My humble opinion on calligraphy flying white
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Bai Fei's Modern Chinese Dictionary is interpreted as a special kind of calligraphy, with a white background in the strokes, like writing with a dry pen. Also known as the Boffin Book. In ancient and modern calligraphy, flying white is rare and is not advocated. As a special writing technique in calligraphy, it makes characters have different ink colors, changeable brushstrokes, and the combination of reality and fiction enhances artistic aesthetic taste, thus producing visual impact, attraction and appeal. At the same time, it also reflects the depth of screenwriter's skill. Below, the author will do some simple analysis and understanding, please help.
First, the beauty of flying white
The use of flying white in calligraphy embodies a kind of artistic beauty.
First of all, the use of flying white will produce the beauty of strokes. If Feibai is used well, some strokes are like meteors flying across the sky, some are like speedboats flying across the water, some are like cliffs and waterfalls flying vertically, some are like woven silk threads stretching, and some are like women's hair fluttering in the wind ... It's really beautiful.
Careful observation of ancient calligraphers' use of Bai Fei reveals that its strong calligraphy style contains the beauty of strokes. Wang Xizhi's flying white is touching; Wang Xianzhi's vain longing for life; Yan Zhenqing's flying white is bright and pure; Ou Yangxun's Flying White is rigorous and dangerous; Zhao Mengfu's "Flying White is Beautiful"; Mifei's flying white agitation; Huai Su's flying white and chic, and so on, each has its own style, and so on.
Secondly, the use of Bai Fei can add a lot of luster to the writing. The flying white in a single word coexists with other strokes, which has the beauty of picture and even decoration. Sometimes, other strokes in a single word are unremarkable, and if used properly, the word can suddenly stand out; Sometimes, flying white can also cover up or save the inconspicuous failure between the lines, and receive the effect of conveying aesthetic feeling. Sometimes, in a single-word vertical painting, the proper use of flying white can achieve relative stability, grotesque without losing correctness, and grotesque in the middle, thus achieving the function of balanced beauty.
In addition, the above-mentioned flying white body is now in a calligraphy work, which is conducive to the overall beauty. The flying white in the whole work is as smooth as a clear spring, making the work fresh and natural; Some are like flowers dotted with girls' dresses, making the works carefree; Others are like children playing in their mother's arms, making the works interesting, and so on. It is worth mentioning that the rhythm of writing can be reflected in the light and heavy Ji Xu, which is also one of the manifestations of enhancing the overall aesthetic feeling of the works.
Second, the use of Feibai
Where can Bai Fei be used to create beauty? Generally speaking, it is widely used in running script and cursive script, but it is rarely used in regular script, official script and seal script. This phenomenon is probably caused by the stroke characteristics of various fonts, composition of works, writing speed and other factors.
As far as strokes are concerned, flying white is mostly used in vertical, vertical and horizontal strokes, while other strokes are less used, which is mainly determined by stroke form, stroke processing process and writing style. As for whether Bai Fei is the main writer or the secondary writer in a sentence, we should pay special attention to whether it is appropriate. Sometimes the improper use of flying white in the main pen will lose the center of gravity, and the proper use will help to play the beauty of strokes; Sometimes the second use of flying white will lead to flaws and fullness, and if used properly, it will play a role of ornament or decoration.
Feibai is generally used in the middle or tail of strokes, which requires free strokes and natural transition. Among them, the flying white tail, some back front, some exposed front, it depends on the writing style, speed, pen movement and other changes and applications.
In addition, where the upper stroke and the lower stroke are connected, or where the last stroke of the upper stroke is connected with the first stroke of the lower stroke, if it is necessary to use the flying white line properly, the aesthetic feeling can be enhanced, but the width and length of the flying white line should be appropriate, and the transformation should be natural without losing strength, and it is required that there should not be too many flying white lines.
Third, the taboo of flying white
Writing a book with Bai Fei needs to be just right, so there are many noteworthy places in the writing process.
Avoid flying white at the beginning of the prefix or stroke, or too many initials in the work. Otherwise, the whole word or the whole work will lose its momentum, which will make the power of "standing at attention" drop sharply, that is, the reason why it is impossible to "create momentum" is that the words appear white and scrawled at the beginning of the pen, and they don't understand the brushwork; Too many initial words appear frivolous and don't know the rules, which violates the general law of calligraphy creation.
Two taboos are more than one word, that is, generally one appears, and two appear less, depending on the specific situation. If a word flies too much, the strokes are not true and may be suspected of drifting. The reason may be that the heart (eye) arrives but the hand doesn't, and the rhythm can't be controlled. Of course, some writers deliberately pursue the beauty of flying white, which may be controversial, but the author does not agree.
Three bogeys, the whole article is in vain. Too much use of Feibai in the whole work will easily lead to looseness, falsehood, gas failure and fatigue. Bai Fei can only play an embellishment role in the whole work. Only by winning more with less, winning more with skill and winning more with fine can the overall aesthetic feeling be enhanced. This requires the screenwriter to fully consider the whole before writing, and it is normal to make changes in the specific creative process, which depends on the screenwriter's ability to control.
Four bogey flying white is too long. Some people question, don't some ancient and modern calligraphy masters have examples of pulling Bai Fei for a long time? Yes, this needs to be treated as a special case. This is the style display of famous calligraphers, and it is the concrete expression that their calligraphy reaches a certain level and their emotions are naturally revealed. Some are bold and unrestrained, some are graceful, some are heroic, some are mature and steady, some are sharp-edged, some are gentle, and so on. Generally, writers should not deliberately seek to express themselves with too long flying white, but should lay a solid foundation of calligraphy, step by step, and reach the best state of natural expression, so as to properly and freely use flying white.
Five taboos are flying white, weak and unnatural. It is natural, seamless and wonderful to carefully study the flying white of the master of writing, combining rigidity with softness, writing with the center or side, and naturally transitioning with other strokes. This is the direction and goal of calligraphy learners.