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Yan Ti-How to learn Yan Ti's calligraphy from Xin Jing and Yan Zhenqing has opened up a brand-new and magnificent realm of calligraphy art. In terms of characteristics, Yan takes both form and spirit into consideration, combining rigidity and softness, which is unprecedented. Aesthetically speaking, Yan Tizi is dignified, masculine, vigorous, plump and beautiful enough to set rules for later learners. As far as the times are concerned, there is a kind of calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty that inherits the Jin and Song Dynasties, but it is eclectic and blends the old with the new. The appearance of "Yan Ti" has become one of the distinctive signs of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. "Yan Ti" is a regular script for Yan Zhenqing, among which "A Monument to Guo Xu" and "A Monument to Many Pagodas" are the representative works of that year. At this time, his calligraphy style has not yet formed, but he is cautious, beautiful and handsome, and the representative work of the old man is the Li Yanqin Monument. At this time, his calligraphy art has been expanded and developed, forming a rich, dignified and beautiful style such as Magu Mountain Xiantan. Yan Zhenqing's artistic realm of calligraphy, that is, the realm of "Yan Ti", should be examined in the atmosphere of Tao Zhu's self-cultivation. Because the maturity and stereotype of "Yan Ti" is the result of the author's eclecticism and eclecticism, it has contributed to its stable, heavy and dignified style. The general characteristics of Yan Zhenqing's regular script are: vigorous and vigorous, solemn and vigorous. Specifically, in terms of fonts, its regular script is vigorous, rigid and flexible, and has a sense of skeleton. The stippling is crisp and beautiful, with strong bones and compact structure. Rules are strict, dignified and orderly. But as a friend of beginners, there are also many difficulties. Because the face is full of tendons, the needles are hidden in cotton, and there is rigidity in softness. It makes it more difficult to learn the basics of "Yan Ti" and it is not easy to master the essentials in the primary stage. However, there are several obvious brushwork characteristics of Yan style. If we master these characteristics when studying Emperor Yan, we can be familiar with it. So, what are the characteristics of Yan Di's characters? Namely: round, uniform, uniform and thin. The so-called "circle" means that all the vertical hooks in Yandi's characters are rotated with a pen, and the rotated vertical paintings are written into arcs, such as "four" and "water". In fact, the stroke combination on the left side of the two words is also slightly curved. For another example, the word "one" is not only curved, but also the intersection of the two strokes is a little low, which makes the whole word look round. The so-called "qi" refers to the balance of fairness in Yan-ti characters. When writing, most characters usually shrink and a few expand. For example, the word "male" is to shrink its "eight" appropriately and relax its "eight" to make it flush. The so-called "average" means that in the processing of left and right structural characters, Yan characters rarely use the word-formation that depends on size collocation and orthography to create momentum, but mostly use the left and right balance processing methods, such as county (county), collar and absolute. The so-called "sparseness" means that Yan-style characters give people the feeling of being generous, open and steady. This is because the characters of Yan style are written in a way of sparse inside and dense outside. Such as: wind, country, beauty, etc. This way of dealing with other books is just the opposite, and its unusual font structure is really risky in the middle and weird in the middle. It embodies Yan's unique aesthetic view. There are also some strokes, such as his horizontal pen, whose starting point is as round as a silkworm head. When you close the pen, you stumble hard first, then pick the tip gently, and the end is slightly forked, which looks like a swallow's tail. His unique artistic style of brushwork and glyph structure have created a new situation in China's calligraphy art, so what kind of brush is better for learning regular script? If you choose a good brush, you will make faster progress in practicing Chinese characters. Generally, you can choose wolf hair or wool. The choice of brushes varies from person to person. Usually, you can choose the center wool quilt. If I want to buy a writing brush, how can I tell wolf hair from wool? Generally, brown is wolf hair and white is wool. Wolf hair is more elastic than wool, but now the white one is also brushed twice, which means that the same pen has both wool and wolf hair. This pen is more suitable for beginners. How to choose a beginner copybook? What's the secret or stress in choosing copybooks? There are many copybooks of Yan-ti characters, among which Duobaobei is the most suitable for beginners. Because this copybook is a masterpiece when Yan Ti was still in the first realm, you can master the calm and heroic brushwork characteristics of Yan Ti by practicing this copybook. When you have a little basic knowledge of facial characters, you can switch to other facial copybooks. Especially the representative works in the mature period of Yan style, such as Zhushantang Ju Lian, Yan Monument and Yan Temple Monument. Here, I will talk about paper, because our calligraphy art in China pays attention to the separation