First, we should pay attention to tools
The tools for writing are mainly pens, ink, paper and inkstones, which is generally called "Four Treasures of the Study". Soft brush is soft, and the words written are rich, such as sheep brush; Doubled both brush's pen, on the other hand, is made of a mixture of rigid hair and flexible hair, such as Qizi Sanyang, which combines rigidity with softness. When choosing a pen, we should pay attention to four points: the pen tip should be "sharp"; When you press open, you should be "neat"; Pen belly should be full and "round"; Brush hair is "healthy" and elastic. Use cold water when you send the pen, and let it all go. Wash the pen after use.
(2) The ink is fine in texture and light in glue, and it is best to use light smoke. The ink is black and shiny, with a slight fragrance. When grinding ink, use fresh water, and the main point of action is to "press it again and move it gently" in order to make the ink moderately thick and light. The ink will lose its luster after grinding overnight. As for the ink sold by modern merchants, buy it. As for the smooth paper, it is not easy to absorb ink, which is difficult for beginners to control and will hurt the pen. It should be avoided. The paper is afraid of wrinkling, and it is not fully inked. I'm also afraid of the tide, and the handwriting will be scattered, so I need to wrap it in another layer of paper and put it in a dry place.
(4) The inkstone is the top grade with fine texture and can send ink. After using the inkstone, I need to clean it immediately to avoid accumulating Su Mo and damaging the nib.
In addition, I need to prepare some other utensils for writing, such as paper town, to suppress the paper and avoid the wind blowing. Pad cloth, with wool fabric pad under the paper to absorb ink, to avoid smoothness, so as not to stick ink to dirty the paper; Pen rest (also known as "pen mountain") is used to stop writing, so that pen and ink are not easy to contaminate other things; Pen curtain (also known as "pen bed"), woven with fine bamboo to wrap the brush, easy to carry and so on; It is essential for those who practice calligraphy with heart.
Secondly, we should pay attention to posture.
The posture of writing is based on the principle of natural comfort. Generally, sitting posture is the mainstay. To take care of the overall situation when practicing to a certain extent, we can also adopt standing posture. Beginners should pay attention to sitting up straight, relaxing their muscles, leaving their chest at the edge of the table, naturally opening their elbows outwards, keeping their feet flat, keeping their heads straight and leaning forward slightly, usually with one hand. Attention should be paid to the paper with the rest of eyes.
When writing, attention should be paid to the principle of "fingers are solid and palms are weak". Holding a brush is different from holding a pen. The brush barrel should be held straight, and the first section of the thumb should be held down, and the index finger should be pressed inward to support the pen body. Then hook the middle finger inward, and the upper part of the ring finger nail is pressed against the pen tube in order to reconcile the strength; Finally, the little finger clings to the ring finger, and the strength can be balanced. Each finger does its best, which is really "pointing"; However, when writing, your fingers bend and your palms are empty, so you can move your pen flexibly, which is "palm deficiency".
When writing, you should also pay attention to the wrist method, which can be divided into three types: pillow wrist method, lifting wrist method and hanging wrist method. The wrist and elbow are placed flat on the desktop at the same time, which is suitable for writing small characters. Wrist hanging, elbow still sticking to the desktop is the wrist lifting method, suitable for writing in Chinese characters; As for Chinese characters or cursive scripts that are more than 12 centimeters square, it is necessary to use the hanging wrist method, so that the wrists and elbows are all suspended, so as to be free.
Third, it is necessary to pay attention to the stroke
"stroke" is the basic writing method of stippling, and there are many methods. We often use the "eight-character method". According to its stroke order, it is explained as follows:
Side method: Pen tip, point down to the right and make a swing gesture; Wait until the ink enters the paper, and then slowly lift the pen tip back and put it away.
Le Fa: It means horizontal painting. The pen gesture should be at both ends of the middle and high. Start the pen with the hidden front to the upper left, and then fold it to the right. When writing, use the center of the pen to make the ink mark secretly condense, so that the pen is positively pressed on the paper and the pen holder leans slightly to the left.
Nufa. Prepare to make a pen-picking gesture upwards.
The pen-picking method means to pick a pen. The pen-picking method is the same as jumping, which means that the pen is like jumping. Therefore, you should crouch down first and gain momentum, and you should not be hasty. You should make the pen-picking neat, like silver? It's generally wonderful.
Tactic: it's a short whip to the right. The so-called "Tactic" is a whip to beat a horse, because when writing, the pen tip is lifted up, so it doesn't need to be moved too hard, and it's like pushing a horse around in secret.
Sweep: it's just a left curl, also known as distribution. Like a comb to brush your hair, you should quickly come out and sweep it to the left. You can't be thin and weak, and you can't sweep it like a brush.
pecking method: it means short to the left. The so-called "pecking" means writing? Paper comes out when the front stops, like a bird pecking at something, so it should be carried quickly.
Scoring method: it means "pressing" from right to down. Now it is called "pressing". When writing next, it is always stopped twice, and it is written with the tip of the pen raised, making a virtual ending, leaving a pen meaning.
In fact, You can get twice the result with half the effort.
Fourth, we should pay attention to the structure.
"structure" refers to the arrangement and combination of two or more stipplings. Each word has different stippling and shape collocation. When writing, we should take care of the relationship between the size and density of stroke lines, and leave blank spaces outside the ink color, which must be evenly balanced. All words synthesized by the left and right parts should echo each other, and the combined font is natural. When writing, you should first look at the size of its shape, make reasonable arrangements, and strive for stability. At the same time, in order to avoid the flat font, the stroke size and style should be slightly changed in order to be vivid. However, no matter how the shape of a word changes, the only constant is that the center of gravity of the word should be balanced and stable.
In short, the structure of the word should pay attention to density and symmetry, stroke care and stable center of gravity. Only by studying it often and carefully observing the strengths of others, Naturally, the font will be straight and neat.
Fifth, we should pay attention to copying
Practice calligraphy, and we must carefully choose the inscriptions and copy them more.
"Pro" means putting a template beside it, measuring the size and situation of the characters with our eyes and practicing writing; "Imitation" is covered with thin paper and described with its twists and turns; The two are not the same. The ancients thought: "When copying a book, you can get its meaning."
In ancient times, for the convenience of learning a book, the basic strokes and characters were first printed as red copies for students to copy, which was often used by beginners. As for copying paper, there are so-called "Jiugongge", "Tian Zige" and "Mi Zige", which can be used.