Excellent calligraphy works reveal skillful brushwork, beautiful structure, perfect composition, and profound artistic conception between the lines. The combination of these beauties is enough to make calligraphy lovers obsessed with it, and even commit them to it for life. Therefore, it is difficult to reach a certain level of calligraphy. The difficulty mainly solves the following six difficulties: difficulty in using the pen, difficulty in structure, difficulty in ink technique, difficulty in composition, difficulty in artistic conception, and difficulty in unity. Whether you can break through these six difficulties is the key to writing good calligraphy.
1. The difficulty lies in using the pen
Wang Xizhi said in "Book Theory": "Every book has ten delays and five urgent needs, ten bends and five straight lines, ten hidden places and five outgoing places, and ten starting points. "Five volts" can be called "book". "Usually, "chi" means "calm", "quick" means "powerful"; "qu" means "various", "straight" means "vigorous"; "hidden" means "strong". "Huncheng", "Chu" means "sharp"; "Qi" means "agile", and "F" means "stable". However, these are not absolute, and they cannot be applied mechanically or formulaically. Different situations, different treatments. Therefore, we need to combine these mutually opposing elements into a harmonious and contradictory unity, making the calligraphy lines colorful and endlessly varied. In a word, learning to use a brush is equivalent to learning to walk. Only by mastering the brush can you write how you want and where you want to write.
2. The difficulty lies in the structure
Wang Xizhi (after the inscription on Mrs. Wei's "Bi Chen Tu") said: "If it is straight and similar, the shape is like an operator, the top and bottom are neat, and the front and back are If it's even, it's not a book, but it's got some hints." The words straight, similar, calculated, square, and flush here illustrate from different angles that words that are only similar and have no changes are not calligraphy. So what is calligraphy? Calligraphy is art, and art must be expressed everywhere in calligraphy. In terms of form, it pays attention to contrast and change, and in terms of connotation, it pays attention to spirit and charm. Therefore, contrast and change are the roots of calligraphy, and spirit and charm are the soul of calligraphy. The shape is on the outside and the taste is on the inside. The shape can be seen and the taste can be tasted. It is not difficult to achieve similarity in appearance, but it is not so easy to achieve similarity in spirit. It is not so easy to have taste. Those who are good at both can be said to have both form and spirit.
3. The difficulty lies in the ink method
I understand that using ink is very simple, just like eating, eat - digest - eat again - digest again, that is, dip in ink - —Write—dip in ink again—write again.
4. The difficulty lies in the layout.
The layout is also called "layout", which means "layout". The content of the entire work is laid out, such as word spacing, layout, etc. Line spacing, line style, size of characters, height of style, white space of heaven and earth, etc.
5. The difficulty lies in the artistic conception
The artistic conception is when the calligrapher injects the emotion of calligraphy into the pen, uses the image of calligraphy to express the thoughts in his heart, and allows readers to appreciate the rich connotation of calligraphy works. Get insights, inspiration and nourishment from it. Artistic conception is the embodiment of culture, and its expression method is simply that the virtual and the real complement each other, the real is the foundation of the virtual, and the virtual is the sublimation of the real.
6. The difficulty lies in unification
Calligraphy is a unique art composed of strokes, structure, composition, artistic conception and other elements, and is completed through pen and ink. If you want to write a good work, you need to fully unify technology, thought, and culture.
Calligraphy is a major subject, and there is a huge difference between writing good calligraphy and writing good calligraphy. The following suggestions are for basic reference only.
1. Start with regular script
"True is like standing, walking is like walking, and grass is like walking." It means that regular script is like standing, running script is like walking, and cursive script is like running. Regular script means model and model. It has clear stipples, well-proportioned combinations, square and regular shapes, and is suitable for beginners to learn. "After regular script is completed, it is time to convert it into running script. Once running script is completed, it is time to convert it into cursive script." Beginners bypass regular script and directly learn running or cursive script, which is prone to irregular stippling, weak pen strength, uneven density, and unstable structure. , inappropriate proportion and other shortcomings.
2. Introduction to Tang Kaiqi
“When you are new to learning about distribution, you should strive for fairness and justice; now that you know fairness and justice, pursue danger and danger; once you are able to avoid danger and danger, return to peace and justice.” Flat and regular.
Ouyang Xun's "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription", Yan Zhenqing's "Duobao Pagoda Stele", Liu Gongquan's "Mysterious Pagoda Stele", etc., if you persist, you can get started within half a year to a year.
3. Writing
Fingertips: The tightness is appropriate. If it is too tight, it will become stiff and easy to fatigue and shake. If it is too loose, the stipples written will be weak.
Palm deficiency: There should be space between the fingers and the palm, and between the thumb and index finger, and do not clench hard.
Wrists are flat and palms are erect: The plane between the two joints on the upper part of the wrist is roughly parallel to the tabletop. The wrists should be lower than the palms, and the palms are erect. Writing requires wrist strength. When writing while sitting and supporting the case with your elbows, if your wrists are not flat and your palms are upright, the stipples you write may be weak. Holding the pen depends on the hand, and moving the pen depends on the wrist. Holding the pen must be practical, and moving the wrist must be flexible. When writing, the left and right joints of the wrist are constantly switching up and down.
Stand upright: Sit in an upright posture, with your chest naturally raised and a fist away from the table. When writing with your right hand, press your left hand on the paper to balance the force.
Foot safety: When writing, your feet are slightly apart, shoulder width apart, and flat on the ground to keep your body stable.
4. Wrist movement
Hold the pen between the fingers, the fingers are connected to the wrist, and the wrist is connected to the elbow. If you want to move the pen flexibly, the fingers, wrists, and elbows must cooperate with each other, and the key is movement of the wrist.
Writing: writing with your wrist on the table. Because the wrist is in contact with the table, the movement of the pen is hindered by the wrist-holding method. It can be used when writing small regular letters, but it is not suitable for writing slightly larger characters.
Wrist pillow: Use your left hand to pad under your right wrist to write.
Wrist lift: Support your elbow on the table and lift your wrist. This is the most common wrist technique for writing Chinese characters while sitting.
Hanging your wrists: Not placing your wrists to your elbows on the table when writing is called hanging your wrists. When writing large characters, you must hang your wrists so that they can reach the paper from your shoulders and arms.
5. Basics of brushwork
1. Vertical brushwork
2. Horizontal brushwork
6. Basics of pointillism
1. The method of hiding the front from the side
2. The method of hiding the front from the side
3. The method of hiding the front from the point
4. The method of hiding the front from the back
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5. There are differences between hanging needles and hanging dews. If the lower part of the pen is closed and looks like a drop of dew, it is called a hanging needle. If the hanging part is pointed and sharp like a needle, it is called a hanging needle.
6. The hooks have the most changes, and the most basic ones are the left hook and the right hook.
After learning the left hook and right hook, you can further learn the lion's mouth, phoenix wings, treasure cover, dragon tail, straight attack, horizontal attack, etc.
7. Copying the post
1. Reading the post: Before copying, you should carefully consider the words, strokes, structure, and composition of the post and find out the rules.
2. Copying: Perseverance. Repeatedly compare and copy difficult characters.
3. Back-to-back: At a certain stage, you will be able to write similar words on the post without reading the post.
4. Verify the post: Compare the words written on the back with the words on the post. Look for mistakes and shortcomings, repeatedly tackle key problems, and achieve the same goal.
5. Repost: After the above stages, start practicing other calligraphy. At this time, you can try to copy the post directly without copying it.