The first skill: holding a pen is like holding a gun. All trained snipers know that the correct gun holding and aiming posture is the premise of accurately hitting the target. And then practicing calligraphy is the same. To write high-level calligraphy works, we must master the basic essentials of writing.
At present, the traditional calligraphy teaching advocates "five fingers holding the pen": that is, holding the pen with thumb and forefinger, and putting the middle finger on the other side of the pen under the forefinger. With the help of wrist force, through the coordinated efforts of thumb, index finger, middle finger and ring finger, the strokes of the font are pushed up and down in several different directions, or the hooks are lifted, and finally the strokes of the font are formed.
When learning calligraphy, you must always practice the skills of lifting, pushing and turning the pen tip in different directions to draw basic strokes such as point, vertical, horizontal, folding, hook, lifting and picking. Learn to write big characters with a big hanging pen, learn to write Chinese characters with a middle hanging pen or a pillow wrist, and learn to write small characters with a pillow wrist.
The second skill: be familiar with brushwork. Learning calligraphy, like painting, is an art that outlines the main features through different lines, and both belong to the line plastic arts. The brushwork is how to create strokes of fonts on paper through correct writing methods and techniques. Such as boosting pressure.
It refers to pressing the tip of a pen, then writing with a Fang Bi or a round pen, and closing the pen with a trailing edge or a hidden edge. Should the pen tip be pressed again or lightly to reach the thickness of the stroke? There is a certain skill in this. When the pen tip is strong, the strokes are thick, and when the pen tip is lifted, the strokes are thin. This is the same as cutting things with a knife. If you cut hard, the scar will be deep. On the contrary, the knife marks will be shallow.
Writing process
The writing process of calligraphy can be roughly divided into three processes: putting pen to paper, moving pen to paper and collecting pen. There is a method of "revealing the front", which uses a round pen or Fang Bi to follow the front to make the beginning of the stroke sharp or square; There is also the method of "hiding the front", that is, writing in front, for example, writing horizontally, you must first write vertically to the left, first up, so that the front of the pen is hidden in a line.
In the actual operation of writing, the most commonly used stroke is the "center pen", that is, the nib runs in the middle of the stroke. In order to write some ups and downs of strokes, it is sometimes necessary to pause, pause and start again. There are "exposed front" and "hidden front" methods to collect pens. I mentioned it in my last article, please pay attention.