Learning calligraphy is a slow skill. You have to study hard and practice hard, and you can see the skills over time.
There is no shortcut!!
Chinese calligraphy is an exercise of thinking activities and sensory organs. It is a special skill formed by using the eyes, brain and hands together. If you don't know how to go to a meeting, you have to rely on others to guide you or explore on your own; from meeting to becoming familiar with it, you must go through repeated writing training. Under the guidance of scientific practice methods and gradual improvement through repeated writing training, it is the road to success in learning to write. Specifically, efforts should be made from the following aspects:
1. Stimulate motivation and cultivate will.
According to psychological theory, motivation is the desire and desire to arouse people to act or inhibit this action. Intention is an internal reason that drives people's behavioral activities. Motivation and needs are closely related, and the basis of motivation is various human needs. Human needs include physiological needs and social needs. Practicing writing is a social need of people. Primary and secondary school students practice writing to improve their writing skills and master scientific and cultural knowledge; adults practice writing to convey information and improve work efficiency; from an artistic perspective, practicing calligraphy is a need for people's pursuit of beauty.
People’s need to practice writing is not self-generated, but is gradually formed through practical experience and the guidance of educators, and thus produces emotions and strong interest. In this way, we can better stimulate the motivation to practice calligraphy. Otherwise, if you have no intention of practicing calligraphy and just deal with it reluctantly, your writing power will be slippery, the structure will be loose, and your progress will not be fast; this will in turn affect your interest in writing.
Will is especially important for people who practice writing. After people realize the importance of writing and develop the desire to practice calligraphy, they must make plans, choose practice methods, and practice step by step according to the requirements of calligraphy practice. This kind of psychological activity of consciously determining goals, controlling and regulating one's actions, and overcoming difficulties to achieve expected goals is the process of tempering one's will. It is not easy to develop good calligraphy. As the saying goes, "It takes a hundred days to master calligraphy."
Practicing calligraphy requires repeated training and a process of gradually improving and forming writing skills. In this process, it will feel boring, the practice time is difficult to guarantee, and the effect is not obvious. At this time, if you do not have a good will to practice calligraphy, you will give up writing and stop practicing, and give up halfway. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the training of the will and quality of calligraphy, use patience, perseverance, and confidence to overcome the difficulties encountered in the practice process, so as to take time out from the busy and persevere. Plan long and arrange short, pursue quality rather than quantity, write every day, and practice every day. If you can insist on writing two or three words every day, you will be able to practice two or more of the most commonly used words in two years. In short, we must not be discouraged if we are not making rapid progress, and not be proud of our outstanding achievements. As long as we keep working hard and practice diligently, we will eventually reach our ideal destination.
2. Practice calligraphy step by step and with rules
Step by step is a universal principle for people to learn scientific and cultural knowledge. This principle requires learning in accordance with the logical system of the subject and the order of development of human cognitive abilities, so as to gradually and systematically master basic knowledge and basic skills. This principle is determined by the strict logical system of subject knowledge itself. It is also an objective requirement for people's understanding and ability to develop from shallow to deep, from easy to difficult, and in an "orderly" manner.
The structure of Chinese characters uses strokes as the smallest unit. The strokes form single characters. The strokes and single characters evolve into radicals, and then the radicals form combined characters. This is a logic from simple to complex. system. When practicing writing, you should follow this systematic sequence and practice step by step. However, the emphasis is on step-by-step, not the only sequence. Because the relationship between the strokes, radicals, and structure elements of Chinese characters are interrelated and influence each other. For example, regarding the strokes and structure of characters, in order, you should practice the strokes first and then the structure, because the strokes are the basis of the structure.
However, when practicing strokes, it is not enough to practice strokes alone. You must also practice them in combination with the structure of characters, because the same strokes have different expressions in the structures of different characters. Only by combining strokes with specific Only by combining the structure of characters and practicing can you gradually write qualified strokes. At the same time, during the practice process, the key points and difficulties of the practice should also be determined based on the practice content. The time cannot be divided equally, and the time must not be blindly greedy for more and fast. It must be down-to-earth and one step at a time. There must be more words that are difficult to write and difficult to practice. Put some effort into mastering the essentials of writing and writing well, so as to achieve the desired goal.
