What if the handwriting is not good?

The traditional idea of learning calligraphy is to start from Tang Kai and practice Nanxia, Beibei, Han Li and Qin Zhuan on the basis of writing regular script in reverse time. Another idea is that starting from the immature characteristics of young people's hand muscles, we can start from Qin Zhuan, which has not changed much, and start from cursive script to regular script. These two concepts have their own reasons. However, I think the hard pen calligraphy we learn is fundamentally different from the brush calligraphy mentioned above, so we can't follow its practice methods, let alone be confused by the traditional concept of learning brush first and then hard pen. Hard pen is widely used now. If you can't write China's calligraphy well, you can still write well. There is no need to take a detour.

What font should I practice in hard pen writing? In my opinion, we should start from the characteristics of young people's hand muscle development and the characteristics of uniform strokes and less changes in hard pen calligraphy, and never ask for fonts with fast strokes and heavy changes. It is best to print in bold type. The beauty of this font mainly lies in its structure. We can master the structure of fonts by trying to figure out and analyzing bold characters. On this basis, we can choose our favorite fonts according to our own personality and hobbies and practice hard.

2. What should I practice when practicing calligraphy?

First of all, practice your eyes, that is, read the posts carefully. Huang Tingjian, a calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, said, "Not all ancient people learned to write by copying. They often hang ancient calligraphy works on the wall and watch them attentively until they are sure. " Ou Yangxun in the Tang Dynasty found the tablet written by Suo Jing in the Jin Dynasty and was reluctant to leave, so he sat down and read the tablet for three days. The more posts you read, the higher your eyesight will be, and you will know how to write. There is an idiom called "eyes are superior but eyes are inferior". I think: eye height is the premise of hand height. If you can't find beauty, you don't know what beauty is, let alone create it. Many students think that scribbling is the so-called running script, and the reason why ugliness is beautiful is because they "have low eyes and low hands."

Secondly, we should practice our brains or our hearts. On the basis of careful observation, we should keep well-written model figures firmly in mind and engrave their glyphs deeply in our minds. Whenever the word is mentioned, we can immediately guess the shape of the word on the copybook. Do it with confidence and words in your heart.

Third, we should practice our hands. Practice your eyes and brain to find out how to write words. You can think of the best effect of words in your mind, but you may not be able to write on your hand, because your brain may not be able to command your hand, and your hand may not be able to command your pen. Hand training is to achieve the consistency of heart and hand, as well as the consistency of handwriting, so hand training is also very important. Hand training mainly refers to strength, wrist strength and hand feeling. If you write for a long time, you will feel sore fingers and wrists, and your hands will not listen to you. If you exercise more, this phenomenon will disappear. Students who often help teachers copy questions on the blackboard and students who run blackboard newspapers often write quickly and well. This is how their finger strength and wrist strength are trained. We should also practice the sense of touch, let the brain command the hand, and feel that the pen has become a part and extension of the hand. Hands can easily command the pen, think fast, think slowly, think lightly, think heavily, and write the effect you want.

Fourth, practice the structure, because the key to practicing Chinese characters is to master the structure of Chinese characters. The structure of a word refers to the proportion of stroke length and the relationship between strokes. Xie Xiaodong sang in the song "China People": "The favorite character is the square character taught by Mr. Wang, and the square character should be like him ..." "Square character" summarizes the structural characteristics of Chinese characters. Mastering the structure of Chinese characters, I can write square and beautiful bold characters. I can also write Chinese characters in various fonts by slightly changing the strokes, such as Song Ti, Wei Ti, Kai Ti, Imitation Song Ti, Pang Ti, Sima Ti and Li Shu. If you can't master the structure of Chinese characters, no matter how to modify and beautify the strokes of Chinese characters, they are ugly and ugly. Therefore, mastering the structure of characters and writing bold characters well is the key and foundation to practice all fonts well.

