Deng Tuo said that primary school students should start from the basic strokes of regular script, and they should not come to Liu Gongquan and Yan Zhenqing. Although we are not primary school students, most of us didn't practice calligraphy seriously when we were young. This opinion is still worthy of reference.
If you are practicing calligraphy, you can practice with a brush. If time and energy are not enough, I just want to write beautifully and directly with hard pen. There are some hard-pen copybooks on the market, but most of them are of low quality. You should choose carefully and ask knowledgeable friends for advice, but the key is to look pleasing to the eye. If you choose, you should practice hard Like primary school students, copy first, then copy together. At most, you can break more than a dozen words at a time, and break the analysis structure and strokes. Don't be greedy, don't be greedy. It is especially important to note that as long as the copybook is of good quality, don't think about writing your own style for the time being, and write wholeheartedly like an "image". This is called "entering the business". When you are proficient in your post, you can slowly explore your own style, that is, "paste". Treat your post as seriously as your wife, and don't slip away. Chairman Mao's handwriting is also honest.
The second is what position to choose.
If you didn't practice calligraphy as a child, you'd better start with regular script, copybook and computer regular script. Sketch and sketch with a pen, and when you write, you will feel your hands are slippery (that is, you can write with your hands at will without losing control), and then post a post with the taste of calligraphy. When I was a child, my teacher forced me to practice regular script. I felt very rigid at first, but now I have benefited a lot.
I don't have much experience in choosing hard-pen copybooks, and I want you to look pleasing to the eye. You can talk about writing brush. You have to consider your own needs. If you work in an office and write a lot of official documents, choose beautiful copybooks, such as Zhao Mengfu's running script (recommended "Poetry of Xing Xing"); If writing is not your main job, but you need to write well, for example, if you are a teacher, you can practice Wang Xizhi's running script, such as the preface to the holy teachings; If you are doing something related to art, or want to write the word "handsome", practicality is not the first consideration, then practice cursive. Sun's book spectrum is a good choice; If you like to write articles and pursue literati charm, Xiangyang is the best. His "Shu Su Tie" and "Tiaoxi Iron Stone" are excellent works of literati's running script, and they feel elegant and almost immortal after practice. Dong Qichang is not bad, but his books are not strong, and beginners may be stingy. It is best to practice others' knowledge before practicing them.
In addition, you can practice seal script and large and small letters if you are interested. If it's just practicing calligraphy, it's unnecessary. Yan Liu can write big and small words, but I don't think it is as important as running script for hard pen. Pay attention to the order when practicing calligraphy. You'd better practice all these and lay a good foundation. It takes time.
All these things need to be practiced slowly, and it is particularly important to be single-minded, not to change jobs, at least until the meeting is memorized. It may take ten years or even decades to perfect them, but as long as you write carefully, you will benefit from it and don't have to be fooled by it.
The third is to talk about methods. I can only read my own handwriting, and I'm not a calligrapher, so I'm talking about wild fox Zen, and it's not bad to learn from those who are good.
First of all, you should always read the copybook, take it with you, and try to figure it out if you have nothing to do. If you only look at it when writing, the pen or brush in your hand will dry up after hanging for a long time, and you will feel embarrassed and unable to observe it carefully.
Then, when writing, you should have a well-thought-out plan. Always reading one stroke at a time is a taboo, and at first glance it is called "copying posts", which is a taboo. Huang Tingjian said that only when you close your eyes and see the word reappear in front of you can you start writing. If you don't have that much time, just read one stroke at a time, write one word at a time, practice reading and writing one line at a time, and remember the stroke structure of words. You are always dishonest and impatient, which wastes a lot of time. Don't be like me. Take your time. You can learn one word every day, which is 360 words a year. Although there are many Chinese characters, the structural radicals have many similarities, so we can draw inferences slowly.
Then, if you practice brush calligraphy, you'd better not choose a flat plate from the beginning. You'd better choose an ink color, the best original. Learn from the master's pen and ink. The rules of some strokes are invisible in graphics tablet.
Finally, you can read the reading method theory. You don't have to gain anything, just cultivate your sentiment. If it can arouse your interest in practicing calligraphy, you will certainly make rapid progress. Without reading ancient books, it may be difficult to understand at first (for non-professionals, of course), and secondly it is not systematic and rational. Some people sometimes pretend to talk nonsense (of course, modern people also have it, but they have good judgment). Detailed description, basically no nonsense. Mr. Qi Gong likes it very much, and he also wrote the title. Of course, you can look at the theory of the great calligrapher mentioned above, if you have time.