How to practice composition in calligraphy?

Composition refers to the method of arranging and arranging the relationship between words and lines in the whole work. That is the "white cloth" of the whole work. Also known as "big rules". Composition refers to the overall arrangement of a calligraphy work, also known as text structure, which is an important part of calligraphy art. For the artistic requirements of a work, not only every word should be written well, but also many words should be composed into a complete chapter. No matter between words, between lines, even between the top of the head and the bottom of the foot, inscriptions should be printed, and the overall design and reasonable layout should be done. How to arrange the content of the work, how to sign it and how to stamp it are all the contents of the composition. The whole structure, the leading duct tape, echoes from beginning to end, in one go, everything in one go, the flow of fate, the twists and turns of the pen, the clever layout of the imaginary array, and the expression of feelings are all part of the composition. Traditionally, it's also called the arrangement of one-character stippling, and the relationship between one-character arrangement and numbers is a "small chapter method". Zhang Shen explained calligraphy in Ming Dynasty: "The ancients used a writing method to write like a composition. Composition, article method and final structure are all corresponding. Therefore, the cloud says:' One is divided into one word rule; A word is the owner of the last article. Ming Dong Qichang "Painting Zen Room Essay? "Talking about Calligraphy" said: "The ancients regarded the composition of books as a major event and covered the so-called thick lines. See Mi Chi in fine print, and write an elegant collection of West Garden. It's ten thousand fans, straight as a string. There must be another way, but you should pay attention to the rules and regulations on weekdays. Xu Lanting by the right army is the first in ancient and modern times, and its characters are all born from the tape, small or big, all in the Dharma, so it is also divine. "This shows the importance of Zhang Shu in a calligraphy work. When writing, we should deal with the white cloth in words, word for word and between lines, so that stippling echoes stippling, words keep pace with emotion, and lines reflect each other. If you are self-sufficient, fluent, exquisite and harmonious, you will have the effect of "gold in the word and jade in the line". Generally speaking, there are three forms of cloth white: first, there are ranks, second, there are ranks (or ranks), and third, there are no ranks, which may have the artificial beauty of "picking gold by mistake" or the natural beauty of "hibiscus". Composition is an important part of the formal beauty of calligraphy. Stippling is the beauty of lines, frame structure is the beauty of local composition, and composition is the beauty of overall composition. The rules of regular script are not complicated, and the main forms are nave, couplets, banners, horizontal accounts and sectors. In the arrangement of regular script, the word spacing and line spacing are basically the same, but some line spacing is greater than the word spacing; They are all written vertically from right to left, and those with fewer words are still written from right to left; Modern Chinese is written horizontally from left to right. This method can also be used under special needs, but it is better to write vertically from right to left. From the perspective of composition, calligraphy and music are the most similar arts. For example, when creating running script banners or couplets in the main hall, the first words are mostly handled in a larger or heavier way, which seems to be insufficient to guide the whole article. The overall beauty of the composition of China's ancient storytelling method has the following words: "Active and asexual, lifeless; No sexual activity and unreal eyes. Calligraphy creation pursues "both form and spirit" as painting. Calligraphy appreciation should naturally take "both form and spirit" as an important criterion for the artistic beauty of calligraphy. The so-called "shape" refers to the stippling, structure and composition of calligraphy; The so-called "God" refers to the spirit and style of calligraphy. Therefore, we appreciate calligraphy, including the beauty of stippling lines, the beauty of structure, the overall beauty of composition, and even the style of the whole work. Calligraphy appreciation, like painting appreciation, often means the overall effect of the work first. Therefore, the overall beauty of works is also an important aspect that can not be ignored in calligraphy appreciation. An excellent work must be a pluralistic and unified whole. Composition is an important factor in the overall beauty of calligraphy art. If the structure of words is the organization of lines, then the rules of works are more complex organization of lines; Whether the organization is appropriate is one of the keys to successful work. Composition is also called "white cloth" because composition is an artistic treatment of virtual and real space. The beauty of reality comes from nothingness, and emptiness and reality, white and black are interdependent, leaving viewers with a broad aesthetic imagination world. Successful creation embodies the aesthetic principle of combining reality with fiction, and Deng's "Counting White as Black" is the concrete application of this aesthetic principle. In other words, it is important to have pen and ink, and it is also important to have no pen and ink; There is pen and ink between the lines, which is interesting. The symmetry of character space, the smoothness of white cloth and the stippling of characters have the same aesthetic value. Since all space is an organic part of the work, the line structure and the feeling of space should naturally be included. Calligraphy also pays attention to connecting the preceding with the following. Looking around, the changes are uneven, the inscription is reasonable, the seal cutting is appropriate, and the local beauty and the overall beauty are harmonious and unified. For example, "Preface to Lanting" has a total of 324 words and is divided into 28 lines. The words are harmonious and the lines echo each other. If it flows, momentum is coherent and seamless. Bao Qing Chen Shi said: "The font size of rich ancient posts varies greatly, such as the old man and his grandson, whose length is uneven, but their feelings are sincere and painful. It vividly illustrates the artistic effect of the overall beauty of calligraphy works.