More and more, I feel that my handwriting is ugly, I am not familiar with the pen, and I feel that I have forgotten the pen while holding the mouse. But can you practice writing as an adult? "People can only rely on themselves" stimulates me. As long as you can make up your mind to do it, you can certainly practice it well. Find some tips for practicing calligraphy from the Internet and put them here. Let's encourage and learn together!
First, the characteristics of the pen:
As a writing tool for Chinese characters, the pen has the advantages of small size, convenient carrying, convenient writing, durability, and the written characters are not easy to fade. From an aesthetic point of view, although the line expression and artistic appeal of pen characters are not as rich as brush calligraphy, they are far better than other hard pens such as pencils and ballpoint pens, because the nib is elastic and the strokes written are the same thickness.
A beautiful pen can not only give people beautiful enjoyment, but also be a part of your personal image. Especially in recent years, with the popularization and improvement of pen calligraphy teaching, the vast number of pen calligraphy educators and enthusiasts have made beneficial explorations and attempts on the brushwork, structure, composition and style of pen calligraphy in their teaching and writing practice, and created many excellent pen calligraphy works, including opening, closing, cursive, official and printing. These works have the beauty of form, expression, charm, artistic conception and momentum, forming a sense of beauty with rigorous structure, echoing strokes and smooth bones, enhancing the appeal of pen calligraphy art and being widely praised by the society, making pen calligraphy a big step from simple practicality to artistic style.
Second, the history of the pen:
China's calligraphy has a long history. It is a treasure of China traditional art and enjoys a high reputation all over the world!
There are two kinds of calligraphy art in China: brush calligraphy and hard pen calligraphy, which have deep roots, promote each other and learn from each other.
As far as the art of hard pen calligraphy is concerned, as early as 3700 years ago, our ancestors carved beautiful words on Oracle bones with knives and awls belonging to hard pen. Especially in the19th century, American wortmann invented the pen, which became popular all over the world because of its convenience and applicability. Soon, 1887, Japan published a textbook of hard pen calligraphy. 196 1 set up a hard-pen calligraphy group, set up a hard-pen calligraphy university and other specialized research institutions, which contributed to the spread of hard-pen calligraphy.
"Knowledge itself is the connotation, and writing is the coat of knowledge." We should realize that the quality of writing is directly related to our future. It is very necessary to clarify this point, so as to build confidence and cultivate interest in how to write well with pen and ink.
3. Where should I learn to write?
Answer: First of all, you should choose your ideal copybook and consider whether it is similar to your own font. After selecting the font, read it several times and analyze the main points and structural rules of the font. This is called "expressing meaning in words first", then describing it with transparent white paper first, then copying it and memorizing the key parts of each word. The specific steps are as follows:
Writing posture and writing.
(1) Sit up straight, with your shoulders flat, your back straight, your body and head straight, not low. The eyes are about one foot away from the desktop, and the chest is about three inches away from the edge of the table.
(2) Hold the pen straight, the nib should be straight, and it is forbidden to tilt inward (as long as the palm is flat, the nib will naturally move forward); The tip of the index finger is about an inch from the nib. If the pen is not straight or the nib is tilted inward, it is difficult to write well and it is difficult to write well. Even if you write with a pen, you should move your right hand. At the same time, the lines written have no backbone and rhythm, and the font is not generous.
(3) Inclination of the pen: the pen with big letters is upward, the inclination of the pen is slightly larger, and the small letters are downward, and the inclination of the pen is slightly smaller. Generally, the slope should be inclined at the index finger joint, and the strokes written here are either rigid and flexible. The inclination of the pen is not suitable, and the speed of using the pen is limited, so you can't write floating and verve glyphs, so you shouldn't tilt at the "tiger's mouth".
(4) Hold the pen easily and then move freely; Hold the pen too tightly, and the written words will not be open and generous. According to the middle school lecture, in a class of 50 students, 45 students hold the pen incorrectly or the tip of the pen tilts inward, and so does the university. It is precisely for this reason that these students' handwriting is not like a hook, and the strokes are piled horizontally.
As I said before, writing is good or bad, and posture is absolutely related to writing. Just like a carpenter sawing wood, if the posture and grip of the saw are incorrect, even if the "line" is drawn straight, it will be sawed askew. This is the same as writing good words.
Fourth, if you want to write every word well, what should you master?
A: First of all, we must master the brushwork, that is, the strokes that should be forced should be forced; If force should not be used, there should be a slight transition. For example, write words such as country, red, truth and steel. , light and heavy, will give people a sense of beauty.