Fifth, we should practice strokes. Many students have practiced calligraphy. Since they began to practice regular script, they have forgotten many writing rules and only remember pens. As a result, the written words are cumbersome, like ghost symbols. I suggest that we practice from bold type, grasp the font, and cancel using pens. Below I will introduce you to several common strokes and the common mistakes most students make when writing them:

1 o'clock direction, the pen is transported from the upper left to the lower right, and there is a pen transport process. Note that "points" are also long and cannot be rounded into points.

(2) write horizontally and equally from left to right. The key is to be "horizontal and vertical", not to be high and low, and not to be wavy. The length should be controlled according to the font of the square characters, not too short or too long.

(3) vertical pen, vertical pen from top to bottom. The key is "vertical to be straight", and it can't be skewed left and right, let alone written as a vertical hook. The length should be controlled according to the font of the square characters, not too short or too long.

(4) Left, from the top right to the bottom left, don't write points or horizontal left.

⑤ Folding: When writing a folding pen, the folding angle should be square, not round. Don't jerk the pen around the corner, write it as two obtuse angles away from the shoulder, but as a right angle.

The words written in this way, if written with a ballpoint pen, are small round artistic words similar to matchsticks; If written in pen, it is in standard bold type. Although the strokes are monotonous, they are still beautiful as long as the structure is accurate. Just as squatting is the basic skill of practicing martial arts, horizontal and vertical are also the basic skills of writing Chinese characters. The reason why many people can't write well is uneven and inaccurate structure. If the structure is wrong, no matter how rich the strokes are, you can't write good words.

3. The general steps of writing.

On the basis of practicing bold characters, mastering the structure of characters and practicing basic skills, you can choose your favorite font to practice. The process of choosing a font is called choosing a post. On the basis of selecting posts, it goes through five steps: reading posts, tracing posts, copying, recording posts and creating.

The first step is to read the post. We all know the pronunciation of the posted Chinese characters, so we don't need to read them again. Read what? Read the font, read the structure, read the strokes, and analyze the stroke characteristics of Chinese characters and the relationship between strokes. For example, when we read the bold word "zhong", we should read that a vertical line of the word "zhong" passes through the middle of the word "kou", and the horizontal length of the word "kou" is slightly flat. The long vertical line in the middle is divided into two equal-length sections by the lower horizontal line of the word "kou", and the upper horizontal line of the word "kou" is divided into two equal-length sections. This is an interpretation of glyphs and structures. Different fonts and strokes have different characteristics, and the changes of strokes in hard-pen calligraphy are not obvious, which is not easy for middle school students to master, so I won't say much here.

The second step is tracking. "Tracing" refers to tracing red, that is, beginners use blue pens to trace the printed red copybooks along the handwriting. "Imitation" refers to copying the post, that is, covering the model words with transparent paper and writing one by one along the shadow of the words on the paper, which is also called writing imitation.

The third step is posting. It means to put the copybook aside and watch the copybook written on the homework paper word by word. This method is helpful to master the brushwork and meaning of words, but it is not easy to master the structure of words.

The fourth step is to recite the post. Refers to the method of removing the copybook on the basis of copying, recalling the fonts on the copybook according to your own memory and writing them on the homework paper. This is a key step in practicing calligraphy. Only by carefully checking the written words and remembering them can you write accurately. When writing, if you can see the exact font of the Chinese characters to be written on white paper, so that "the words are on the paper and the words are in the chest", it is not a problem to write good words.

The fifth step is creation. On the basis of mastering the writing method of the words on the copybook, I learned the writing method of the words not on the copybook by analogy. According to the needs of their own expression, writing a paragraph with center, content and self-contained system is creation.

If you can write a word close to copybook in your daily study life, the purpose of practicing calligraphy for middle school students will be achieved.

4. Precautions for practicing calligraphy

Let me talk about some problems that should be paid attention to when practicing calligraphy:

The first problem is the choice of writing tools. "If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first get his tools. "Whether it is a pen or a ballpoint pen, you should choose a good pen with smooth writing and uniform line thickness. The ink is too weak to be recognized; The ink is too dark, giving people a sense of oppression. In the exam, it often affects the mood of the marking teacher and causes unnecessary loss of points, so the ink color of the handwriting is blue and black.

