For amateurs who have no foundation, practice in the following ways.

First of all, start with regular script.

"Standing is like this, walking is like this, and grass is like this." It means regular script, running script, cursive script. Regular script is a model, which means clear stippling, symmetrical collocation, square shape and well-behaved, and is suitable for beginners. "Regular script is established, but it is a running script. The running script is established, but it is a cursive script. " Beginners who bypass regular script and learn calligraphy or cursive script directly are prone to some disadvantages, such as irregular stippling, inflexible brushwork, uneven density, unstable structure and inappropriate proportion.

Two. Brief introduction of Tang Kai

"Beginner distribution, but seeking justice; Knowing that justice is right, we must pursue danger; It can save the day and return to justice. " Tang Jie's method is strict, most upright and formal.

Ou Yangxun's Inscription on Jiuchenggong Liquan, Yan Zhenqing's Many Pagodas Monument and Liu Gongquan's Mysterious Pagodas Monument, etc. , with durability, can be introduced within six months to one year.

Third, write

Reference reality: if the tightness is appropriate, it will be stiff and easy to fatigue and shake. If it is too loose, stippling will be weak.

Palm deficiency: there should be a gap between fingers and palms, between thumb and forefinger, and you can't hold it hard.

Wrist flat and palm vertical: the plane between the upper two joints of the wrist is roughly parallel to the desktop. If the wrist is lower than the palm, the palm will stand up. Wrist strength is important in writing. If you don't sit and write with your elbows, your stippling may be weak. Writing in the hand, writing in the wrist, writing is realistic, writing is alive. When holding a pen, the left and right joints of the wrist are constantly changing up and down.

Upright: sit up straight, stand naturally, and punch away from the table. When the right hand writes, the left hand presses on the paper to balance the strength.

Safety of feet: when writing, your feet are slightly open, shoulder width apart, and flat on the ground to keep your body stable.

Fourth, the wrist movement method

When writing between fingers, fingers are connected to wrists and wrists are connected to elbows. In order to move the pen flexibly, fingers, wrists and elbows must cooperate with each other, and the key lies in the movement of wrists.

Wrist: that is, the wrist is attached to the desktop to write. Touching the wrist prevents the pen from moving because the wrist is in contact with the desktop. You can use it when writing small fonts, but it is not suitable when writing large fonts.

Wrist pillow: it is to write under the right wrist with the left hand pad.

Wrist lifting: that is, putting your elbow on the table and lifting your wrist, which is the most common wrist method for sitting and writing Chinese characters.

Wrist hanging: when writing, it is called wrist hanging if the wrist is not placed on the desktop. To write big characters, you must hang your wrist so that you can reach the paper from your shoulder.

Five, the basis of writing skills

1, vertical bar

Put pen to paper: the initial contact between pen and paper is called put pen to paper, also called starting pen. Writing is generally light. Putting pen to paper is the beginning of writing.

Pen pause: Press the pen to call pen pause. Don't overdo it. If it is too heavy, it will be too fat to draw.

Pen lifting: lifting the pen to the top is called pen lifting. Generally, when you finish writing, you should start writing. Hold up a pen like a bird about to fly high from the ground.

2, horizontal pen

Row: Row from one end to the other is called row, and row is also called row and over-row.

Pen drop: after stopping writing, gently lift the pen to make the pen tip rotate, and the point slightly deviated is called pen drop. Most frustrated pens are used at stroke turning points. For example, when writing a cross, first pick up the pen, write the corners with the tip of the pen, and then stop writing. At this time, slightly lift the pen to make the second side appear, then slightly rotate the pen tip to make it face the top of the stroke-this is called a pen-down, and finally continue to write, and then cross it to finish.

Folding pen: when writing some pictures, you want to go down first, then up, then left and then right, change direction flatly and lightly, and deliberately expose the edges and corners. This kind of pen is called folding pen. For example, to write horizontally, first put the pen on the upper left, and then fold it to the lower right to write a square edge. This is a folding pen.

Pen rotation: pen rotation is called pen rotation, and the purpose of pen rotation is to write stippling without edges and corners. For example, for the second stroke of writing the word "horse", you should turn the nib like drawing a circle with a compass.

Pen return: the direction of pen return after stopping is called pen return. The purpose of returning the pen is to "protect the tail and avoid' broken wood'".

Stroke: A stroke is called a stroke when it is reversed. Unlike reverse strokes, reverse strokes are reverse strokes. If you write a left vertical hook, when you write the length vertically, lift the pen to the left and then turn it around, so that the nib points in the opposite direction of the hook to be picked out-this is the pen-and finally lift the pen to pick it out.

Vertical pen: when walking, the pen tip is raised, and if you go far and don't look back, it is called vertical pen. For example, when writing off, use a pen from heavy to light, and finally use a vertical pen.

Fourth, the basis of center and winger.

When using a pen, emphasize the strokes in the center: the tip of the pen tip is called the pen tip, also called the pen center, and the shorter hairs on the outside are called secondary hairs. When writing in the center, the pen tip often points to draw. In this way, the bristles are laid flat on the paper, and the stippling looks rich, round and three-dimensional.

