About the choice and attention to the pen in calligraphy

Tips for choosing a pen.

Anyone who is involved in calligraphy knows that it is very important to have a few handy brushes. When we choose a pen, it is natural to choose a pen with the "four virtues" (see note), but in fact, the pen taken out of the counter, the bristles are united with glue, so we can only check the "tip" and "circle" of the pen, as for the "Qi" and "Jian", only after the pen is opened, it can be checked. We can first see whether the tip of the pen is sharp, because the glued pen is pointed, at this time we can't choose too sharp, because too sharp and thin may be the result of a few sharp glue, indicating that the edge of the pen is not enough.

We should slowly turn the barrel and carefully check whether the periphery of the pen is from the root to the tip, and whether the tip of the pen is condensed by each pen. Of course, we can't choose a brush with a bald pen, if the new pen is already very bald, and when the pen opens, it will be a bald pen. When we turn the barrel, we should check whether the perimeter of the pen is complete, whether there are defects or concave abdomen.

In addition, it is necessary to carefully check whether the pen is thin and straight. If the bristles of the pen are bent and bent, and very rough, it means that the pen is not good, after the pen is opened, the pen will be bent and staggered, the pen tip can not be straight, the pen waist will bulge outward, commonly known as "big belly", the writing is not elastic, not strong enough. The pen of a good pen is straight, and the pen is strong.

We had better go to the stationery (brush) store, because the store can often let us open the brush, the pen with the fingers to pinch the pen, so that the tip of the pen is flat like an oil brush, then you can clearly see whether the length of the brush is consistent, a good pen should be flush and uniform, when writing together, the stroke is complete, up and down freely. Poor pen bristles are often uneven, and when writing, there are often pen hairs exposed outside the strokes at the turn or edge, and the ancients called it "thief". In addition, we can still test whether the pen barrel is round, you can roll the selected pen on the glass counter, if it rolls very round and even, it means that the pen barrel is round and straight, if the pen is rolling rhythmically waves, it means that the pen barrel is not round and straight.

This pen is not flexible enough to move the pen in the direction of the pen.

Four virtues: The ancients had very high requirements for brushes, which must meet the four standards of "sharp", "round", "qi" and "healthy", which is called the "four virtues" of the pen. Sharp, refers to the tip of the pen to be sharp, that is, the pen should be sharp when it is condensed together.

Round, refers to the pen around the distant strong full, into a cone, not on a certain arc surface defects or grooves, otherwise, when writing to this side, the stroke will appear missing corners, not perfect. Qi, refers to the pen after the opening, the length of the pen should be consistent inside and outside. Healthy, the pen should be elastic, and the pen is strong.

The pen is pressed down, and the pen is spread out; When the pen is lifted, the pen naturally returns to a condensed state. The poor pen cannot be gathered after pressing, indicating that there are many miscellaneous hairs and the pen is not healthy.

Write the traditional two kings style and the Song Dynasty Mi Fu, the Ming Dynasty Wen Zhengming and other styles of works, especially small characters, at the beginning of the learning of the wolf hao is more suitable, the writing is refreshing and cheerful, and the sharp is clear, the spirit is awake, it is easier to grasp the original spirit, and the writing since the Qing Dynasty such as Kang Youwei style, it is appropriate to Yang Hao, especially the long front Yang Hao, these are not absolute, but also depends on the habits and abilities of each person.

Hard pen calligraphy or brush calligraphy.

There are eighteen in total:

1. The pen, also known as the pen, is the law of the beginning and end of the pen from the beginning and end of writing various dots.

2. Start the pen, referring to the beginning of the stroke. The method of starting the pen has a straight front (out of the front) and a reverse front (Tibetan front).

3. The line of pen refers to the action of running the pen on the paper, exchanging ups and downs, and constantly pressing.

4. Closing the pen refers to how to close the pen at the end of a drawing. There are ways to collect the pen from the front (Lu Feng) and back to the front (Tibetan Feng).