The second question: Pay attention to the posture and method of writing when practicing calligraphy. Since most middle school students use ballpoint pens now, I will take ballpoint pens as an example to talk about writing posture and writing methods. When writing with a ballpoint pen, you should sit in a sitting position, so that your head is straight, your body is straight, your arms are open and your feet are safe. Because the words written by ballpoint pen are very small, the activity of the pen tip should be in the area with the best visual effect. Generally, the right hand holds the pen, and the position of the pen should be slightly to the right. The eyes are about 30cm away from the paper, and the chest is about10cm away from the table. Stretch your arms naturally and lay your forearms flat on the table. Press the left and right sides of the penholder with the fingertips of thumb and forefinger respectively, the left side of the first joint of the middle finger is close to the lower part of the penholder, and the ring finger and the little finger naturally bend into a semi-clenched fist shape and then press against the middle finger, which plays a control role in the municipality directly under the central government. The distance between the thumb and the pen tip is about 4 cm. The pen holder leans against the tiger's mouth and forms an angle of 45-60 degrees with the paper. The smaller the word, the bigger the angle. If you write with a pen, you should also pay attention to the outer side of the pen tip and the inner side of the pen tongue, so that the middle seam of the pen tip touches the paper surface to ensure uniform water discharge and smooth lines.

The third question: when practicing calligraphy, you should be calm, from beginning to end, and you should not be impetuous and perfunctory. When you write, you should be meticulous, and every stroke should be true. When someone is practicing calligraphy, they like to doodle before the end. This kind of scribbling is a taboo for practicing calligraphy, which not only damages the life of the pen tip, but also makes the progress just made go up in smoke after a long time of practice.

Fourth question: Don't change fonts easily. Practicing calligraphy requires perseverance and perseverance, as well as solid basic skills. Practice calligraphy often, you can't fish for three days and dry the net for two days. Note: practice kung fu for one day, not ten days a day. On the basis of mastering the font structure, you can choose your favorite font and practice it constantly. Don't change the font easily. Because once you change the font, you have to practice from the beginning.

Fifth question: We should apply what we have learned and combine practice with writing. Some students write well when practicing writing, but they write blindly when doing homework. They can never practice writing well. Words you practice are usually used, so you should write as well as you do when you practice. Only by practicing and using one can we use it in middle schools and schools, and the combination of learning and using can we practice well.

Sixth question: Teachers in all subjects should pay close attention and cooperate closely. First, teachers should write standardized words. Secondly, students should be encouraged to practice. Students who scribble homework should be criticized, educated and corrected. It is not only the responsibility of Chinese teachers to urge students to practice calligraphy, but also the responsibility of every teacher.

5. There are three realms for practicing calligraphy.

Everyone has read Jin Yong's novel "the legendary swordsman", in which there is an incisive exposition about practicing sword: When beginners start practicing sword, they use their hands to make the sword, and sometimes the sword doesn't listen to him, even hurting themselves. After practicing for a period of time, fencing has reached a higher level. The highest state of fencing is the unity of heart and sword, and there is no sword and no self. All gestures are swords, all flying flowers and leaves are swords, and a thin embroidery needle can also resist the Three Musketeers. This kind of fencing can be said to have reached a superb level.

The same is true of writing. In the initial stage of practicing calligraphy, we will also make pens by hand. There is a process from never listening to hands to mastering, which can be further developed to the realm of pen and hand integration. At this time, when writing, I feel that the pen is a part of my hand, not writing with a pen, but writing by hand. As long as we practice hard, we can reach this level.

The second realm of calligraphy practice is to write with your heart, to integrate your heart with your pen, and to move your heart with your pen. What he wrote was what he thought. When he reached this level, his calligraphy level can be said to be a small achievement. All of us, including me, should work hard towards this goal.

