First, the central pen premise
1, written correctly:
Calligraphy theory of Emperor Taizong: "When the wrist is vertical, the front is straight, and the front is regular." The pen is required to be straight. The so-called "straight" means that the pen holder is perpendicular to the four directions in the three-dimensional space before writing, which is beneficial to the pen tip to set off in all directions when moving. In order to ensure the ink-using effect of Marriott Qi Li after using the pen, the pen holder is tilted in the direction of using the pen, but the vertical plane formed by the pen holder and the pen tip is still perpendicular to the paper. That is, the pen holder tilts in a plane vertical to the paper, and if it leaves this plane, it is sick.
2. Li Feng wrote:
Li Feng writes with a pen, so that "the pen is always standing and walking". It is to use the fast, short and powerful strokes of lifting, pressing, making and turning, and the natural property of the pen tip: elasticity, so that the pen tip is adjusted to be directionless every time the pen gesture and direction are changed, and the pen tip is kept relatively upright, thus creating conditions for the next center to carry the pen.
Step 3 Use the pen properly
According to the style of different books, the degree and discretion of using a pen are determined, that is, when writing, it is a little extravagant. Divide the distance from the pen tip to the brush belly into three equal parts, the first part is ten cents, the second part is twenty cents, and the third part is thirty cents. Usually: one point is used for thin gold, two points for European willow and three points for colored body. Write with proper force.
Second, the central brushwork
Yang Shoujing, a calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty, put forward the idea of "attacking from all sides" when talking about the pen used in the center, which was the punch line of the center and broke the mystery of the mysterious brushwork. The way to use the pen in the center is "eight sides on the front": according to the different trends of different strokes, the front of different brushes is used.
How can we do that? This is the key to "pen-centered".
1, frontal division
The plane direction of the pen tip is roughly divided into eight directions, namely eight sides. Write with different faces instead of one or two.
2. Center pen
Any stroke in calligraphy begins with a "point", or "point", and the "point" formed by falling from the side is transformed into the center of the pen, which is the focus of the story.
Method 1: Turn the tube to the front (hold the pen in the paper plane).
Keep the position of the nib unchanged during peak shaving, and rotate the pen with your fingers to adjust the direction of the nib. Rotate the pen holder counterclockwise by "horizontal lifting" and rotate the pen holder clockwise by "vertical lifting", so that the pen belly and the line pen move in the same direction. "Si" painting doesn't have to be rotated. The facade used in this process is the same as that used in the painting. The advantages of this method are: convenient conversion and easy to master. The disadvantage is that the pen keeps turning, which affects the strength and speed of using the pen, and the brushwork is also single.
Take long horizontal painting as an example. When starting the pen, the A-face pauses to the lower right, making a point with the hypotenuse cut from the C-face, and keeping the position of the pen tip unchanged. Then, turn the pen holder counterclockwise to make the A-face to the right, and write with the center of the A-face.
Other strokes are written in the same way (omitted).
Simply put, after cutting the pen, hold it by the side and turn the pen in the direction you want to go. Abbreviation: point, belt and turn.
Method 2: Lift the pen and fold the front (put the pen on the paper).
After writing, gently lift the nib into place, keep the position of the nib unchanged, and then quickly "fold the nib" in the writing direction. "Horizontal" turns right, "vertical" turns right, "left" turns left and "four" turns right. So as to achieve the purpose of writing with different front-end centers. The advantages of this method are: strong pen power and fast conversion. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to grasp the degree of pen lifting, and it is easy to appear the phenomenon that the horizontal brush head is pointed out or falls off.
Take long horizontal painting as an example. When starting the pen, A pauses face down to the right, C cuts off the bevel edge to make a little bit, and the position of the pen tip remains unchanged. Then, the pen is slightly raised at the origin of stippling (without stippling), and then stops quickly, and then folds the pen to the right (H faces down), and H faces right and draws a stroke.
Other strokes are written in the same way (omitted).
Simply put, lift the pen so that the nib has no direction, and then fold the pen in the direction you want to go.
Method 3: Turn the wrist to adjust the front (paddling in the paper plane).