5. Press the pen, that is, press the pen to make it hit the paper strongly, which can make the stroke lines thicker and heavier. The light press is called "squat", the heavy press is called "pause", and the turn of the front after a pause is called "frustration".

6. Lifting the pen is to lift the pen slightly in order to make the stroke lines slightly thinner or sharper.

7. Shunfeng, that is, the pen stroke falls into the paper along the direction of the stroke.

8. Reverse front, that is, when the pen is put down or closed, the stroke is taken in the opposite direction of the stroke.

9. Turning the front refers to the pen turning in an arc at the turn and writing the stroke form without edges and corners, that is, the so-called "turning to form a circle".

10. Folding the front, refers to the pen cutting edge at the turn of the moment, and then turning with a broken line to write an angular dot painting, that is, the so-called "folding into a square".

11. Returning to the front, that is, at the end of the pen, the pen is reversed in the original place or reversed after the turn.

12. Out of the front, that is, the end of the pen, the pen is high off the paper, and the front is out of the stroke.

13. Zang Feng, refers to the pen when the pen is lowered and the pen is closed, the pen is hidden in the stroke, so that the edge is not exposed, so that the two ends of the stroke are subtle and powerful. Start the pen and hide the front with the reverse front, and close the pen with the back front.

14. Lu Feng is the pen blade revealed in the dot painting, the pen Lu Feng is used to follow the front, and the pen is used to show the front.

15. Lateral front, refers to the edge of the tip of the pen is not on the side of the dot painting, so it is also called the edge.

16. The center, in the line of the pen, after the pen is spread out, the edge of the tip of the pen runs in the middle of the stroke, so it is also called the front. This is the most basic method of moving the pen in calligraphy.

17. The square pen refers to the square edges and corners of the pen and the pen.

18. The round pen refers to the turning point of the pen, the pen and the folding of the pen to show a round shape.

1. Penmanship is the method of using a brush.

2. The first kind of brushwork is the horizontal scale vertical strangulation method, which is mostly used in seal script and regular script, which is to write the action of auspicious painting like scraping fish scales, and the action of writing vertical painting is like Le Ma.

3. The second is to mention the press method, and the press method is the core penmanship in the penmanship, making full use of the elasticity of the brush hair, and writing a colorful and varied Chinese character stroke.

4. The third type of brushwork is the transition method, which is mainly used to write the place where the stroke turns. The transfer method is used for the writing of seal script arc painting, and is more reflected in the writing process of cursive calligraphy.

What does penmanship mean in calligraphy is introduced below:

The so-called "brushwork" refers to the method of using the pen, including the correct way to hold the pen and move the pen, especially the various artistic skills and techniques, only skillfully Bi Yuan mastered the fine brushwork, in order to truly convey the unique style, temperament and taste of the calligrapher. The so-called "brushwork" is the expression and externalization of the calligrapher's spiritual temperament, that is, the calligrapher's style and taste expressed through the operation of strokes. Therefore, the art of calligraphy is precisely the embodiment of the brushwork in the brushwork, and the abstraction in the figurative.

Broadly speaking, calligraphy refers to the rules of writing text symbols. In other words, calligraphy refers to the writing of words in accordance with their characteristics and meanings, with their calligraphy, hand, smile, structure and chapters, so as to make them aesthetically pleasing works of art. Chinese calligraphy is an original expressive art of the Han nationality and is known as:

Poetry without words, dance without lines; Painting without pictures, music without sound, etc.

The penmanship in calligraphy includes starting the pen, hiding the front, side pen, belt pen, turning the pen, hitting the pen, holding the pen, knotting the pen, etc.

1. Start writing. The author does not go down, lift in the abdomen, do not make the pen exposed, start and stop to take the momentum, so that it does not lose its knots. The starting pen is different from the next stroke, from the middle of the stroke to push up, do not show the stroke, the beginning and end to consider the structure. Such as the two short horizontal of the word.

2. Zang Feng. The one who hides the front is big, and the hidden front rises in the abdomen. Big, there is a rough meaning: or Zang Feng's action is large, from the middle of the stroke into the pen.

