Here are seven writing skills:
1. Adding hooks and thread ties
Regular script writing should be neat and neat, but running script is not, it is to combine dots and drawings, which is called "alternating fashion", so when running script writing, hooks and thread ties naturally appear or are added between snacks. The so-called hook picking is to write short hooks, such as "Mao", on the original point painting without hook picking. The so-called tie thread is a thin tie thread, such as "hair" and "thinking", which is brought out along the stroke direction between the front and back or between the dots. With the hook and thread between the strokes of the running script, it seems that the pen gesture flows smoothly and harmoniously, and the attitude is natural, giving people a feeling of vitality.
Note: Hooks and ties cannot be used too much, which is too weak. Hooks and ties are everywhere, which makes the pen unclean and unsightly. Too weak, the hook foot is like sarcoma, the filament is like cotton thread, it looks weak and lacks the bodybuilding of iron-painted silver hook.
2. Turn from circle to square fold
The turning point of regular script is mostly square fold, while the turning point of running script is mostly cursive, which makes the running script look smooth. It should be noted, however, that there is a sense of folding in the round turn of the running script, and it is still necessary to stay in the pen and press when writing, otherwise it will be round and powerless, lacking both Fiona Fang and, and there is a circle in the square, such as the words "Hou", "Luo" and "Sheng".
3. Change the order of writing strokes
Primary school teachers emphasize the order of writing strokes, which is really important, especially regular script. However, in the running script, the order of writing in regular script is sometimes consciously changed, and the order of writing in cursive script is adopted. Its purpose is to facilitate writing, but also to change the shape, such as the word "feeling".
note: generally speaking, the writing style of running script is also full of top, bottom, left and right, and inside and outside, but sometimes it runs in the opposite direction, which is not funny, such as the word "wind" and "country", but it must also be noted that changing the writing order must be guided by the situation and conform to the cursive script norms. And it should not be too much. If you see it occasionally, you can become interested. If it is abused and boring, it will fail.
4. Flexible pen
Running script is more flexible than regular script, and the same stippling can be written in this way and that way, without restriction. For example, the floating goose hook with the word "Ye" usually comes back to the front and closes the pen. But if the hook end is turned from the top to the bottom, it can also be done. Another example is beside the wooden characters. Generally, after horizontal and vertical paintings are written, the strokes always take out the strokes from the left, but it makes sense to pick the strokes from the right and then write the strokes along the strokes. Such as the word "Yang".
5. When you start writing, show your front and get into the paper.
Whether you point, cross, or skim or press, regular script emphasizes the reduction of front. In the running script, there are many exposed people's papers, because the exposed people's papers are relatively simple and convenient to write, natural and smooth, such as the left vertical of the word "Sheng", the left vertical of the word "Red" and the horizontal drawing of the word "Gong", and the side points of the word "He". However, it must be noted that although the words mentioned above are all revealing papers, they are not written casually along the front, but they still have to "reverse the front", but this "reverse front" requires volley, that is, grab the front. If you don't understand this, you will make the mistake of being weak and thin.
Note: Exposing the front of a man's paper requires a quick gesture. When you write the words, the brushwork will be lively, while the Tibetan front takes the momentum slowly and the brushwork will be subtle and dignified. These two kinds of writing methods have their own advantages, so we can combine them with each other when writing, so that we can get their own places and complement each other. Generally speaking, the pen at the beginning of a running script is often a revealing paper, while most of the following pens are hidden pens.
6. replacing other strokes with dots
is a simple and quick way to write. In running script, dots are often used to replace other strokes, and short dots are used to replace other longer strokes, which can change the structure and shape of characters and make them more unique. If the word "small" in the words "Jing" and "Shadow" is rewritten as three points, it will be more agile and the font will be changed, which is very interesting. Another example is the word "big", which is expressed by writing the pen as a side point, so that the writing is simple and smooth, and the shape is lean and simple, with a unique flavor.
7. The posture is changeable
Running script is a kind of font that works and writes between regular script and cursive script. It has a wide range of uses and rich expressive force. There are often several ways to write a word, and its posture is changeable and its posture is different. For example, the word "yes" has four ways to write and four gestures, and the ending is different, including receiving and releasing, working and cursive, which is full of interest. Another example is "English, Falling, Grass, Drinking, and Flower", which are all cursive prefixes, but they are written in different ways, lively and intriguing. If the same words or words with the same prefix and suffix are written in the same way without change, which makes people look boring, it will not be calligraphy.
Wang Jingrun's running script works
Su Shi's running script works