In the process of practicing calligraphy, just like building a house, you must lay a good foundation. The strokes are the building materials, and the frame structure is the steel structure and structural design of the house. The quality of the character's frame structure directly affects its beauty and temperament.
Introduction to regular script: Tips on the structure of pen calligraphy and strokes
The structure of a single character is difficult to master. You need to pay attention to the overall beauty of the entire character and the distinction between main and secondary strokes.
First, let’s take a look at a few issues that need attention!
Horizontal and vertical paintings are the "skeleton" that supports a character. They appear most frequently in the structure of Chinese characters and are the key to writing regular script well. When writing, keep it horizontally and vertically, so that the font will be straight and the center of gravity will be stable.
Introduction to regular script: Tips on the structure of pen calligraphy and strokes
Neat, orderly, and even density of strokes are the basic rules that regulate the structure of regular Chinese characters. If there are more than two horizontal or vertical strokes in a word, the strokes should be kept basically parallel and the distance should be basically equal to give people a neat and orderly feeling.
Introduction to regular script: Tips on the structure of pen calligraphy and strokes
The strokes and strokes of Chinese characters are like human limbs. If they are stretched, symmetrical, and light and heavy, the characters will be beautiful.
Introduction to regular script: Tips on the structure of pen calligraphy and strokes
In single-body characters, there is often one stroke that is the main stroke, and the center of gravity of the character is reflected in this stroke. When writing, pay attention to making the main strokes more extended and thicker, and the secondary strokes smaller and thinner. Once the main writer is qualified, the center of gravity of the words will be easy to stabilize. For example, the main stroke of "Tu" is the long horizontal stroke below; the main stroke of "Feng" is the vertical one in the middle; the main stroke of "Zuo" is the long stroke; the main stroke of "Zhi" is the last stroke; the main stroke of "水" is Vertical hook; the main character of "I" is a diagonal hook; the main character of "ER" is a vertical hook.
Introduction to regular script: Tips on the structure of pen calligraphy and strokes
Standard Chinese regular script strokes, although they are independent and have clear starting and ending strokes, the previous stroke and the next stroke are still invisibly connected by the meaning of the strokes. When writing, the strokes are connected with each other, the strokes are connected continuously, and the strokes echo back and forth, so that the words are vivid and beautiful.
Introduction to regular script: Tips on the structure of pen calligraphy and strokes
Chinese characters are derived from pictograms, and some of the current simplified characters still retain traces of pictograms, which constitutes the diversity of Chinese character shapes. This is an important feature of the beautiful form of Chinese calligraphy. Character shapes vary from "flat square" to "square" to "rectangular", etc. Do not artificially change the shape when writing.
