Einstein once said, "Interest is the best teacher". As long as you are interested in anything, you are half successful, and practicing calligraphy is no exception. First of all, we must establish an idea that it is not that others want to write well, but that I want to write well. If you are not interested for a while, then cultivate it slowly. If you want to write with so many benefits, you will have the desire to practice your handwriting well.
Second, understand the basic knowledge of learning hard pen calligraphy.
Before practicing writing, we should know some basic knowledge:
Spare tools: plain white paper, pen, ballpoint pen, blue-black or carbon ink, etc.
2. Pen-holding method: three fingers hold the pen, thumb and forefinger hold the pen, middle finger rests on the bottom of the pen, mainly thumb, forefinger and middle finger hold the pen, ring finger and little finger gently rest on the bottom of the middle finger, the place where three fingers hold the pen is about 1 inch away from the pen tip, and the pen is about 45 degrees away from the paper;
3, writing posture: sitting posture, head straight, body straight, arms open, feet safe.
Third, "reading, copying, presenting, reciting, meaning and using" is the only way to learn calligraphy.
"Reading" means reading posts. what are you reading? The method of writing, the method of writing, the appearance and overall composition of words, etc. , should grasp the characteristics of the post and the image characteristics of the text. Form a certain impression in your mind. I often read posts, and I often take them out when I have nothing to do.
"Imitation" means copying copybooks, that is, covering them with transparent white paper to describe them, which is what we usually call tracing red.
"Pro" means pro-posting, that is, putting the post aside and practicing according to the writing of the post while watching it. It's best not to look at pictures and write pictures, but to look at words and write whole words. Hui Renyun: "The book is easy to get the meaning written by the ancients, the book is easy to get the position of the ancients, the book is easy to enter, and the book is easy to forget. "Lintie is the most important and commonly used method to learn calligraphy. It can be said that learning calligraphy is temporary, and without temporary, there is no success of calligraphy. You should also compare your own words with the words on the post, compare the shape, length, size, pen, knot and appearance of the words, and see what is different. You can improve it next time.
"Back" means back. After a period of temporary writing, the words we learned to write will have some memories in our minds. We should try not to read the copybook and be able to memorize the beautiful words on it. If there is a certain degree of difficulty at first, it means that the kung fu of reciting the post is not at home, so we should continue to spend our time writing it carefully until we can recite it. Success is not far away unless you can face it.
"Meaning" is the process of meaning generation and re-creation. When you can face it, you should integrate your thoughts, understanding, interests and personality cultivation into the book, re-create, and finally go your own way to form your own calligraphy style, otherwise it looks like someone else's things, which the ancients called "book slaves."
"Use" means to apply it to our daily life, study and work after a period of study. If you write a word after practicing today, you will use it in your homework, writing letters and writing articles tomorrow. We should completely get rid of the bad writing habits before and write according to a new set of writing habits. If you just practice writing according to copybooks and write according to your original habits, you will never make progress.
Fourth, about learning hard pen calligraphy.
(a), to avoid seeing things differently, should be single-minded.
Changing one's mind, changing one's mind is the taboo of doing anything, and learning hard pen calligraphy is no exception. Many beginners of calligraphy, like "two kings" today, will come to Yan Zhenqing tomorrow and learn from Mi Fei and Su Dongpo in a few days ... It is not specific to change their minds and goals. This is the taboo of learning books, and it is also the fundamental reason why many learners often insist on practicing calligraphy, delay in making progress, and finally learn nothing. So be sure to choose a post you like, and then write honestly. It doesn't hurt to write other posts after learning eight points.
(2), avoid "one exposure and ten cold", you insist.
Wei, a master of calligraphy, told some friends who are beginners of calligraphy that practicing calligraphy is like catching a cold and having a fever. If you are interested, practice for a period of time, sometimes you don't write for ten days and a half months. Therefore, it is definitely not good to "fish for three days and dry the net for two days". You should practice for an hour or two every day without interruption. If you travel sometimes, you can also bring a post to read.
(3) Correctly understand the "plateau phenomenon".
The so-called plateau phenomenon is the phenomenon that I feel that my handwriting has improved. After practicing for a while, I feel no progress, but I feel worse than before. Some people are pessimistic and disappointed when they encounter this phenomenon. First of all, they feel sorry for themselves. Sometimes you just change jobs or stop practicing. You know, the reason for these phenomena is that your appreciation level has improved. As the saying goes, "the eye is superior but the eye is inferior", which is not retrogression, but progress. In this case, you can only continue to practice closely to make your kung fu reach the level of eye appreciation.