Side-stroke eccentricity: When writing, the stroke does not run in the middle of stippling, but on the side of stippling, with horizontal painting always on the top and vertical painting always on the left. It is easy to see the edges and corners at the beginning of the pen, but stippling often lacks three-dimensional sense, and because the pen is not in the direction of bristles, it is easy to have neat strokes on one side and irregular strokes on the other.

The structure of Chinese characters is horizontal and vertical, left and right, complex and simple, wide and narrow, long and short, oblique and positive, each with its own state; From the point of pen use, Teton, line station, vertical collection, hidden dew, turning point and urgent exhibition are all used, thus making the Fiona Fang, thickness, pitch and straightness of stippling varied; From the structural point of view, density, opening and closing, gathering and dispersing, and stabilizing risks are all beautiful; Judging from the use of ink, there are dry, dark and light, and dry and wet set each other off; From the composition point of view, the size, reality, disconnection, uneven.

It is monotonous to use only the center or winger. The center is full of energy and the winger is brilliant, with the center as the mainstay and the winger as the supplement.

Five, stippling writing foundation

1, the hidden front method of pen skimming: the writing methods of writing pen, folding pen and dot are almost the same, and then gradually lift the pen to the left and skim it, not too fast or too slow. Too fast, the tail is too sharp and too thin, which will form the "rat tail" of the sick pen, and the stroke length is not easy to control; Too slow, the tail will be dull and flat.

The exposure method is that the pen tip falls straight, and then the pen tip is adjusted to the center and left.

2. Horizontal hidden front method: start the pen against the front-if you want to turn right first, turn the pen to the left first, and then gently lift the pen to the right with the center as the center. When the length is harmonious, gently lift the pen in front of the side to write the corner at the upper right, then stop writing, and then turn the pen to the left at the lower right.

The exposure method is that the pen falls on the lower right of the paper and immediately moves to the right with the center. The other strokes are the same as the hiding method. When writing a cross with the exposed front method, we should pay special attention not to cut the front too far to the lower right, otherwise the left end of the cross will appear thin and vain.

3, the hidden front method of the point: start writing against the front-if you want to go down first, fold the pen to the top, you can't use the pen rotation method, then turn the pen to the lower right, then turn the pen to the lower left at the bottom, and finally receive the pen to the upper left. The shape of the point is round at the top, flat at the abdomen (left) and round at the back (right).

The method of exposing the front is to write the front directly ―― this brushwork is also called cutting the front, and the other strokes are the same as the method of hiding the front.

4. The way to hide the front of the pen: start writing against the front-if you want to have a left side, then turn the pen up (for example, draw a circle with compasses, just like drawing a dot with a brush), then immediately go down to the right, gradually press the pen to make the strokes thicker, then stay in the pen when it comes out, and finally pick it up when it comes out. The whole process of writing can be summed up by "reverse entry and flat exit", which means that there can be no corner when pressing the corner.

Steep strokes are called vertical strokes, also known as golden knives, which are used to represent words such as wood, origin and history. Gentle is called rowing, also called swimming fish, used for walking and so on. Where the tip of the vertical pen is connected with other strokes without exposure, you can use the pen to follow the pen without going backwards.

The exposure front method of transverse pressure is to go straight down along the front, and then the side front is up. The other strokes and strokes are the same as the hidden front method.

5. There is a difference between hanging needles and hanging dew. If the lower part of the pen is exposed, it will be said that the dripping part is as sharp as a needle, which is called hanging a needle.

The method of vertically hiding the pen front: start against the pen front, fold the pen downwards, adjust the pen front downwards as the center, and lift the pen slightly to the left (or right) back when the length is harmonious.

The method of exposing the front is to cut the front straight, adjust the pen tip to the central stroke, and the other strokes are the same as the method of hiding the front.

The hidden front method, exposed front method, starting pole and running pole are all the same as those hanging vertically. When the length is close, the strokes are slowly raised, and the speed is required to be approximately skimmed, but slower than skimming. Because the hanging needle is vertical and unstable like a mainstay. If the front is too fast, it may skew and float. The most difficult thing about hanging needles is that they are written without bias or inclination, just like an iron column standing upright without rigidity. Only by studying hard and practicing hard can beginners be handy.

6. The hook changes the most, and the most basic ones are left hook and right hook.

Both the left hook and the right hook are attached to the vertical line. When the hook is lifted vertically to the lower part, gently lift the pen to the left and down (so that an edge appears on the right side of the vertical line), and when it reaches the bottom of the hook, pick it out to the left to form a left hook. The right hook is the same as the left hook, but in the opposite direction. Another right hook, which looks like two strokes, is called a hook, which is used for the words "Si Long" or "Brother Long" on the right of Chen and Shi. Its writing method is: when the hook is about to write vertically, first stay in the pen, then pick up the pen to the left, fold it up, and finally pick it out.

After learning left hook and right hook, you can further learn lion's mouth, phoenix wing, Bao Gai, Long Wei, Zhi Ge and Heng Ge.