So what kind of teacher to find and how to identify teachers is also a university question. Not everyone who writes better than you can be a teacher. If you blindly follow the trend, you may go astray, delay time, but run counter to calligraphy. I think to choose a teacher, you must do the following:
First of all, we should improve our appreciation ability. Only when your taste is high can you tell the level of a teacher. If you don't even have the basic knowledge of calligraphy, you just admire the person who can lift the brush. As long as he writes more fluently than you, you think the other person is superior, which virtually lowers the threshold for finding a teacher. Everyone is a teacher, and it's not all bad. It is the difference between good and bad that makes it difficult for you to break through yourself. As for how to improve your taste, you have to do more homework. For example, read more calligraphy exhibitions, calligraphy materials and calligraphy history. Understand the whole history of calligraphy development, know the source and blueprint of one's works, and understand the brushwork of strokes, pauses, lifts, etc., so as to understand the fur of calligraphy.
Second, don't think that people who write well are good teachers. This is the misunderstanding of most people. At first glance, some teachers are flowing and winning prizes frequently, or those who enjoy a lot of high reputation are bent on learning from their teachers. Of course, the standard of teachers is particularly important, but when you first started learning calligraphy, you paid more attention to how to teach teachers. Some teachers write well, but they may not teach well. I wrote it hand in hand, but he wanted to express it to you. I didn't know how to express it for a long time, and I didn't know how to impart my experience to you. Let you practice blindly, and you can't say anything ugly. Such a master, unless you master the most basic brushwork, you will know the reason by watching him write too much. If you are a beginner, you'd better find a teacher who can teach you.
Third, a good teacher must start from the basics. For example, when learning the piano, some teachers teach you to read the music and recognize the strings first, and then teach you fingering, although you feel that your sense of accomplishment is poor or monotonous in the early stage. But when you are skillful in fingering, you can even play a new piece completely. And some teachers charge you 20 class hours to ensure that you know a few songs. You don't know what this means. You feel interested when you are familiar with a few songs, thinking that you can entertain others in front of you and entertain yourself behind you. In fact, in a few years, you will only know these fragments. By the same token, a good teacher will not let you choose posts directly at first, but will let you start with simple strokes, and the basic brushwork will let you know all kinds of methods of writing, and then get twice the result with half the effort. Of course, some teachers ask you to start practicing seal script, which is also the beginning for you to learn how to write with seal script as the center. After mastering the quality of lines, you can write something else and get started soon. The so-called teacher has a method, but remember, a good teacher will not keep secrets, and will only teach you the core of brushwork, instead of making you copy and paste books all the time.
Good teachers will correct you at any time. If you sign up for a calligraphy class or find a teacher, your teacher will pay attention to you when you practice. I will observe the way you use the pen, the way you hold the pen and the structure of your writing, and I will often interrupt you, correct your mistakes, demonstrate in person or explain in detail. Instead of letting you work hard and send you out after class.
5. A good teacher is demanding. It is easy to write by one person, but it is difficult to write well by one person. If your teacher is not so demanding, then you certainly won't make such rapid progress. He may encourage you from time to time and affirm you. An assignment is remarkable, but he won't praise you blindly. The sea of books is boundless, and it is hard to say that one's accomplishments in calligraphy have reached the peak. As long as the teacher keeps asking questions and sets you a short-term goal that you can work hard, you will certainly make rapid progress and become more and more handy.
A good teacher likes to ask questions. If you are not a prank question, a good teacher will generally answer patiently, and he will deepen his impression of you. If there is a problem, prove that you are listening carefully and thinking seriously. A good teacher is very interested and happy when he meets students who ask questions. Don't think that a good teacher is hard to find. It is more difficult for a good teacher to meet a proud student. He will think that your career is promising and will be proud of your daily progress. Your problems are the driving force behind you. Unless, of course, you ask a boring question that has nothing to do with calligraphy.
Fortunately, all the teachers I met were excellent. Although my handwriting is not good enough at present, I am lucky to meet a good teacher. Every time I encounter a problem, the teacher will take the trouble to explain it to me, which makes me extremely grateful.
Teachers, answer questions, and be taught. Otherwise, you will meet a fake teacher.