1. Select a post
Calligraphy is an art science, and we can't learn from the experience of our predecessors. There is a big difference between having this reference and not having this reference. There are literary fields here, and there are high and low points. Being able to write does not mean mastering the art of calligraphy. Only by mastering the techniques and knowledge of calligraphy skillfully can we improve writing from general practicality to calligraphy art creation based on appreciation. Mastering calligraphy techniques has a process from unfamiliarity to proficiency, and from low level to high level.
To learn calligraphy, we should inherit the experience of our predecessors. First of all, we should choose a template for temporary writing, that is, selecting posts. Choosing a post is to worship the ancients as teachers.
The high achievements of China's outstanding calligraphers in past dynasties were also developed on the basis of learning the calligraphy art of predecessors. Through long-term practice, they formed their own set of rules in writing, created their own unique style, and were loved by people, making their works immortal and becoming a model for future generations to learn calligraphy. Post-scholars have mastered their own writing rules, laid a good foundation for forming their own artistic style, and only when they engage in calligraphy can they enter the room.
Therefore, it is very important to choose posts. If you choose a good position, you must learn to be respectful and vivid. This is called "entering the post". Some people are afraid that they can't jump out after learning the image, but there is no need to doubt it. As Ni Sumen said in "On Calligraphy" in the Ming Dynasty: "We must take the ancient masters as the patriarch, have a certain family background, keep a firm foothold, immerse ourselves in it day and night, and make sure that the pen is as simple as a pen, so that people know that it is such a small group, even if they praise me and slander me, I will not be moved." If you chop and change, it will affect the practice of basic skills. When you really master the rules of calligraphy, every word is really "such a small group". At that time, your basic skills will have a certain foundation, and you will also have some understanding and research on the structure and brushwork of calligraphy. Through practice, on the basis of improving the understanding of calligraphy art, we can find more books and posts, study them temporarily, know our own advantages and disadvantages, and improve other literary qualities. Through constant practice and exploration, we can form our own artistic style, which is "paste". This is a lifelong pursuit.
2. Posture and writing
When you start practicing calligraphy and writing, you should pay attention to the correct posture and form good habits. Whether the writing posture is correct is not only closely related to writing well, but also affects people's health. Many people's low back pain and cervical vision diseases are caused by not paying attention to their standing posture and sitting posture. Writing depends not only on the movement of fingers and wrists, but also on the whole body, especially the waist, when writing big characters. "Mrs. Wei's Pen Map" said: "I will send it as soon as I write." Every point of great figure painting involves the functions of fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, waist and various parts of the body. Therefore, the correct posture can make these parts work closely together, make the brush smooth, write flexible and clumsy strokes, and ensure the position of words and the verticality of lines. If you get into the habit of writing with your head tilted, the words you write will be out of place, a word will be out of place, and a line will not be straight, then a work will not be satisfactory. If you press your chest tightly on the table while sitting and writing, it will hinder your breathing, which will affect your health in the long run.
Step 3 paint
The charm and emotional appeal of calligraphy works are mainly expressed by brushwork, structure and composition, which is the main technique of calligraphy creation.
The brushwork is the method of using a pen, also known as using a pen or lifting a pen, which refers to how the pen runs on paper and writes stippling.
Structure is also called shelf or knot, which is the collocation of stippling.
What is the relationship between brushwork and structure? Do you want to learn brushwork or structure first? The ancients believed that calligraphy was based on brushwork. For example, Wang Xizhi's "On Gestures" said that "Fu's calligraphy is not correct, so you need to use a pen first." Zhang Tang said, "The first thing to write is to use a pen.". Yuan Zhao Mengfu said, "Writing is the first thing to learn".
In modern times, it is not unreasonable for Mr. Qi Gong to advocate that calligraphy should put structure first. Just like a building, whether it is square or round, whether it is a balcony palace or a temple church, the structure must be built first. With the roof truss, the basic outline will come out, and with the decoration, it will become various buildings. The flying structure of calligraphy is like the skeleton of a building, and the brushwork is like the decoration in a building. It seems that structure is more important. But in fact, structure and brushwork are difficult to separate, and there is no one who can't write calligraphy. Font structure restricts brushwork, and seal script, official script, regular script, running script and cursive script have their own characteristics. At the same time, the brush strokes make the structure have various postures and beautify various forms of the structure.
In order, let's say that the structure is of great significance. If the structure is unbalanced, the brushwork is difficult to remedy. Of course, if we don't pay attention to brushwork, we will lose the beauty of calligraphy. Therefore, we should not only pay attention to structure, but also pay great attention to brushwork.
4. Font structure
The structure of Chinese characters consists of strokes such as dot, horizontal, vertical, apostrophe, apostrophe and hook, plus grid and fold. Dot painting is combined into a word called a shelf and a knot. The length, thickness and density of stippling can be changed, but this change has its laws and aesthetic requirements.
The structure of some style features depends on the corresponding pen skills. This is the truth that "every point becomes a rule of one word, and one word is the final rule" in Sun Shu Pu in the Tang Dynasty. The reason why the brushwork can determine the structure is because the brushwork is at work. The so-called "gesture" mainly refers to the movement and direction produced in the process of painting operation. Calligraphy is an art of coexistence of space and temporality, and its temporality determines that stippling writing cannot be repeated. After each stroke falls, there is a motion inertia, that is, a gesture, which determines that the next stroke must follow the previous stroke, and the structure comes out from this. Different strokes produce different knots. In addition, the use of techniques such as lifting the pen and pressing the pen not only adjusts the brushwork, but also makes the brushwork more complex and changeable, endless and the structure more vivid and changeable.
issue
After selecting posts, you should submit them. The purpose of submission is to practice the basic skills of writing and experience and master the pen, structure, posture and charm of the model. There are two kinds of stickers: copy and temporary. Copying is to cover the paper on the copybook, hook it, then frame it and point it at the copybook.
Kang Youwei once said: "Learning a book must be imitated first, and the ancients cannot be complacent. So if you want to post, you must imitate it hundreds of times first, so that you can transfer everything before posting. " Therefore, whether you fill in the outline or draw red in the shadow, it is to master the brushwork and charm of the ancients and exercise basic skills. Therefore, when checking, we should observe and study the characters used in model calligraphy and painting, and understand the characteristics of starting, turning and receiving pens, as well as their style charm. If it is an ink book, we should also study the dry and dark changes of ink color, which is the performance of pen-ink conversion, from which we can study ancient calligraphy and painting. In order to consolidate the memory, some long templates, such as the pagoda in Yan Zhenqing, the Jiucheng Palace in Ou Yangxun, the mysterious pagoda of Liu Gongquan, the Danba Imperial Monument in Zhao Mengfu, etc. , can be segmented copy, repeat. First of all, we should be familiar with and master a few brushwork, structure and charm, and then from less to more, so as to make the whole article smooth. Only through strict training can we master the brushwork, structure and brushwork of the model and form the habit of not scribbling every word. Therefore, in the beginning, instead of doodling for speed, it is better to slow down, otherwise haste makes waste. In addition, now learners often skip the copying stage and enter the temporary stage, and some even come without overlapping, which seems to be fast, the actual effect is not good, and even the interest in learning books is abandoned because of the slow progress. Only step by step can kung fu be solid.
6. Layout format
Chapter layout belongs to the category of calligraphy art creation, which is called "business position" in painting.
The writing content of a work is rich and simple, with few words, which embodies different emotions and styles. How to better reflect the writer's thoughts and feelings through the artistic treatment of the size, density and retraction of the whole word, with a high degree of change and unified formal beauty, and the harmonious combination of the two is the problem to be solved in the layout design of calligraphy works.