1. Using the brush
The ability to control the brush is the ability to control the sharp edges. An ancient saying goes: "Those who are good at calligraphy do not choose a brush." ??The essence of this is that people with strong writing ability (strong ability to control the brush) do not care about the quality of the brush. No matter what kind of writing brush it is, in the hands of a good calligrapher, it can be well controlled and the writing brush can be written in compliance with the regulations and exquisite dot paintings.
Different fonts (fonts refer to relatively general font styles such as seal script, official script, regular script, Xing script, and cursive script) and calligraphy styles (script styles refer to specific writing styles with stylistic characteristics, such as Yan style, European style) etc.) have different methods and rules in the standards of brushwork, which are mainly reflected in the shape of pointillism. The key to its brushwork skills is to use the brush strokes and the leading strokes to accurately depict the shape of the pointillism, and it must have rich expressive power and beautiful effects.
The skill of brushwork is actually the skill of controlling the edge. "Only the brush is soft but strangely vivid", one must be able and good at making full use of the changeable performance characteristics of the brush to depict high-quality, beautiful, rich and changeable pointillism shapes. This is the core and most critical part of the basic skills of calligraphy.
2. Using ink
The creation of calligraphy relies on the specific embodiment of ink to show the shape of pointillism, and then to show the shape, movement and composition of the calligraphy. Therefore, the issue of ink control is a very important part of the basic skills.
Ink is written on rice paper, and there is a question about the relationship between ink and paper. This issue is mentioned in the "Five Good and Five Harmonies" mentioned in Sun Guoting's "Shu Pu", that is, "paper and ink are in harmony". "The combination of paper and ink" is the key to the technique of ink painting.
The so-called "paper and ink complement each other" means that the concentration of ink should be in harmony with the penetration of paper. Different paper types have different degrees of ink release, as well as differences in water absorbency and thickness. The stronger the water absorbency of the paper, the stronger and faster the ink will be. The weaker the water absorbency, the smaller and slower the ink will be. Thick paper produces ink slowly, while thin paper produces ink quickly. The greater the moisture content of the ink, the faster the ink will develop; the smaller the moisture content, the slower the ink will develop. It is necessary to have some understanding of the performance of paper and ink.
The most critical part of the ink technique is the application of ink. The changes in the ink color levels of calligraphy works are completely controlled. It requires the writer to have a strong ability to control the pen speed and the ink content in the pen. When you are full, you should write quickly; when you are thirsty, you should write slowly.
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