1. Basics of strokes
Regular script starts with stipples. The basic stipples include six types: horizontal, vertical, left, back, hook, and dot.
1. Horizontal:
Use your thumb, index finger, and middle finger to "stretch" the pen to the right, tilting the pen barrel to the left.
(1) Reveal the tip of the pen and move the pen horizontally: the pen tip moves downward and to the right into the paper and lightly pauses the pen. Quickly and slightly lift the pen edge to make it feel like it is moving to the right. At the same time, the pen tip strokes again. This time the pen stroke is comparable. The first time the stroke is a little heavier, then slowly move the stroke toward the right center, and the stroke direction is slightly higher to the upper right. Finally, use the stroke tip to tap the stroke downwards to the right, and then use the tip of the stroke stroke to move upward to the left to reach the center of the horizontal stroke. Can.
(2) Starting the pen with a hidden edge: if you want to go left first, put the pen edge into the paper to the right against the trend, then tap the pen edge down to the right, and then slightly raise the pen edge to adjust it to a right-moving pen edge. Stop the pen at the original position again, slightly harder than the first time, and then slowly move the pen to the right. The method of closing the pen is the same as that of starting the pen horizontally.
2. Vertical:
Use your index finger and middle finger to draw the pen downwards, and your thumb slowly bends outward at the same time without becoming stiff.
(1) Hanging vertically: The tip of the pen moves up and to the right against the trend of the paper, then taps the pen gently down to the right, and then lifts the pen back to the tip without leaving the paper, so that the tip of the pen naturally gathers when lifting the pen. It has the meaning of smoothing the strokes.
Then stroke for the second time, this stroke is slightly heavier than the first stroke, and then move the pen downwards, slowly adjust it to the center during the downward stroke, stroke slowly and calmly, and focus on When the brush tip reaches the end of the pen, quickly lift the pen slightly upward to the right, then move the pen down to the right, then return to the tip and naturally close the pen into the vertical painting.
(2) Hanging needle vertical stroke: The starting and stroke method of hanging needle vertical stroke is the same as that of hanging vertical stroke. The only difference is that when the stroke is about to be closed, the center stroke should be maintained, and the pressure of the stroke tip should be slightly increased, and then Slowly raise the tip of the pen and close it. When you close the pen, the tip of the pen should not be chaotic. The speed should not suddenly become faster. The tip of the pen should naturally gather together and finally strike out.
One thing to emphasize is: the downward stroke of the hanging needle is not getting smaller and smaller, but becomes heavier when the pen is about to be closed, and then the pen is naturally raised to make the vertical lower third. It has a fish-belly-like feel. This kind of hanging needle looks round, full and powerful rather than thin and sharp, like an oxtail shape.
3. Writing:
Use your index finger and middle finger to move the pen to the lower left, keeping the thumb joint bent outward but not stiff. There are two types of writing strokes, one is the writing stroke with hidden edge, and the other is the stroke stroke with exposed edge. Among them, the exposed edge strokes are usually stuck together with other dot paintings, so there is no need to hide the edge.
(1) Long-edge stroke: After entering the paper with the tip of the pen facing upward or to the upper right, the tip of the pen immediately moves to the lower right and flicks the pen, then turns back again without leaving the tip of the paper, and then pauses a second time. The intensity of the pen is slightly heavier than the first time, and then the pen is adjusted to the slow stroke of the center downward and the lower left. When the pen is about to be retracted, the intensity of the pen can be slightly increased to make the side forward and take advantage of the trend to skim out. Be careful not to be too fast.
(2) Exposing the front and starting the stroke: The starting stroke is placed on other stipples, and the stroke is adjusted to the center of the stroke. The method of closing the stroke is the same as the above method of starting the stroke with the hidden edge, such as the word "wood".
4. Na:
The starting point of Na is also divided into hidden and exposed. Depending on the location, there are also counterattacks or clicks.
(1) Pen stroke with hidden edge: After the pen tip enters the paper vertically, stroke the pen slightly upward and to the left in reverse direction, lift the tip without leaving the paper, then stroke down to the left, then adjust the tip of the pen to the lower right center. Move the pen to the point where the pen is about to be retracted. Gradually press the pen harder and adjust the pen edge to a side-edge stroke. Then lift the pen slightly, gradually move the pen edge to the right, and press it out. Such as: "History", "Geng" characters.
