Some classmates left messages online asking me that because they didn’t pay attention to practicing calligraphy when they were in school, their handwriting is now quite ugly. Although I can recognize what is written, I really can’t do it. I have already graduated from college. This is a big obstacle. I have also practiced but I can’t stick to it. How should I practice? How long is a good time to practice in a day?
15 Calligraphy Practice Network believes that calligraphy practice is an exercise of thinking activities and sensory organs. It is a special skill formed by using the eyes, brain, and hands together. You will never go to a meeting, rely on others to guide you or explore on your own; from meeting to becoming familiar with it, Must go through repeated writing training. Under the guidance of scientific practice methods and gradual improvement through repeated writing training, it is the road to success in learning to write.
Let’s talk about calligraphy training methods for adults:
1. Consciously summarize the rules or methods of writing, such as understanding the structure of fonts, how to write strokes coherently and quickly, etc. You need to summarize more by yourself!
2. Choose to buy some targeted calligraphy practice copybooks that can improve your own practice, such as targeted calligraphy practice copybooks for children, and targeted calligraphy practice copybooks for primary school students to practice. If you write words that you think you can write If it doesn't work, you can first practice with hard-pen regular script calligraphy books, and then practice with complex cursive calligraphy practice calligraphy books. Therefore, we should practice calligraphy step by step, and we cannot become a master all at once. Just like a child walks slowly first. You can't run until you start learning to walk. This can also be considered as the basic skill to master when writing!
3. Read the copybook often, carry it with you, and try to figure it out when nothing happens. If you only look at it when you are writing, and the ink will dry if the pen or brush is left in the air for a long time, you will feel cramped and unable to observe carefully. Next, you need to be confident when writing. It is a big taboo to always look at each stroke and write one after another. It is a big taboo to write blindly at a glance, which is called "copying". Neither of these will work. Huang Tingjian said that he can only start writing if he can see the word reappearing in front of his eyes when he closes his eyes. If you don’t have that much time, you can first read one stroke and then write one word, and the second time, read one word and write one word. Gradually practice until you can read one line and write one line, and the stroke structure of the words is memorized in your mind. When I was practicing calligraphy, I found it really difficult to do this. I was always dishonest and impatient, and I wasted a lot of time on this. You must not imitate me, take your time, learn one word a day, which is 360 words a year. There are ten characters. Although there are many Chinese characters, there are many similarities in structure and radicals. Gradually, you can draw inferences about other cases.
Therefore, it is not important how long you practice in a day. What is important is whether you have people who practice calligraphy seriously and master the essence of calligraphy skills and methods. Persistence every day is not important. Persistence in practicing one word every day is not important. Words, this energy is very scary.
