Demonstration of common cursive calligraphy: web link
Many friends like cursive writing but don’t know where to start. They are very excited when they see the works of ancient cursive calligraphers, but they don’t know where to start copying. Here are several ways for your reference.
1. Start with Zhangcao, learn Zhangcao first
There is a kind of copybook with one line in regular script and one line in cursive script. This can be compared and facilitated to recognize and memorize words. Learning the cursive method of cursive characters first is also the basis for learning cursive characters. This post can easily help us identify the context of each word and stroke.
2. From small grass to big grass
Some grasses cannot be learned. They are possessed by gods. "The Thousand Character Essay on Remaining Stones" can only be appreciated or analyzed and partially copied, so You can learn from Xiaocao first. Xiaocao emphasizes rationality and independence, and clarifies the basic calligraphy forms and brushwork, and then expands it to Dacao as a resource for future Dacao writing, so that future Dacao creations conform to the law, and each word and stroke must have its origin. , we will never change from our origins, and we will consolidate our roots and roots. For example, Wang Xizhi's "Seventeen Posts".
3. Refer to "Cao Jue Song"
I personally think that "Cao Jue Song" can only be used as a reference tool and cannot be copied for a long time, just like some people , just like copying with a dictionary, is not advisable. Due to the differences in different types of single-character cursive calligraphy, "the chapters change due to inspection, and the grass is smooth and flowing." The small grass is simple and concrete, while the large grass is continuous and abstract.
The accumulation of learning between official script, regular script, running script, seal script and other calligraphy styles will nourish our cursive script creation, making our cursive scripts richer, coupled with our understanding of traditional culture and calligraphy aesthetics In theoretical study, although cursive calligraphy is a difficult calligraphy style to learn, as long as our generation works hard, we will definitely gain something, and there will definitely be cursive calligraphers of our era who are worthy of this era.