The Beauty of Lines in Calligraphy

"1, thin and thick, flat, without rhythm change"

This is the most tasteless form of line texture. The reason is that the understanding or practice of brushwork is not deep.

Let's look at good calligraphy lines:

"2. Kang Li"

Of all the people in the past dynasties, Zhao Meng's comeliness is often pleasing to the eye and conforms to the tastes of ordinary people. Pen extroversion, but not rough. From the traditional aesthetic point of view, online nature belongs to a lower grade in beauty.

"3. Clear and moist"

The nourishment in beauty is often insufficient, while the beauty of skin is clear and moist, removing the thinness in beauty. The pen is more solid and gentle than handsome, and the handwriting is slightly subtle, such as Dongpo's book.

4. Mei Qing

In terms of pen, Mei Qing is more flexible than Qingrun, and even has a charm. If a comely girl is compared to a girl of 15 or 16, she looks simple, but her body is underdeveloped and she lacks feminine characteristics. A young woman in her twenties is physically developed and psychologically more completely feminine. Mei Qing is like a young married woman, physically perfect and psychologically mature. Pure and charming people are less sharp, steady and natural, and the wind is not fat and turbid, such as Wang Chong and Cao Quanbei.

"5, vigorous"

Contrary to the flexible pen-using characteristics of Qingrun Series I, pungent people use a pen with strong penetration and a heavy sense of frustration, but they use the front more than the belly, and only press three or four points. Its line drawings are thin, but stiff, with clear strokes, slow at both ends and fast in the middle, as in Li Yong's book.

"6. Qingjian"

The green sword is more gentle than vigorous, relatively gentle in lifting and pressing, slightly convergent in edges and corners, but still full of strength, from the outside to the inside, like Huang Daozhou's book.

Seven, Autumn Plums

Autumn beauty is a linear style that combines cleanliness with vigor. The pen is light, gentle and firm everywhere. The turning point emphasizes bone strength, but it is not obvious. It uses more pens, less pens, moderate stitches and refreshing edges. In history, Wang Shu was regarded as a model of elegance, but not all Wang Shu were elegant. For example, Tie and Ping An Tie, the composition of "autumn" is slightly insufficient, which is also the reason why the former has more strokes and the latter has more strokes.

"8, Qingyi"

On the basis of purity, use elegant personality to achieve purity. The elegant pen is neither light nor wild. Although it doesn't seem to pay attention to raising pressure, in fact, it has been in a state of half-raising and half-pressing. It doesn't press or lift, and its speed keeps fast and slow, such as Dong Qichang's cursive script.

"9. Heroes"

Heroic than athletic, by going up one flight of stairs. The degree of pressing against the front becomes larger, the line shape becomes thicker, and it looks full and solid, but there are still sharp edges. Such as Wang Duoshu.

10, rich

On the basis of masculinity, the strength is increased, the sharpness is gradually hidden, and the elastic factors are revealed. When the pen tip is pressed to 70% to 80%, the strokes are relaxed, the turning point is adjusted naturally, the pen is changed, and the edges and corners are hidden in thick lines, such as Deng Lishu.

1 1, Kiyoo

The lines become thicker and heavier, but they are not turbid and clear. The pen is always centered, like a tablet of Yan.

Cang Xiong 12

If the pen is too tight, serious and close to stagnation, there is a kind of friction with the paper, and the line quality is old and strong through a certain speed, that is, the line has a dry feeling on both sides or all on the basis of coarseness. The guarantee of this speed is often a combination of Xu Jin and frustration, that is, while moving forward, there is also a certain expansion to both sides, which includes rhythm. Moreover, due to the acceleration of speed, the pen is often dry, but this dry thread is solid and powerful. Sometimes it is thick and dry, forming a knot, such as Kang Youwei's book.

Cang Xiong 12

If the pen is too tight, serious and close to stagnation, there is a kind of friction with the paper, and the line quality is old and strong through a certain speed, that is, the line has a dry feeling on both sides or all on the basis of coarseness. The guarantee of this speed is often a combination of Xu Jin and frustration, that is, while moving forward, there is also a certain expansion to both sides, which includes rhythm. Moreover, due to the acceleration of speed, the pen is often dry, but this dry thread is solid and powerful. Sometimes it is thick and dry, forming a knot, such as Kang Youwei's book.