of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and what paper to use is also very important for beginners of calligraphy, because practicing calligraphy does not mean that any paper will do. I practiced with newspapers when I was a child, but I didn't practice well. Maybe it's because I didn't choose a good paper. This can't be generalized. It is very important to practice calligraphy and choose paper, but paper is not the only key factor. When practicing calligraphy, we should pay attention to perseverance. One word is "constant", and we must never "fish for three days and dry the net for two days". If so, calligraphy will never be practiced well. Anyway, when it comes to paper, especially for beginners, you can choose special paper for calligraphy, such as Mi Zige paper, Huizi paper, Tian Zi paper and so on. Why did you choose such paper? Because it is difficult for a beginner to master the shelf structure of Chinese characters. Using this paper to practice Chinese characters can adjust the shape of Chinese characters well and will not go out of shape. And practicing like this for a long time will form a hint in your mind, which is conducive to calligraphy practice. If you want to master the upper and lower structure, the upper, middle and lower structure, the left and right structure, the left, middle and right structure, the fully enclosed structure, the semi-enclosed structure, etc., you must practice carefully according to the norms, so that you can write well. There is also a red tracing paper for practicing calligraphy, which beginners can also use. There are words written with double hooks on this paper. Practitioners only need to fill in ink, but pay attention to: 1. Don't write words out of the box 2。 Write the words completely, don't leave blanks in the box. 3。 Don't rewrite if you don't write well. This is a big taboo for writing with a brush. This word is not well written, there will be another word. Every time you finish writing a word, you should find out your own shortcomings according to the copybook and improve in the next word. Write the scarlet letter once, and then write it again in ink on the next scarlet letter. Pay attention at this time, or look at the copybook, otherwise the more you write, the greater the deviation. The reason why you should write first is because the color of red is dazzling, which can stimulate the brain and deepen memory to some extent. Writing it again can increase the number of exercises. But the progress of practicing calligraphy in this way is not very fast. This is my personal experience. I hope the audience will not misunderstand. Because writing varies from person to person. When you choose the paper above to practice for a period of time, about three months, you can touch calligraphy with borderless paper. At this point, you already have the structure of words in your mind, and you can make faster progress by practicing words. But it is worth mentioning that although there is no boundary to bind you, you must have the statutes of words in your heart and write according to the norms of the words you practice. You must not trust the horse to do whatever you want. In the meantime, I have to read more French stickers to see how the pen is written on them. Pay attention to the strokes, strokes and gestures of words. What ink is better for practicing calligraphy? As for ink painting, for beginners, there is not much emphasis. Ordinary ink will do, such as a Dege ink. However, the ink in Yidege is relatively thick, so you should add some water when writing, so that the nib will not stagnate. In the process of learning inkstone, how should we better master its brushwork characteristics and write "inkstone" calligraphy? As we all know, brushwork is generally determined by the way of writing. One of the most important features of the word "Yan Ti" is to be "moist", that is, full, and another feature is that his words have a firm but gentle spirit that goes deep into the bone marrow. Grasping these two points, we can say that we have mastered the general idea of the word "Yan Ti". But knowing that these are only superficial, let's talk about how to play its essence, that is, how to write various strokes and express various calligraphy styles when putting pen to paper. Although the word "inkstone body" has changed a lot, it has unique writing methods such as putting pen to paper and starting pen, the priority of writing, the connection and disconnection between strokes or words, the way of turning, the use of nib and so on. These all need our attention and experience in practice; It sounds a lot, but there are still some statutes to be found. Below, I will divide the strokes of the word "Yan Ti" into seven points and make a brief description. Then the strokes of the word "Yan Ti" can be roughly divided into several categories. Are these strokes the only way to practice the word "Yan Ti"? In the process of practicing "Yan Ti" calligraphy, I divided the strokes of "Yan Ti" into: 1, starting and closing; 2. pens and pens; 3. Turn pen and fold pen; 4. Fang Bi and the round pen; 5. Tibetan front and exposed front; 6. Put the pen away. As for whether it is the only way, the key lies in the experience of practitioners. In the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu once said that "the skills are diligent and poor", and that "there are successively learning the Tao, and the skills are specialized, that's all." Therefore, in the process of practicing calligraphy, don't be too superstitious about the experience of predecessors or ancestors. No matter what kind of