(2) Lu Feng's strokes: Lu Feng's strokes are often stuck together with other dot paintings, so there is no need to consider whether the strokes have hidden edges. When starting the pen, place the tip of the pen in the dot painting that is adhered to it, and then move the pen. The idea of ??closing the pen is the same as starting the pen with the tip hidden.
(3) Counter-pressure: The counter-pressure stroke is to start the pen with the tip of the pen exposed, and stroke toward the lower right center. Gradually press down the tip of the pen. When you close the pen, lift the pen slightly, without leaving the tip of the paper, with the tip of the pen pointing to the right. Just put down your pen, then turn around and put it away. For example: "owe", "no", "wu" are the characters.
(4) Tapping: Taping is when the tap turns into a dot shape. After starting the pen with the exposed edge, tap the pen down to the right, and then return to the edge to close the pen. For example: the dot in the word "和".
5. Hook:
There are many changes in hook, the common ones are: left kicking hook, right kicking hook and "Ge" hook. The three hook directions are different, but the writing methods are basically the same.
(1) Left kicking hook: Move the pen down to the kicking hook, lift the pen, and keep the tip of the pen from the paper, with a slight upward stroke to the right, then pause the pen and move downward to the left, lift the pen again, and return to the tip. During stippling, pause the stroke again. This time, the intensity of the stroke can be slightly stronger. At the same time, adjust the edge of the upward stroke and strike it at a faster speed. For example: the two characters "wood" and "sentence" are hooked.
(2) Right kicking hook: When the pen is moved down to the kicking hook, lift the pen without leaving the paper, with a slight upward stroke, then stroke the pen down to the right, lift the pen again, and return When the stroke reaches the stipple, stroke again. This time the strength of the stroke can be slightly stronger. At the same time, adjust the stroke upwards to the right and strike at a faster speed. Such as: good character hook.
(3) Ge word hook: When the pen moves down to the right to the kick hook, change the direction of the stroke to the right and tap the pen lightly at the same time, then lift the pen, adjust the stroke, and naturally move upward. Can. Such as: into the word hook.
6. Points
(1) Side points:
①Left point: The point that tilts to the left. After starting the pen and entering the paper against the upper left edge, tap the pen lightly, then stroke downward immediately, pause the pen, then stroke downward to the right (changing the pen edge), and then return the pen upward to close the pen.
②The right point: the point that tilts to the right. This point is different in direction from the left point.
When starting to write, Lu Feng took advantage of the situation and entered the paper, lightly stroked the pen to the right, then moved downward to the left, stroke the pen, then moved downward to the right, lightly stroked the pen, and quickly returned to the upper right to close the pen. There is also a point on the left side where the pen is closed without turning back. When the pen is closed, the pen can be closed naturally, such as the two points on the head of Zeng.
(2) Vertical point: The vertical point can be regarded as the shortening of the vertical painting. Sometimes the return can be "intended". Start the pen, put it into the paper in an upward direction, tap the pen slightly to the right, and then move the pen downward. Then quickly return the pen and close it.
(3) Tips: Tips mainly refer to the bottom point of three points of water or two points of water. After Lu Feng started writing in the lower left direction, he immediately stroked down and slightly to the left, lifted the pen slightly, then stroked down to the right, adjusted the stroke at the same time, and quickly kicked out to the upper right, echoing the strokes on the right. relation. ?
7. Folds
Folds include upper right fold and lower left fold. At the folds, there are various writing methods such as square fold, round fold and broken fold according to the different strokes of the pen.
(1) Upper right fold: When the center stroke reaches the fold, lift the pen upwards to the right without leaving the edge of the paper, then stroke downwards to the right, then turn the stroke slightly to the left, and then stroke downwards. . If it is broken, start the stroke again when the stroke reaches the point where the stroke is broken. After lifting the stroke, adjust the tip of the stroke downward and stroke, so that the horizontal and vertical strokes match each other.
The round fold appears more often in Yan style characters. The meaning of the writing is derived from the folding method of seal script. That is, when the stroke reaches the fold, just lift the pen and touch the paper with the tip, and then lightly stroke the pen. Don't let the tip of the pen be exposed, and then adjust the tip of the pen to go down.
