Where should I start learning to write?
Answer: You must first choose your ideal copybook, and also consider whether it is similar to the glyphs you write. After you have selected it, read it several times to analyze the key points of the glyphs and the rules of the structure. This is called "the intention lies in the words first", and then use transparent white paper to trace first, then copy, and memorize the key parts of each word.
The specific steps are described below:
Writing posture and pen holding
(1) Sit upright, with shoulders flat and back straight. Your body and head should not be tilted, let alone lowered; your eyes should be about one foot from the table, and your chest should be about three inches from the edge of the table.
(2) Hold the pen upright, and the pen tip should be straight forward. Do not tilt it inwards (as long as the palm of your hand is flat, the pen tip will naturally move forward); the tip of the index finger should be about an inch away from the pen tip. If you hold the pen incorrectly or the tip of the pen is tilted inwards, you will not be able to write smoothly, you will not be able to write horizontally, you will not be able to write well, and you will not be able to write smoothly. You may even have to move your right hand every time you write a stroke. At the same time, the written lines have no spine and no rhythm, and the glyphs cannot be said to be relaxed and generous.
(3) The inclination of the pen barrel. To write large characters, hold the pen upwards, and the inclination of the pen barrel should be slightly larger. To write small characters, hold the pen downwards, and the inclination of the pen barrel should be slightly smaller. The general slope should be at the index finger joint. If it exceeds this position, the strokes written will be either rigid or dull. If the inclination of the pen barrel is inappropriate, the pen speed will be limited, and it will be impossible to write elegant and charming glyphs, so the "tiger's mouth" should not be tilted.
(4) Hold the pen lightly so that you can move the pen freely; if you hold the pen too tightly, your writing will not be broad and generous.
According to what I saw during lectures in middle schools, in a class of fifty students, forty-five people held their pens incorrectly or their pen tip was tilted inward. This is also the case in universities. It is for this reason that the characters written by these students are not hooked properly. It looks like a hook, but the 捺 does not look like a 捺. The strokes are all flat and piled up. As mentioned before, the quality of writing is absolutely related to posture and pen holding. Just like a carpenter sawing wood, if your posture and holding the saw are not correct, no matter how straight the "line" is, you will saw it crookedly. This is the same as writing good calligraphy.
Write according to the steps
Start by learning the basic strokes of regular script, namely dot, horizontal, vertical, left, hold, lift, hook, and fold.
A character is like a machine. Practicing the basic strokes is like processing the "parts"; practicing the radicals is like starting the "assembly"; practicing the entire glyph is like entering the "final assembly". That is to say, learn "decomposition" first, and then learn "coherence". Therefore, regular script is the foundation, and basic strokes are the foundation of the foundation.
When practicing basic strokes, practice them in categories. For example, when practicing writing "丶", you should practice 丶,丿,丶,丨, etc. separately, and then write "continuous" and combine them.
The general rules are as follows: when practicing regular script, you should first practice basic strokes; then practice the order of strokes; thirdly, practice radicals; fourthly, practice glyph structure; fifthly, practice branch layout.
If you want to write vividly, you have to pay attention to the movement of lines and the response of strokes. There are echoes between strokes, and the beginning and end of sentences also pay attention to echoes. This writing method is to avoid mechanical and stacking phenomena. We often mention that "the pen is broken but the meaning is connected", which makes the movement between the stipples and paintings coherent. This movement is like the movement of a child reaching out to call his mother, and the mother reaching out to pick up the child. "Shu Raf" says: Starting the pen is a call, and closing the pen is a commitment. On the contrary, if you finish one stroke and then think about the next one, interrupting the potential energy between the pens, that is what the "Sequel Book of Books" criticizes: "The shape is written in pictures, but it cannot contain it. It is all fragmented and incoherent, and the result is mostly beads. , of course the glyph cannot survive."
Therefore, in order to make the writing lively, interesting and attractive, the word echo cannot be ignored.