3. Side pen. The side writer is lacking, and it is not suitable to draw thin and tight. The flanks are weak, but they can't be too thin with the center. The side is used for the pen, and the center is used for the line of the pen: the vertical painting is horizontally raised, and the horizontal painting is vertical: the first eight strokes are deleted from the front, and the center side must be used when turning the eight lines of the pen.

4. Bring a pen. With a pen is the connection of strokes. Such as the purpose of the word one horizontal and two horizontal. Take the author as much as possible, do not take credit also, bring is to turn into the like, dress the body, the word is fresh and clean, the momentum of the pen, the law has a light and heavy. For its sake and reverse, the pen is drawn.

5. Turn over the pen. The flipping pen is urgent, and it is not appropriate to have a long waist and short items. Turning the pen is used in the front, fast and fast, can not be written long waist short items. For example, the two vertical heads of the forest character are used to turn the pen.

6. Write a pen. Playing wide and narrow, wide is said to be fast and healthy, and it should not be too late to repair it. The pen is written vertically with the direction of the pen and the pen is quickly put down, and then the pen is slightly thinner, not slow and do not repair. Such as the vertical head of the few words, and the vertical head next to the word Chang.

8. Finish the pen. Gradually, it must be the same, and it is interesting to see the reason. Knot, there is the meaning of restraint. Pinch is aggregation. The pen is put back slightly, and the tip of the pen is as sharp as before the pen is spread: like a bamboo character, and the right side is horizontal.

The most important brushstrokes of calligraphy are the starting of the pen, the line of the pen, the closing of the pen, the lifting of the pen, the press, the turn of the pen, the folding of the pen, the center, the side, the Tibetan front, and the open front.

Calligraphy is based on the use of the pen, and the stippling form of calligraphy is directly generated by the use of the pen, and learning to use the pen is equivalent to mastering the key to calligraphy.

Initiating, moving, and closing refers to the whole process of writing a stippling pen movement. Writing any dot drawing has to go through three stages: starting the pen, writing the pen, and closing the pen. The pen should be "reversed", that is, the reverse front of the pen, the right first left, and the first down.

Even when writing dot paintings, you have to take the pen against the trend.

Like a long jump to advance and retreat, like boxing to stretch and shrink. The pen should be "astringent", that is, the writer artificially creates a force that hinders the operation of the pen, and at the same time must overcome this force and move forward. If the front floats on the paper, the pen passes, the ink does not enter the paper, dot painting to learn calligraphy, in addition to mastering the correct pen posture, sitting posture, wrist movement of the basic skills, is far from powerless.

The pen should be "tightened", that is, the pen should be closed, that is, it refers to the method of closing the pen that must be received.

The ancients said, "The magic of a stroke is the beginning and the end." If you start and end properly, you will draw beautifully".

The stippling lines written with the pen are relatively thin and even. The stippling lines written by the pen are thicker. Use the pen to mention the press, press to mention, only to mention the press, only to press the mention.

The variations of this brushwork are swift and coherent, alternating, and the movements are subtle. Using a good brushwork, the dot painting written is distinct, active, rhythmic, and full of spirit.

Turning the pen refers to the turning point of the pen, the line of the pen or the end of the pen, the pen does not stop, the force is even, and the trend is turned forward. Write out dot drawings that are round and powerful without square folds and corners. Folding the pen refers to the beginning of the pen, the line of the pen or the end of the pen, to pause the pen to fold the edge, to write a square and strong, angular dot painting.

Shift into a circle, fold into a square.

Penmanship is the method of using the pen and the line of the pen, generally speaking of the pen to reverse the peak into the pen, the center of the pen, the end of the stroke and then back to the peak to collect the pen, skimming is out of the peak does not close the pen, the pen is frustrated out of the peak does not close the pen. Lateral peaks can be used when turning, which can form square strokes and make the characters more majestic. If you also use the center line when you turn the corner, just.

Yan Zhenqing's, Liu Zhi's willow body, and Wang Xizhi's.