Hello everyone, today we will talk about a topic that is often encountered in calligraphy. It is said that the quality of the lines should be high, so what are the high-quality lines, and how can the quality of the lines be improved?
Let's start with what a high-quality line is.
High-quality lines are a term coined in contemporary times for the purpose of refinement, or quantification, of calligraphy techniques. In ancient times, there was no such saying. Generally speaking, a high-quality line is a kind of stroke that is used correctly, and the strokes are full and powerful. This type of stroke has a high aesthetic value.
So, what are the characteristics of high-quality lines? When it comes to the characteristics of possession, we need to look at different words. For example, the seal script is generally round and round, and the middle line is full and strong. Lishu, the lines of Lishu in addition to the so-called reverse in and out of the pen, the fluctuation of the middle section is full or reflected. According to the different styles, the size of the characters is also different, so the requirements are different. Cursive script is actually similar to seal script. So let's talk about the difference between small and large characters and high-quality lines.
- In small characters, such as regular script line book, here we are talking about small block script or five or six centimeter regular script. For example, the image below.
Its stroke thickness variations are perfectly three-dimensional. This requires the center to use a pen, and the center uses the pen itself to make the strokes three-dimensional. Then there's the natural transition of the strokes. At the same time, the strokes transition naturally.
For example, in the picture above, there is a transition between thickness and thickness in horizontal drawing. He also changes slowly from thick to thin, and although the vertical painting is from thick to thin, it is by no means a sharp triangle △ shape. If this pointed triangle is basically without line quality. Although the strokes are in regular script, he still has the tactful gene of seal script. Think about it, if the strokes of the characters are like a patchwork of triangles and quadrilaterals and five-pointed stars, then it is not calligraphy.
The vertical green pen is also rounded.
In the picture above, there is a feeling of heavy wood in the middle of the broken cross. For example, the big trees in the forest. Some of them are very straight, but he doesn't have the straight feeling of a knife cut. Rather, it is rounded and straight.
If you look at this tree, it's straight, but up close it doesn't look smooth and straight. That's texture.
The picture above is also a kind of roundness, the thickness changes, and it is also a kind of roundness. It's not as straight as a knife cut.
The same goes for Japanese characters. The vertical painting on the left side is thick and thin, and this thin is also slowly coming down, and there is a little drum in the middle.
Next to the word moon above, the arc is very good.
There are two straight vertical drawings on it, and although this vertical painting is straight, you can feel the strength of the straightness.
The top is a ruler, and if the straight drawing is the same as the ruler, it will definitely not work. For example, the red mark, the thickness of the stroke changes, two kinds, the inward, the outward. Both are fine. Even if it is straight, it is slightly undulating.
The above picture is written in cursive with the word "Gu", and the strokes are very rounded.
2. What happens when the quality of the large character line is high?
The large character lines are even more obvious. Let's analyze it in one word.
In the picture above, the large character lines have a noticeable fluctuating feeling. Long live the withered vines, vigorous and powerful.
It's the same thing.
Although the strokes are thin, they are slightly undulating. If it's straight, there's no looking.
Remember that feeling. The quality of Ho Shaoji's brushwork lines.
This word, how wonderful.
Actual situation.
Yi Bingshou's official book, line texture.
He Shaoji's son. Powerful.
Zhu Yunming cursive, the lines are of high quality. It was really shocking to see the enlarged version of Zhu Yunming's strokes that day.
This skimming gesture is very powerful. If the writing is slippery, there is no quality to speak of.
What is written on it is a very wonderful line. Smooth, rounded and full.
So, how do you improve the line?
Know what kind of quality is good, so how to do it?
In a word, the small word is pressed, and the big word is pressed to swing and twist. Wrist movement is a routine action, wrist movement correctly determines the start of the word is no big problem, press the swing, twisting has a deliberate component. This one takes practice. If it is combined, it will be a preliminary success. Finally, "it takes hard work to tie the word". The ability to lay out chapters has been improved. Basic copying ability and writing ability are available.
When practicing, first slow down to find the feeling, and after finding the feeling, master it to form a sensory memory. Gradually increase the pace, and finally bring the rhythm. This allows for consistent output of high-quality lines.
Well, that's it, I wish you all the best of luck!
(ENDS)