Practicing calligraphy according to the rules means that practicing calligraphy must comply with the rules. Only by entering according to the rules can you exit from the rules. In addition to the step-by-step approach mentioned above, special emphasis should be placed on the word "serious" when practicing calligraphy. To practice calligraphy, you must first calm down your mind and enter a quiet world, and do this: calm down and write slowly, read the posts, and write according to the pattern. The intention is to write first, write one by one, compare with the other, and write better than the last. Beginners to writing should practice on gridded paper in order to grasp the structure and size of characters, and make full use of the grid lines to understand and grasp the structural characteristics and structural types of square Chinese characters. The way to practice calligraphy should be based on copying and copying. In the process of copying, you should gradually master the writing skills of Chinese characters.
3. Combine copying and master the rules
The experience of learning calligraphy and calligraphy in ancient and modern times proves that copying copybooks is the only way and an effective method. Copying is to place the copybook under a relatively transparent calligraphy paper, and use a pen to trace the words revealed on the copybook one by one. It is required that the handwriting of the described words should not go beyond the stroke track of the words on the copybook. If you are copying from a calligraphy brush copybook, the strokes you describe should follow the center line of the strokes on the copybook; if you are copying from a pen copybook, the strokes you describe should completely coincide with the strokes of the words on the copybook. In this way, over time, you can learn the stroke path and glyph structure of the words on the copybook.
To write a copybook, place the copybook next to the calligraphy paper and draw a "gourd" according to the words on the calligraphy note. The strokes are required to be written in a similar manner and pay attention to the changes in weight, rhythm and thickness. In this way, over time, you can learn the meaning of the words on the copybook. Since copying a book is more difficult than copying it, you should copy it first and then copy it. Since copying and copying are two complementary methods of learning books and practicing calligraphy, copying and copying should be combined and done step by step.
In the process of copying copybooks, you should also pay attention to the following issues:
First, you must be focused first, and then be knowledgeable. People who are just starting to practice calligraphy, after choosing a copybook, You must concentrate on practicing and don't change copybooks at will. This is because each copybook has its own characteristics and its own system. If you read this copybook today and that copybook tomorrow, in the end, neither copybook will look like it. Only when one copybook is finished and the writing is familiar, can you change to other copybooks and learn from others' strengths.
Second, we must read the copybooks carefully. Reading the copybooks is the prerequisite for copying the copybooks. Reading posts is like reading, the purpose is to understand the truth, not just to read or copy books. Only when you can read and read carefully can you be deeply impressed, write well, and remember it firmly. For the words on the copybook, how to write the strokes, how to arrange the structure, and how to arrange the chapters. You have to think carefully and find out the patterns, so that you can write interestingly and realistically.
Third, we must pay attention to the effect of calligraphy practice. In the process of copybook copywriting, we should not blindly pursue copying more and copying quickly, but should pay attention to the actual effect of copying, so that we can copy it once and for all. To make progress, you will gain every time you copy. For words that are difficult to write, we must concentrate our efforts on annihilation and copy them repeatedly. Only in this way can we gain real gains and make continuous progress.
Fourth, we should pay attention to mastering the rules. In the process of copying, we should not stop at understanding and practicing each specific character, but should pay attention to summarizing the differences and connections between characters to understand them. It has the same point as *** who has mastered the writing method of a type of characters, so as to achieve the effect of drawing inferences from one instance. In this way, the progress of calligraphy practice can be greatly improved. This kind of law can be summarized through one's own copying practice, and one can also learn from the experience that others have summarized. Beginners who are learning to write should pay attention to learning other people's experience in practicing calligraphy in order to avoid detours and save time. This actually requires people who practice calligraphy to read some books on calligraphy techniques or listen to lectures, first understand the principles, practice under the guidance of rules, experience the rules during practice, and then use the rules to provide better guidance. Practice, consolidate and improve writing skills.