How can I practice good calligraphy? This article has compiled methods for practicing calligraphy for reference!
How to practice good calligraphy
1. First, you must know the standards of good calligraphy. The standards I have summarized for good-looking characters are "three levels": balance, average, and parallel. The left and right sides of the calligraphy are balanced, the distance between the strokes is even, and there are many parallel relationships between the strokes. As long as you master these standards and practice carefully, you can perfect the calligraphy.
2. Secondly, you must know that copying is two words and two things. Lining means writing according to it, and copying means describing. Many friends like to buy copybooks with a very thin paper for tracing, or those with grooves. I can tell you for sure that no matter how much you trace, your writing will be ugly, because You practice passively, just like when you were a child and the teacher helped you collect and write, you can't learn anything at all. So it must come, and it must come in large numbers and at high density.
3. When writing a post, you should choose the right one. Don’t just write when you find a post, and don’t write all the posts. It’s best to practice word by word. We ordinary people still use lower regular script in our lives, so what I recommend to my students are ancient lower regular script copybooks. Why don’t I recommend modern fountain pen copybooks? Because, there is a saying: learning from the best is the best. We must learn from the best. The small regular script of the ancients is similar to our modern pen calligraphy. Therefore, there is also comparability. Recommended copybooks:
Wang Xizhi's "Le Yi Biography"
Zhong Shaojing's "Ling Fei Jing" ink version
Zhao Mengfu's "Tao Te Ching"
Zhao Mengfu's "The Biography of Ji An"
Zhiyong's "Thousand-Character Essay on True Grass"
Wen Zhengming's "Ten Records of the Cottage" The method of writing a good calligraphy
The accuracy of writing movements is crucial
Let’s talk about whether the writing movements are correct or not. Many people practice a lot, but have little effect. The reason is that the movements are not accurate. Daily practice is just repeating their old writing habits. We call this phenomenon "copying". Copying the words on the copybook It’s just words, this is not copying!
Learning calligraphy means copying. Copying means "copying like", copying likeness means "copying accurately", "like" means that your movements are accurate, keep seeking images, practice repeatedly, This is what Mr. Qi Gong calls "precisely familiar". In this way, your new writing habits will be established and your handwriting will be perfected! It's that simple!
The image means it is accurate, and the image means the new writing habits are done correctly! Therefore, I particularly recommend copying, including tracing red, which is indeed a very efficient method of learning calligraphy. There is nothing easier than this, nothing simpler than this!
Why can calligraphy be practiced well through daily calligraphy and self-cultivation classes?
Why can calligraphy be practiced well through daily calligraphy and self-cultivation classes? Our introductory course "21 Days of Daily Lessons on The Analects of Confucius" arranges two exercises every day, which are two parts of the "Daily Lessons Paper": one is copying of model characters, including copying and tracing. This is called copying. Combining; the second is copying the entire article, and the other is tracing the entire article.
When we do daily classes, we need to repeatedly practice a new writing habit in a very focused state. This is of course very efficient. I would say it is ten times more effective than ordinary practice. The effect of words is not exaggerated at all. You can feel it deeply after experiencing it once. When you reach a certain amount of practice, this new writing habit will be formed, and you will acquire good calligraphy inadvertently.