Generally speaking, "three, one, three, three (four)" and other strokes are hard with a pen, while others are slightly lighter. But every stroke of a word can't be forced. For example, the words "people, big, and heaven" should be sketched lightly and painted heavily. On the contrary, it is enough to write a heavy sketch and a light sketch. In short, you can't exert yourself evenly.
Fifth, writing pays attention to echo. What does this mean?
A: If you want to write lively words, you must pay attention to the interaction of lines and the echo of strokes. The strokes echo each other, and the first sentence and the last sentence also pay attention to echo. This writing is to avoid mechanical and accumulation phenomena. We often say that "the pen breaks the meaning" to make the stippling momentum coherent. This momentum is like the kind of action that a child reaches out and calls for his mother, and the mother reaches out and picks up the child.
"Book Raft" cloud: Starting a pen is a call, and collecting a pen is a promise. On the other hand, if one stroke is finished and the next stroke is considered, the potential energy between strokes is interrupted, which is criticized by the continuation book spectrum: "Drawing its shape can't accommodate its content, and it is fragmented and inconsistent, and the result is mostly beads, and the glyph can't live."
Therefore, to make the words vivid and attractive, the word echo can not be ignored.
6. It is said that you can write only if you have principles. Is that right?
A: Yes, this is what Deng Sanmu, a contemporary calligrapher, said, and Deng Lao has a point. Writing "horizontal" is slightly inclined, with the left side low and the right side high, and its inclination is about 5-7 degrees. Don't go below 5 degrees. Not higher than 7 degrees. This is because people's vision is unbalanced. If the "horizontal" picture is written straight, it seems that the end of the right end has fallen off due to the illusion of both eyes, which is unnatural.
The "vertical" drawing of Chinese characters is more important and plays a pillar role in a word. Yu Shinan said in "Interpreting Behavior by Writing" (quoting Wang Xizhi): "If you want to correct your will, you must be brave first."
Therefore, writing vertical paintings should be powerful. Such as China, Niu, Qian, Shan and so on.
7. Does writing speed matter?
A: This is very important. There is a great relationship between writing and writing speed. The beauty of fonts and the charm of lines are mostly reflected in writing speed. The coherent gesture of echo is also reflected in the quickness of brushwork. The slow words have no lasting appeal.
As we all know, the glyphs and chapters written by some people who write quickly are not rigid and have a high momentum! This is the good effect of their "one-stop".
In order to write quickly and achieve satisfactory results, it is more important to have a good understanding of the structure of the font itself, and to write straight and upward as much as possible.
Every word should be conceived according to the basic definition of the word, and it should be written with letters and wrists, without affectation or embellishment. "The pen is full of beauty and the book is thin and hard."
This is the speed of writing.
Eight, what should I pay attention to when writing basic strokes?
Answer: (1) Writing a "point" is as heavy as a stone, with broken shape and continuous meaning;
(2) Write "horizontal" slightly obliquely. There are two "horizontal" characters in a word. The top "horizontal" should be upward and the bottom "horizontal" should be downward.
(3) The "vertical" painting is thick and powerful, and the handwriting should not be crooked;
(4) "skimming" is profitable, and "holding" is profitable;
(5) The stroke of "fold" is slow, and the stroke of "hook" is dull.
The initial training was a bit slow and gradual. You know, to achieve the achievement of calligraphy style, we must first practice the basic strokes of regular script, which is the foothold of writing all calligraphy styles.
9. Must we imitate the fonts of the ancients?
A: Yes, this is a question of inheriting tradition. However, the times are advancing, things are developing, and all kinds of arts are always innovating. Therefore, don't blindly copy the ancients, but take their essence.
Chen Hongshou in Ming Dynasty said, "When you call a scholar, you actually call him Zhong Wang. What can we learn from the ancients? Use the laws of each family to build one. " Su Shi also mentioned in "On Painting": "Innovation lies in statutes, and mystery lies outside the uninhibited." Wang Xizhi was called a "book saint" after changing the official law into a running script mode; Zhang Xu changed the grass method of two kings into today's grass, and called it "the sage of grass". If the ancients tossed and turned, there were thousands of people and a thousand words, then the development of calligraphy art would be out of the question. To break away from its stereotypes and create a new look, without individual innovation, it would be equivalent to losing its vitality. This is the inevitable trend of the development of two kinds of calligraphy.
Ten, measure a word, an article should be evaluated from what aspects?
