, but it is essential in the inheritance and development. In order to prevent the essence of calligraphy from being lost, people should be advised to practice seal script more to develop the culture of China.
In ancient China, Li Shimin especially liked Wang Xizhi's seal script, praising his meticulous calligraphy for consulting many ancient and then seal scripts, which was very exquisite and of great artistic value. Only Wang Xizhi deserves this title. Besides Wang Xizhi, who else can match? Moreover, in those days, no courtiers were praised by the emperor in ancient times, so it was a great honor to be praised by the emperor, and Wang Qian was praised by the emperor because of his diligent study and practice.
So how to learn seal script, in fact, the most basic thing is to start from drawing lines, such as rectangular lines, which are uninterrupted, triangular lines are uninterrupted, and other lines with regular shapes are also practiced in this way. This is not only to learn literary and historical fonts, but also to think about marginal knowledge such as mathematics while learning calligraphy. Knowledge is interlinked, and some seemingly unrelated things are actually related. However, if you practice more lines, you won't start writing seal script abruptly, and this is the most basic method of practicing seal script and the best way to improve seal script. Many people will be abandoned if they can't persist, but those who persist basically regard learning as fun and then get promoted unconsciously.
What are the advantages of learning seal script? First of all, learning seal script can improve the writing level of other types of fonts, improve your own calligraphy level and prevent yourself from being completely blind in calligraphy. In fact, many ancient calligraphers wrote seal script well, because seal script is the basis of calligraphy and the simplest calligraphy font at the beginning of learning other fonts. Many calligraphers also confirmed this statement.
In fact, the benefits of learning seal script are not only in writing, but also in reading some words. Sometimes, when you don't know some words, it takes a long time to find them. If you study seal script, you can save some time, and we can use this time to do some other things, which will save us time.
Learning calligraphy can also appreciate many ancient books, because ancient books are not only exquisite in content, but also worth learning, so learning seal script well can make us not worry about not knowing words when appreciating ancient books.