(2) Lower left fold: The lower left fold is usually a new stroke, just connect the horizontal painting with the vertical painting. But there is also a stroke of writing. For example: the lower left folding stroke of the two characters "Xun" and "Bou" is this. The way to write is to lift the pen slightly upwards to the right when the center tip goes down to the folding point, then move the pen downwards to the right, lift the pen again, and adjust the tip of the pen to the right.
Of course, these two characters can also be written with a broken pen. That is, when you go down to the folded pen, start a new pen and write horizontally. The writing method is the same as the horizontal painting, so that the vertical and horizontal paintings match up.
2. Basics of pen operation
1. Starting and ending of the pen:
“The starting point of the pen: there will be no missing peaks if you follow it in, and there will be no ink rise if you go in against it.” If there are no missing peaks, the shape will be perfect. If there is no swelling of ink, the strokes will be clean. When starting the pen, it will flow into a square and when it is reversed, it will become a circle. When closing the pen, you need to pause or fold the tip of the pen to make a square shape, and return the tip to make a round shape.
2. Lifting the pen and pausing the pen:
"Pausing" means pressing the pen down, bending the edge of the pen and applying force to the paper. "Lift" means to lift or half-lift the pen to continue writing. After pausing, you need to lift the pen to stroke, and after lifting the pen, you need to pause again to form the stroke, or to connect the next stroke.
3. Turning the pen and folding the pen:
"Turn" is the method of rounding the strokes, and "folding" is the method of drawing the square. Stop writing while writing, and change the direction of the stroke to make a slight "U" shape. Square the outer corners to get the meaning of the strokes. The turning method is also called twisting. In the strokes, "moving and turning downwards", the meaning is almost the same as the above, except that it does not stop when turning, and turns downwards with the trend. The shape is also the same as ㄟ, but the outer corners of the painting are rounded, and the rotation range relatively large.
4. Square pen and round pen:
Slow down the speed when writing to make the writing more stable. Use appropriate techniques to make strokes medium at the beginning, end and turning. The curvature is highlighted, making the overall structure look round, relaxed and elegant. The square brush highlights the backbone of the strokes among the above-mentioned points, making the overall structure clear, straight yet light, calm, vigorous and straight.
5. Hidden front and exposed front:
Offward, forward, overlapping, folding, returning, etc. Hiding the edge means hiding the edge of the brush in the strokes without showing traces; exposing the edge means the edge of the brush is exposed naturally. If the brush strokes are not hidden, there will be a lack of implicit and deep rhyme, and one cannot be biased towards one side. The two must be coordinated, with the hidden front covering the spirit, and the exposed front allowing the spirit to make the characters complete.
Extended information:
Brush regular script writing posture:
The writing style of the brush There are two main writing postures: one is the sitting posture, and the other is the standing posture. The former is mainly used when writing characters with small font diameter and small-format works, while the latter is generally used when writing characters with larger font diameter and large-format works.
(1) Sitting posture
The correct sitting posture can be summarized in eight words: head upright, body straight, arms open, feet secure,
1． The key to opening and closing the arms is to naturally open the two arms and make the angle between the big and small arms beyond 90°, so that the four joints of the fingers, wrists, elbows and shoulders can cooperate easily and harmoniously, and the body's strength can be smoothly transmitted to the pen tip;
2. To achieve the above requirements, you must sit as upright and upright as possible. The distance between the chest and the edge of the table is about 3 inches (adjust the distance appropriately according to the size of the writing). Do not lean against the table or bend over;
3. Head upright The head is upright and slightly bent forward. It cannot be skewed to ensure a moderate viewing angle, and the distance between the eyes and the paper should be roughly kept at 30-40 cm. While pressing the paper with your left hand, adjust the position of the paper so that the words you are writing are always within the optimal range of your eyes and hands.
4. Foot safety: Place your feet naturally flat and bend your legs flat. The feet are parallel or slightly forward and backward, and the legs cannot be crossed (commonly known as Erlang legs).
(2) Book-standing posture
The book-standing posture is to allow the wrist to move flexibly. At the same time, because it is condescending and has a wide perspective, it is easy to see the overall situation and master the organization and presentation. The specific requirements for the standing posture are: two feet slightly apart, one foot slightly forward, maintaining a good balance of the body, the upper body slightly bent forward, the waist slightly bowed, the distance should not be too far, the left hand presses the paper, and the right hand hangs the wrist and elbow to write .
It is worth noting that the desktop should not be too low to avoid excessive bending and fatigue.