I study Ou Kai, but how can I appreciate this kind of calligraphy? Thank you for your explanation.
Generally speaking, to appreciate a good calligraphy work, we should appreciate it from the following aspects: First, look at the whole. Look at the author's profound writing skills, including stippling structure, composition layout and seal. When we appreciate calligraphy works, we are always first infected by her overall beauty! The first impression is to immediately scare you: "Wow, it's beautiful!" And when we appreciate an accomplished calligrapher's aplomb, his elegant demeanour, coupled with the onlookers inside and outside, can really fascinate many people. At first glance, writing is easy. "It seems the most extraordinary, but it is difficult to do." The overall effect of a good calligraphy is not good, and it is impossible to impress the audience without sufficient skill. Second, look at the background. See the inheritance and innovation of works to tradition. Look at his background. What is his family? Everyone attaches great importance to this point. Of course, it depends on whether the personality is obviously vivid and touching. The emergence of a calligrapher's style often depends on whether he can learn from others, learn from the ancients and learn from nature. In the process of accumulating learning, he can integrate the things of the ancients and achieve the artistic conception of both mind and hand. Another point is that innovation is not based on the so-called innovation of taking ugliness as beauty, but on the basis of taking root in tradition to show the calligraphy style with the characteristics of the times. Third, look at the artistic conception. Of course, the word artistic conception is based on literary works, and calligraphy and painting also have artistic conception. I still want to see it after reading it. Read it today and watch it tomorrow. If I still want to listen to a good song, I will never tire of listening to it, arousing people's infinite reverie and beautiful aftertaste. The calligraphy level and artistic conception of the works are far-reaching. The generation of calligraphy style depends not only on the author's skilled pen and ink skills, but also on the author's aesthetic ability. The emergence of a person's style is often closely related to how much he absorbs, how much he understands and how much he imitates calligraphy when learning tradition. But a real calligrapher must have the ability of independent thinking and bold innovation, and enrich himself with his own knowledge and cultivation, which requires a person to learn and accumulate forever. When a person's traditional kung fu, philosophy, literature, music and poetry can penetrate each other, it will greatly broaden our minds and improve our aesthetic ability, so experts say that "painting and painting, writing and writing are ultimately the cultivation of calligraphy and painting!" A self-styled painter can only decline day by day, and his face is becoming obsolete. Generally speaking, a good work is also the author's understanding of life, the crystallization of wisdom that inherits tradition and dares to innovate, and the perfect unity of skill and interest.