How to practice pen calligraphy well

The method of practicing running script with a pen is as follows:

Take advantage of the trend to write: running script is no longer like regular script, which requires going backwards and forwards, hiding the head and protecting the tail. Instead, the pen enters the front, the pen moves with the heart, and the pen follows the trend, or the pen is involved, or the front is picked. Never go back to the front. So many strokes have been changed. The following pages. Most of these strokes are exposed. The brush gesture is obviously smooth.

It also makes the running script more curved, and the strokes should not be too straight, which increases the sense of stippling and will not stagnate. These changes in brushwork naturally accelerated the speed of writing.

Echo of stippling: Because calligraphy and pen collection no longer return to the front, but mostly put forward the pen tip, it forms the hook of stippling, that is, the last pen ends and goes down with the trend, while the next pen naturally takes over, so that although stippling is disconnected, the pen is disconnected from the meaning, resulting in an obvious relationship of looking around and echoing. Obviously, these condescension and echoes make the font more vivid and interesting.

Leading strings: The ticking between the dots and the painting makes them expect an echo. Sometimes this echo is written as a hairspring through the pen tip, and two or more strokes are connected in one go, which makes the words appear coherent and unique. For example:

Generally speaking, the inherent strokes of each character are heavier, and the connection between the two paintings is lighter, but they can't jump completely, otherwise they will appear dull and dull. Binding effect is one of the main features of running script, but it should be used properly. Blindly implicated and entangled, when intermittent, but self-defeating, forming weakness, is the taboo of running script writing.

A calligrapher once said that "the effect of connection and disconnection is different, and it is easier to connect than to disconnect, so you should know when to disconnect". Therefore, it is another important feature of running script to separate the ribbon tied with thread from the echo of stippling to distinguish their different functions.

Abbreviations and ellipsis: As mentioned earlier, Lian can write two or more strokes together, which has actually simplified and accelerated the writing speed, but its original strokes have not decreased, only the strokes are related and do not exist alone. In the running script, it is even simpler, that is, the original stippling is simply merged to form a unique writing method in the running script. such as

Among them, the four vertical points in the middle and the four vertical points below the word "Wu" are replaced by a set of connected vertical strokes, which not only keeps the appearance of the original word but also simplifies it. The rest of the words are written in this way. Sometimes, for the convenience of calligraphy, when writing calligraphy, you can even change the original stroke order, such as:

The change of collection and interpretation: compared with regular and rigorous fonts such as regular script, official script and seal script, running script has the same characteristics as cursive script. That is, it can adjust its font and stroke shape at any time according to the needs of composition and the characteristics of a word. For example, the words in Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting Collection, such as:

You can restrain, indulge, bend, stretch and contract at will, so you can do it for a long time. For example, you can also flatten it. This is the characteristic that running scripts can be collected and released.

Avoid the circle by leaving the square: There are many circles in regular script, but there are many squares in the folded part. Even the writing with Zhao Meng's circle as the main part reveals the meaning of the square from time to time, which is undoubtedly necessary and increases the strength of the characters. Running script moves with the trend and changes endlessly. Fiona Fang is flexible and vivid. For example:

Therefore, notice the changes in Fiona Fang, and make it blend naturally, so that the effect of writing has both the rigidity of Fang Bi and the fluency and agility of a round pen. If you fold the square blindly, it will look stiff, while if you simply turn the circle, it will look vulgar, slippery and weak. In short, we should observe more in our study and think more in our creation.

Heavy pressure and light lifting: Some strokes in regular script, such as stopping writing and reversing writing, are no longer used or rarely used in running script, and more are carried out according to the trend. Where it is light and thin, you need to close the pen and lift it gently, a little faster. The heavy part needs to be pressed again, and the speed is a little slower. Of course, the alternation of stroke thickness should have a reasonable ups and downs process and be natural.