Line pen, need to be rich in changes, to use the brush cone surface, can constantly achieve face-changing, in the process of writing, face-changing generally has three ways, namely twisting, turning pen and folding pen:
Twisting: In the process of pen edge movement, gradually change the face;
Turning the pen: In the line pen, the pen tip is spread out, from one face directly to the other (similar to the use of brushes when painting);
Folding pen: Apply pressure to the brush when writing, and change the square folding form caused by the direction of the pen.
Today, we will focus on stranding.
Stranding is a calligraphic term. Refers to the cone of a calligrapher who continuously turns the brush when writing lines with a brush.
The twisting brushwork is the core part of the Wei and Jin penmanship, which evolved from the seal brushwork. The twisting pen method is also the main component of Wang Xizhi's calligraphic pen. After the Tang Dynasty, calligraphers used many references to write.
Twisting is a gradual change in the cone of the pen edge:
It can be seen that in writing round lines in order to ensure the state of the wrapped edge with the pen (the pen edge is pointed), it is necessary to use a good twisting technique, we look for a group of pictures of the ancients to write the arc to see if it is full.
Here's a look at a book friend:
As can be seen from the above figure, the turn above the word "meaning", Sun Guoting and this book friend appeared in different line forms in the place of twisting, the original post was full and cut and had a strong tension, and the line was flat and thin at the place where it was turned, and the tension caused by the blank space was not enough.
In the place of rotation, it is necessary to apply pressure to the pen edge, twist the tube or turn the wrist with the trend, so that the line is full at the "top of the arc", so that the visual effect is thick, we often say that the line should be thick, and it is especially important to pay attention to the place of rotation.
Of course, there will be book friends who will ask why they see that there are also many words in the post, which is not the case in the place of the turn, but there is a movement of mention, or there are more changes in the center of the wing:
Such observation is very careful and deserves recognition. In point painting, the circle line of the ancients has various forms, but it is nothing more than the action of pressing or the middle side; however, the ancients used the pen to be round and thick, and more round lines are full, adding the lift and the middle side change, just enriching and adjusting, we must grasp the degree.
In addition, from the perspective of teaching, more people do not adjust the front in the place of rotation, so that the flanks are too much, the round line is flat, and some people are lifting the pen edge in the place of the turn, avoiding the twisting, indicating that what needs to be mastered is to write the line full, and other ways are not in question.