Before talking about hard-pen calligraphy practice and tips and methods on how to break through the bottleneck period, let’s first clarify the basic concept and connotation of the bottleneck period.
The so-called bottleneck period means that things encounter some difficulties (obstacles) in the process of change and development and enter a difficult period. If you cross it, you will reach a higher level; otherwise, you may stagnate.
People who are new to hard-pen calligraphy can correctly understand the bottleneck period, and can better adjust their mental state, change the way of learning hard-pen calligraphy, and overcome the difficulties and irritability caused by the bottleneck period. Therefore, meet various challenges in learning, be mentally prepared, and use correct learning methods to solve the confusion caused by the bottleneck period, so as to make further progress and make beginners learn hard-pen calligraphy gradually better.
1. To break the bottleneck period of learning hard-tipped calligraphy, it is necessary to establish a correct cognitive attitude toward scholarship.
Interest is the best teacher for learning hard-pen calligraphy. Maintain a strong interest in the learning process and establish a correct learning attitude. Only then can you realize the fun and confusion, peaks and troughs, good times and bottlenecks in hard-pen calligraphy practice, and understand these emotions. , are all normal changes in mentality when practicing hard-tipped calligraphy.
In the process of learning hard-pen calligraphy, there will be different writing states at different stages of writing practice. It is important to understand this. Only by understanding the characteristics of each node of practice can we adjust the methods, methods, form and content of writing exercises in a timely manner during practice, and better understand and learn the brushwork, structure, composition and ink techniques of hard-tipped calligraphy, thus making it easier to Break through bottlenecks and get out of trouble. While learning the methods and experiences of hard-pen calligraphy, I have continuously accumulated progress and climbed to a good state of writing hard-pen calligraphy.
Second, to overcome the bottleneck period, it is necessary to change the way and method of practicing calligraphy in the learning of hard-pen calligraphy.
Learn calligraphy and practice it continuously. Only when you accumulate a certain amount of repeated practice can you master the shape and meaning of the calligraphy. Only when you are proficient in copywriting to the extent that you can memorize it can you accurately copy and apply writing in your daily work and study. However, when it reaches a certain level, there is another situation where it often stops and we don’t know how to go back. In fact, this is the bottleneck period for learning hard-tipped calligraphy.
At this time, if you want to improve the effect of hard-pen calligraphy learning and break through the bottleneck period, the method is very similar to the training of sports events. How to improve performance in sports?
1. Work hard at ordinary times. In normal times, athletes need to repeat a lot of physical and technical training to increase muscle memory. Through their own efforts, they can improve their sports skills. This skill is a subconscious and extraordinary sports mechanism.
2. Act on the spot. Accumulate your own psychological energy, that is, your endurance, improve your self-confidence, use it to the fullest on the spot, and bring out your daily training potential. Learning hard-pen calligraphy also requires daily practice to accumulate the coordination of hands, eyes, and heart. Often mechanical exercises mobilize the subconscious mind of the brain and form subconscious habits, thereby eliminating current troubles and solving the bottleneck period of stagnation. Some stumbling blocks.
In hard-pen calligraphy learning, it is not terrible to encounter a bottleneck period. However, the practice and creation of hard-pen calligraphy at the beginning will also create insurmountable bottlenecks at a certain period of time, causing confusion and difficulties for our friends who learn hard-pen calligraphy, and giving rise to the idea of being tired of learning or giving up. Such encounters may come. very scary. Because many people encounter a bottleneck in learning hard-pen calligraphy. They don’t know how to adjust the practice methods for learning hard-pen calligraphy or during the creation process. They cannot solve the difficulties caused by the bottleneck period and give up learning hard-pen calligraphy. At this time, if you change your mind, change the style of your practice calligraphy, and change the practice text, you can have a fresh feeling.
Third, to break through the bottleneck period, you need to maintain a normal mind when approaching the calligraphy, and at the same time study all aspects of hard-tipped calligraphy seriously.
When learning hard-pen calligraphy encounters a bottleneck period, you still need to work diligently and persist in practicing. At the same time, you also need to calm down, adjust your mentality, think rationally, maintain a normal mind, and learn from theoretical sources to guide the practice and creation of hard-pen calligraphy to break through the difficulties. .
Although there is only one way to learn hard-pen calligraphy, copywriting is the only way. However, when posting with a normal mind, you can lower your attitude and come up with many specific methods instead of blindly following the trend of posting. Many friends who are new to hard-tipped calligraphy practice copywriting at home. Generally speaking, copying is the best method for beginners to learn calligraphy. However, it is easy to be confused by boring exercises, resulting in a tired and impetuous mentality. Being too eager for success will only make progress. Smaller, even stagnant.
Learning hard-pen calligraphy is a very long process, so don’t be impatient. Learn to adjust your mentality and relax yourself. Being impatient is also a required course for self-cultivation. Especially for teenagers, when the mind is not calm, they are prone to relax, which leads to poor effect and dissimilarity in form and spirit.
The study of hard-pen calligraphy continues to stand out from the practical level and has a place in the big family of Art Baiyuan. Therefore, beginners should communicate and learn more from hard-pen calligraphy professionals. To understand the art of hard-pen calligraphy, especially when you encounter the bottleneck period of hard-pen calligraphy, you need to understand the specific characteristics such as form and content, and be diligent in thinking and practicing the brushwork, structure, and composition of hard-pen calligraphy. From quantitative changes to qualitative changes, you will naturally be able to make breakthroughs. bottleneck.
To sum up, if you encounter a bottleneck in learning hard-tipped calligraphy, on the basis of the above methods, you must actively work hard to adjust your mentality. In terms of technique, the focus of practice should be shifted again and the practice of basic strokes and brushwork should be strengthened. In terms of theoretical cognition, we can enhance our understanding of the structure of calligraphy and the similarities and differences between regular script and running script, break the bottlenecks faced by hard-pen calligraphy better and faster, get rid of learning difficulties, and successfully find a way to learn hard-pen calligraphy. Enter the art garden and grow happily.
