Let's look at the middle winger. The center is also called positive front, that is, the pen is vertical, the nib moves in the stroke, and its lines are flush on both sides, round and full, with a three-dimensional effect. Since ancient times, the central stroke has been regarded as the "eternal and difficult" rule in calligraphy, which learners can't surpass. Jiang Baishi's "Continued Book Spectrum" said: "I always want to write in the painting, and both sides are sick." The most representative font in the center is seal script, especially small seal script. It is mentioned in Shen Kuo's Meng Qian Bi Tan in the Northern Song Dynasty: Xu Xuan's good seal writing in the Song Dynasty was reflected in Japan. There is a wisp of thick ink in the center of the painting, and as for the bend, it is one of them. It is because the pen tip can't fall straight down, so the pen tip is often in the painting, so this pen method is also used. The so-called effect of penetrating the back of the paper is most likely to appear when writing in the center, but it still needs long-term practice. Central example,
Excerpts from Xu Xuan's seal script Qian Wen Zi
The skill of writing from the side. It means that when writing, the pen tip is slightly sideways and the inking position is sideways. Profile calligraphy was widely used in Wei and Jin Dynasties. He and the center have their own uses. Zhu Hegang's New Interpretation of Linchi in the Qing Dynasty said: "The front is strong and the edge is beautiful. Wang Xizhi took a pencil when he took the book Lanting. "
Excerpts from Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Holy Religion
If you use a hard pen, the flank is not good, and if you use an art pen, it can be worse. I still have the key. The way to practice hands is to practice repeatedly through the strokes corresponding to each style, so that muscles can remember every action detail, not the brain. Again, I said that calligraphy is a work of understanding, not a work of thinking.