Using the flexible rotation of the wrist, the position of the pen tip is kept unchanged, and it is not necessary to push the pen tip outward (the pen holder turns to the chest) or inward (the pen holder turns to the opposite direction) in situ, so that the pen belly returns to the middle of the stroke, and the pen tip naturally changes to the center direction. The "horizontal, lifting" pen tip pushes outward (or upward), and the "vertical, skimming and pressing" pen tip pushes inward (or downward), thus achieving the purpose of writing with different front centers. The advantages of this method are: clean and powerful strokes and quick conversion. The disadvantage is that the initial part of the line pen is easy to form a side pen.
Take horizontal painting as an example. When starting a pen, pause with face A to the right, cut the hypotenuse with face C as a point, keep the position of the pen tip unchanged, and then push the pen tip outward (upper right) from the origin of stippling, so that the pen belly returns to the middle of the stroke, prompting the pen tip to move naturally to the right (face H), and stroke with face H to the right center.
Other strokes are written in the same way (omitted).
Simply put, keep the position of the front tip unchanged, draw a circle around the front tip according to the pen after lifting it for a short time, and turn it to the desired direction through wrist movement.
I recommend the latter two methods to calligraphers.
Method 4: Peak clipping method (the pen runs in the paper plane).
It means rubbing the pen tip up and down, left and right, back and forth. It means that the pen tip suddenly goes against the trend or the pen tip gently squeezes up or left to prepare for a quick pen rotation. That is to say, in the process of lifting the pen, the pen tip is flexibly moved up and down with the knuckles for horizontal painting, and the wrist is slightly twisted or twisted back and forth for vertical painting.
Method 5: Flip the pen and adjust the front (stroke on paper).
That is, let the tip of the pen turn directly from one side of the pen to the other.
Third, the general theory of pen and ink
Having said so much, I can't actually do it, so all the guests can only learn more about theory and practice. In a word, the "king" of brushwork is to use the pen in the center, with the edge as the supplement, the method of using the pen is positive and eight sides, and the means of adjusting the front is the key to learning (experts call it kung fu).
The layman said, misunderstanding is not strange.
The center needs to overcome two major difficulties.
First, overcome the depression on the pen side.
When the pressure of the nib is too high, the belly of the pen touches the paper and is dragged away by the pen holder, so it is difficult to make the stippling force penetrate the back of the paper and the wood. Therefore, when writing, the center should avoid lateral depression. The two schools of calligraphy have a * * * understanding of this.
But whether the pen tip must gather in the center of the stroke to write, the requirements of the two factions are different. Iron Blood, Dong Qichang: "Writing where you started is a word that will never be handed down." It means to lift the pen as much as possible and let the nib walk in the center of the stroke. Metallography, Bao: "When the pen cover is left, it is slightly pressed down, which means that the pen tip touches the paper backwards and there is no need to spread the paper." Obviously not the same as iron and blood. -The writing styles of the two schools are different, and the writing effect is also different. The writing effect of Tiexue Center is mostly "beautiful and vigorous", and the writing effect of Stele Center is mostly "boundless and vigorous". However, the ultimate goal of the two factions is the same, that is, not to let the pen edge hold back but also to penetrate the back of the paper.
Second, overcome the deviation when turning.
Why is there a deviation at the turning point? Just write a few words casually. I'm too lazy to talk about it if I don't know. Not a video explanation. ......
How to overcome this difficulty? There are four main methods:
1, split pen method.
In other words, a pen is divided into two pens. For example, horizontal folding and vertical folding, horizontal writing, broken pen, and vertical writing. Most of the regular scripts on the tablets of the Six Dynasties are like this, and Tang Kai occasionally has them. Many of Yu Youren's word turns are written separately, sometimes even with a tick.
2. Lifting method.
This method can be explained in one sentence: it is a quick writing method of dividing strokes, but the division is not obvious. This method requires a slightly flexible pen, which is very light to write. Running script and running script (especially running script before Tang dynasty) are used the most. Wang Xizhi's word is this method.
3, frustration method.
Don, this is easy to understand. Frustrated means, the ancients said, "Frustrated people, pick up a pen slightly after a meal to make the pen tip rotate and stay away from the meal ..." Leaving the meal means not breaking the pen, but the following "..." It means that I have omitted a lot of words, which means nothing more than that you can do whatever you want-whether it's turning, going straight or pecking! For example, Liu Gongquan's Chinese characters and rice characters all use this method, and Tang Kai will basically use this method in the future.