The third realm of calligraphy practice is to learn from nature, and not to write without me. Many famous great calligraphers in ancient times were like this. For example, Wang Xizhi saw the posture of the white goose swimming in the water and realized the gesture of "floating goose hook"; Zhang Xu saw that the lantern-bearer was fighting for the road and Gong Sundaniang was dancing the sword, from which he realized the relationship between the struggle and interpenetration of structural stippling and the quickness and rhythm of using the pen, which greatly enriched his crazy brushwork. Huai Su watched the waves in Xia Yun, and realized the majestic cursive script and the trend of tumbling over the river; Yan Zhenqing understood the slowness and strength of using a pen by observing the loopholes in the house and drawing sand with an awl. This is the ideal state for us to practice calligraphy. When we reach this state, whether we have a pen or no pen, a soft pen or a hard pen, or even a dead branch or a broken broom, we can all write wonderful calligraphy works.

Let's write with our heart, not just by hand, and strive to move towards this ideal realm!

Let's talk about the fourth question first: how do I practice writing?

At first, I used a brush to read strict inscriptions. Later, I found a 99-day calligraphy book, which featured 99 representative Chinese characters and asked practitioners to practice one, remember one and learn one every day. After 99 days of practice, you can write 99 Chinese characters, and all other Chinese characters can be written. I found these Chinese characters from Bei, one every day, and practiced hard, and made obvious progress in less than a month.

Later, some students said that the facial makeup I wrote was "Yan", but it was very soft and weak, because I didn't do "middle pen" when I started writing, and I often dragged my pen. This classmate is a man with a high eye but a low hand. He found my mistake, but he couldn't help me correct it. I asked for advice in many ways, carefully observed other people's writing methods, and finally found this trick: it turns out that when others write, they often twist the pen, making the pen tip rotate with the sketch, and the pen tip is always in the middle of the stroke, thus realizing the "middle stroke."

Later, another classmate of mine said to me, "Your handwriting is very standard, but it is not beautiful when combined, mainly because of the wrong structure." If you want to master the structure of Chinese characters, you might as well learn to write bold characters with strokes like matchsticks. Only when the structure is right can it be beautiful. "Therefore, according to the eye-catching headlines of newspaper news, I dipped my brush in water and practiced on the floor. Soon I mastered bold characters and wrote slogans for some classes in big characters. I found that after learning bold, many fonts that I have never practiced can be written with a little practice of basic strokes. That's why I suggest students practice in bold today. 1993 I won the third prize in the painting and calligraphy competition organized by Shijiazhuang Municipal Education Commission. Now I often help my colleagues to publish posters and write big characters, which not only consolidates the effect of practicing calligraphy, but also improves the writing level, helps others and cultivates myself.

Above, we talked about the methods and precautions of practicing calligraphy. If you do as I say, I think you will make progress, because I have achieved good results by guiding students to practice calligraphy. Finally, I will talk about this problem.

As a Chinese teacher, we should not only write a good composition ourselves, but also guide students to write a good composition. In order to make students write well, I once asked students to write "one word a day". After practice, 98-year-old student Li Chao has reached the height of learning Pang Zhonghua's pen calligraphy, and Niu Kunpeng's pen calligraphy is rigorous and self-contained. I have also held many calligraphy lectures for students and organized many students to participate in calligraphy competitions. Hu Zhanxiong and Li Mo, students of Class 200 1, won prizes in the "Star of the Century" calligraphy competition. Now, I carry out the activity of evaluating "star-rated writing experts" among students, and the students are very enthusiastic about practicing calligraphy. Sun Ruijing, a three-star writing expert, not only writes neatly and clearly, but also writes at a speed of more than 50 words per minute.

Finally, I want to tell you that it is not difficult to write beautiful Chinese characters. As long as you practice writing with your heart, you will always succeed When you see dignified and beautiful Chinese characters flowing from your pen, when you see pages of neat and clear homework being born in your pen, when you see red checkmarks and "excellent" in the exercise book, don't you think writing Chinese characters well is also an artistic enjoyment? Let's walk into the art world of China's calligraphy, and splash ink with our heart!

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