A: First, it depends on the "pen power" of words; Secondly, it depends on the mastery of the laws of font and shelving structure; The third depends on the whole technique and layout.
What is the distribution of "pen power", whether the density of the structure is appropriate, and whether the words, lines and the beginning and end are clear.
You know, the real calligraphy skills should also focus on the straightness of regular script.
XI. How can we master composition and layout?
A: When writing an article, you can't write one word at a time. You should read a sentence and then continue to write. This kind of writing can make the word order neat and full of charm. Looking at one thing and writing another, there will be irregularities between words, between lines, and even the whole length. Although this is a trivial matter, it is very important to measure the overall style of the work.
Pen writing is mostly horizontal, with left alignment when writing and top alignment when writing vertically.
The size of a word is generally 5×8mm in width and height, the distance between words should account for half of a word, and the distance between lines should account for the width of a word.
Although the font is well written, the price will drop by three points if the composition and layout are improper. Therefore, we must pay attention to the arrangement of composition and form good habits in our usual writing.
Twelve, how to reflect the artistic beauty of calligraphy? Where does this sense of beauty come from?
A: Calligraphy art uses association to arouse the germination of people's inner feelings, including "form and spirit".
The beauty of calligraphy "shape" is mainly to form an image "glyph" by using the order of point, line, surface, structure, density, weight and strokes, which arouses people's interest and aesthetic feeling with the beauty of form, strength and structure!
The beauty of calligraphy refers to the overall appearance after the combination of lines. It is not a mechanical cooperation in geometry, but an aesthetic ideal that calligraphers love life with materialistic momentum and instinct. "Strong is strong, and beauty is clear." This is an appropriate embodiment of the beauty of "God" in calligraphy.
The ancients said that the joy, anger, sadness and joy of love have their own scores, which are reflected in the broad mind of the book. Happiness is harmony, and words are comfortable; Anger is angry and dangerous; Sadness leads to depression, and words converge; The music is plain and beautiful. The writer's heart contains ideas inspired from life, which permeate between the lines and shock the hearts of the appreciators, thus causing the voice of * * *.
China calligraphy art has both form and spirit, and its momentum is vivid! It is this beauty that makes the artistic value of China's calligraphy valued by the world. 1977 In April, there was a paper on the influence of China's calligraphy on modern painters at the first international symposium on the history of calligraphy held by Yale University.
China's calligraphy art, with typical oriental beauty, has become unique in the world and has great influence.
Thirteen, what should I pay attention to in writing?
A: We should pay attention to four aspects: knowledge, conciseness, connection and aesthetics, which was advocated by Zhu Chuan, former vice governor and honorary president of Liaoning Calligraphers Association. These four words have important guiding significance for the standardization of hard pen calligraphy in the future.
"Knowledge" means that the written words should be accurate, clear and easy to distinguish. Since words represent silent language and express a person's thoughts and behaviors, people must know this symbol when writing. What's the use of this word if it's crooked and nobody knows it, and you don't even know yourself after a long time?
"Jane" is written in simplified Chinese characters stipulated by the state. You know, Chinese characters have evolved from complexity to simplicity, which is no longer the case. After Qin Shihuang unified and standardized writing, Xiao Zhuan became an official script, cursive script became a regular script, and cursive script at the end of Han Dynasty became a regular script. The continuous simplification of fonts is the law of the development of Chinese characters.
Today, when we are building material civilization and spiritual civilization, people require higher efficiency in writing Chinese characters. Therefore, it is necessary to simplify the writing of Chinese characters. But advocating simplified characters is not arbitrary.
"Lian" refers to the characters written by gestures written continuously. Simply put, it is quick linking. Whether it is a running script or a cursive script, there must be normative constraints, not irregular chaos. Repeatedly stressed that the written words must be understandable, so as not to embarrass others.
"Beauty" refers to the highest requirement after a word is written. The beauty of calligraphy is expressed by the beauty of line modeling, not pictographic beauty. For example, if you write a word "fish", the viewer will judge whether it is beautiful or not according to the fact that the word "fish" is not like fish in nature, which will confuse the meaning of beauty.
To evaluate the beauty of glyphs, we should abandon the ancient prototype of Chinese characters and take the "form and spirit" embodied in their line modeling as the basis.
The beauty of the line itself comes from the shape. Brush calligraphy is characterized by "muscle, bone, blood, flesh, spirit, qi, rhyme and taste" (Zhuchuan dialect), and so is pen.
This kind of beauty is not procrastination or far-fetched affectation, but the overall natural beauty of lines, which is expressed through the concretization of "form and spirit"