Beginners can practice hard-pen calligraphy first. Because hard-pen calligraphy will adapt faster and progress faster. When you have a certain foundation, you can practice soft-pen calligraphy.
1. The difference between soft-pen calligraphy and hard-pen calligraphy;
1. Different writing tools. Soft-pen calligraphy and hard-pen calligraphy have different writing tools. Hard-pen calligraphy writing tools include pens, ballpoint pens, dip pens, pencils, plastic pens, bamboo pens, wooden pens, stylus pens, etc. It uses ink as the main carrier to express Chinese character writing skills. . The writing tools of soft pen calligraphy are mainly various types of brushes, which use ink to write Chinese characters on paper.
2. The scope of application is different. Hard-pen calligraphy has a much wider range of use than soft-pen calligraphy, because hard-pen calligraphy is fast to write and easy to carry, and its use value is easier to promote.
3. The degree of promotion is different. When everyone starts learning to write, they learn hard-pen calligraphy. It can be said that everyone knows the writing skills of hard-pen calligraphy. Although some people's handwriting may not be beautiful enough, but, relatively speaking, soft-pen calligraphy is not so good. Popularity, unless you specifically attend interest classes to study.
4. The writing posture is different. As we all know, the way to hold a brush and the way to hold a fountain pen are completely different, and the force used is different. Soft pens mainly rely on arm strength and wrist strength, while hard pen calligraphy mainly relies on wrist strength.
5. The difficulty of exercises is different. Because hard-pen calligraphy is widely used, children have been exposed to it since school. Because there are more opportunities to practice, the practice is relatively less difficult. Soft-pen calligraphy is different. Since it is rarely used and there are not many opportunities to practice, it requires self-control.
Second, calligraphy practice skills;
Soft pen calligraphy:
1. The posture should be correct, with both feet flat on the ground, hands on the case, shoulders level, Keep your back straight, head upright, and focus on the paper.
2. Hold the pen with the fingers pointing firmly and the palm empty. Hold the pen with the fingers and move the pen with the wrist. Start practicing calligraphy with your wrists pillowed, and gradually lift your wrists and hang your wrists.
3. The writing techniques should be clearly distinguished, generally divided into two types: square pen and round pen. The application parts of center, side and lying front should also be clarified.
4. Regular script is the basis for learning calligraphy. After learning regular script, I then learned running script, and finally cursive script. You might as well learn Wei Bei first.
5. When writing a post, don’t just glance at it and write one stroke. First, read the post, understand the essentials thoroughly, and then write each word in one go.
6. First of all, you must practice various radicals well, and it will be easy to form various characters later.
Hard-pen calligraphy:
1. When practicing calligraphy, you must first practice regular script. After practicing regular script to a certain level, you can then practice other fonts such as Xingkai and other fonts.
2. Use a copybook with explanations, practice writing radicals first, write for a fixed period of time, usually several months, and then practice writing the whole character without radicals and the whole character of each radical. .
3. Use a hard-cover book (it is better to use a pen to avoid water stains on the paper) and draw vertical lines with a pencil. The writing size is preferably 1.2-1.5 mm.
4. The sitting posture must be correct when practicing calligraphy.
5. Use a pen (advantage: there is a pen peak, forcing you not to write typos or lost words) or pencil (advantage: typos, lost words, poorly written words, you can change them if you find them)
6. Hold the pen correctly. The thumb and index finger should be aligned, about 2.5 cm away from the tip of the pen.