The technical core of running script pasting includes sense of character, outstanding structure, care for brushwork, strictness and seriousness, and skill of writing practice.
1. Sense of character: Running script calligraphy is characterized by simplicity and roundness, appropriate width and weight, and natural strokes. Can grasp the sense of character of classic running script works, reflecting the rhythmic beauty of pen and ink lines.
2. Highlight the structure: place the words according to the pattern, pay attention to the method of text layout, hammering times and decoration arrangement, and then use the methods of cold dipping lines and external application to highlight the structure.
3. Take care of the brushwork: the strokes of running script are broad and powerful, with both thickness and thinness, and pay attention to the changes such as oblique sticking and connecting. When posting, we should also pay attention to distinguishing levels and taking care of brushwork.
4. Be strict and earnest: When running a script, you must concentrate on meditation, correct the position of ink paper, pen and body, and complete the work with one stroke and one painting with one heart and one mind. Don't be sloppy when posting, you must finish it carefully.
5. Writing skills: The key to writing lies in five potentials, namely, lightness, emptiness, blank space, ups and downs, elegance and vulgarity. The five potentials complement each other and influence each other, and they are all the keys to the calligraphy skills of running script. By practicing the five potentials, I constantly optimize my brushwork and line application.
Precautions for running script
1. Choose a classic post that suits your own level: The classic post that is posted should not only meet your own interests, but also be challenging. You can start with some simple works, and gradually challenge more difficult classic posts with the deepening of practice.
2. Keep in mind the layout of the copybook: when posting, you should record the layout, layout, stippling and other elements, and correctly understand the composition of the copybook and the appropriate time, sequence and application scope of posting.
3. Strengthen the practice of five potentials: the five potentials refer to the strokes' weight, reality, blank space, ups and downs and elegance, and the five potentials of running script are rich in changes, which is the key to the calligraphy skills of running script. We should improve the curve and turning degree of strokes by practicing the five potentials repeatedly.
4. Pay attention to the accuracy of strokes: The characteristics of running script calligraphy are that the strokes are wide and powerful, and both thick and thin. Pay attention to the accuracy and strength of strokes when posting, and keep the strokes stable.
5. Pay attention to the adjustment of breathing and mentality: the running script requires concentration and patience, and you should adjust your breathing and mentality to maintain a peaceful and stable mentality. The posture when practicing calligraphy also has a great influence on your breathing and mentality, keeping your pen comfortable and your body relaxed.
6. Handle the details carefully: You need to handle every stroke and stippling carefully when posting a running script. The handling of a small stroke and stippling may affect the quality, five potentials and glyphs of the whole work.