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Standard posture
For the sake of your spine and image, before practicing calligraphy, you must first talk about posture issues. When writing calligraphy, you can write standing or sitting. When writing standing, your feet should be shoulder-width apart, with one hand holding the paper and the other holding the pen. When writing while sitting, be careful not to be next to the table. It is best to keep a fist's distance from the table, keep your head straight, and look at a 45-degree angle to the paper. Also holding the paper with one hand and the pen with the other.
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Choose tools and materials
If you plan to write calligraphy, you need to prepare some necessary things. For example, a suitable brush does not have to be expensive. You can just buy the size according to your own feel and preference. If using paper, it is recommended to buy raw edge paper for practice. Raw edge paper is cheaper than rice paper, and the raw edge paper has grids, which is more suitable for beginners. Of course you can use rice paper later. It is best to buy an inkstone to hold ink. Of course, you can also use other suitable containers to hold it, depending on your situation.
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Pen-holding posture
The pen-holding posture is very important. It not only determines the quality of handwriting, but also reduces the soreness of the wrist. Pain. The correct posture for holding a pen is that the thumb and index finger are against the pen and pinching the pen barrel, the middle finger is holding the outside, the ring finger is against the pen barrel, and the little finger and ring finger are close together. See the figure below for details.
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Clear the direction
Before practicing calligraphy, you generally need to choose a font to practice, whether it is running script or regular script, and whether to choose a face style. Willow body or something else. After choosing, you need to buy the corresponding copybook for practice. It is important to clarify this direction. First practice one font to a relatively high level, and then practice other fonts. It will be easier and easier to succeed.
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Basic exercises
Don’t be too impatient when you first start learning calligraphy. Writing calligraphy well takes a long time of practice. First of all, you need to imitate the font exercises of famous artists. Pay attention to how to write horizontally and vertically, and how to use the pen. You need to know when to lift the pen to make the writing thin, when to press the pen to make the writing thicker, when to be light and when to be heavy, these are all things that need to be mastered.
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Improving and consolidating
When you have imitated other people’s handwriting and written it well, you can innovate and add your own feelings. Enter your preferences and preferences, and let the words reflect your own style. You can also start practicing different fonts, and you can still imitate the works of famous artists with different styles. Remember to write more words. If you write more, you will naturally write better.