calligraphy you practice, you should give priority to self-knowledge. If we do this, we can be very comfortable. For those who practice calligraphy, starting and closing the pen are the keys to writing a word well. So how should we master the starting and closing of the word "inkstone"? From the beginning, we should pay attention to its distinctive Fiona Fang, perfection and cleanliness. Bao, a calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty, said: "When writing, those who enter the right direction have no front, and those who enter the wrong direction have no ink." No front, perfect shape, no ink swelling, clean strokes, will enter the square when starting the pen, but turn into a circle. When collecting the pen, you need to pause or close the pen to form a square, and then go back to the front to form a circle. The above two points are the key to learn the face shape well, so you should learn more when practicing. Here is the second point, which is to write with a pen. Writing with a pen is the charm and charm of a word. What should I pay attention to when practicing? When practicing calligraphy, you will obviously feel that the completion process of a word is formed by the alternating action of lifting and stopping the pen. "Stop" means to press the pen down, that is, to bend the pen over and put the force on the paper. "Lift" means to lift or half lift the pen to continue writing. Generally speaking, you need to raise a pen to write, and then you need to raise a pen to shape strokes, or use the next stroke to shape words continuously. Therefore, calligraphy writing is an alternating process of "lifting" and "stopping". Moreover, there are more subtle changes in the mention and dinner. For example, "lifting" can be divided into full lifting and half lifting, and "rice" also has its own lightness and lightness. You need to practice your own experience. The pen-turning and pen-folding of Yan style are different from those of Liu Ti or Europe, but they also have their own characteristics. What should I pay attention to when practicing face-to-face pen-turning and pen-folding? The so-called "turn" is a way of writing with rounded strokes, and "fold" is a way of writing with painters. Zhang Tingxiang once said: "The real book is shaped by stippling, so as to see nature at a turning point." Among them, if subdivided, "folding" can also be called flipping, and the expression method is the sentence "dragging", which means stopping the pen in the line brush and changing the direction of the nib to "ㄟ"-shaped turn. Make the outer corner square and get its brushwork. As for the rotation method, it is also called twisting method. The meaning of "moving to the bottom" in the stroke is slightly the same as that in the above, except that it does not stop when turning the front, and the shape is the same as that of "ㄟ", but the outer corner of the stroke is round and the rotation range is large. Jiang Menglin once illustrated the essence of this pen-lifting method with graphics, and attached a poem: "Turn it over and bend it into a right angle, twisting and rolling like a rotation." This requires practitioners to experience more when practicing. Fang Bi and the round pen may sound abstract, but they can be found everywhere in Yan Di's writings. So what are the Fang Bi and the round pen of Emperor Yan? The so-called Fang Bi's and Round Pen's strokes generally emphasize the overall effect. To put it bluntly, Fang Bi wanted to highlight the main strokes. Pay attention to the inter-frame structure of words when writing, so that the overall structure is clear, straight and light, calm and powerful. The round pen emphasizes the roundness and fullness of the characters' strokes and pays attention to the sensibility of the strokes. Zhang Longyan said: "The square is straight and precise, and the round pen is tortuous and bizarre." That's what I said. No matter what kind of calligraphy you practice, you pay great attention to the way of writing brush. The most common problems are hidden front and exposed front. What should I pay attention to? Speaking of a stroke, we can extend the methods of oblique, positive, overlapping, folding and returning. Writing brush is an important content that we must master when learning calligraphy. If the center of the brush sticks to the same method when practicing calligraphy, that is the taboo of calligraphy and the way to die. Among them, Tibetan front and exposed front are the most important. Hidden front is to hide the brush stroke in the strokes without revealing traces; Exposing the front is to expose the front of the pen naturally. Xu Hao said: "When using a pen, it is especially necessary to hide the front. If you don't hide in front, the words will be sick. " This sentence is very clear, that is, if you don't hide your pen when writing, the words you write will lack implication and deep rhyme. However, we can't just stare at one side of the Tibetan front and the exposed front. When writing, the two complement each other, the hidden front holds its spirit, and the exposed front elongates its spirit, so that the written words can be vigorous and graceful, and calligraphy can be important. The last problem is the collection of the word "Yan Ti", which is the last stroke of a word and the key problem of practicing calligraphy. So how do we master the ending of the word "Yan Ti"? Or what is the point? For a beginner, it is indeed a difficult point to collect pens, especially the word Yan Di. The standard brushwork of "Yan Ti" should be brush first and then brush against the wind.