Photo: Lu Yongliang, Editor: Snow Wolf Alien
The basic skills of calligraphy, like the natural flow of our daily chopsticks and meals, require us to maintain stable brushstrokes and show casual agility between splashes of ink. This seemingly simple but profound technique is the essence of calligraphy. It not only requires our precise control of pen and ink, but also the free flow of our inner emotions. In this way, calligraphy works can be written with both strength and charm.
With a deep understanding of the basic skills, we can realize that whether they are solid or not is actually a manifestation of "skill". This power is like the rings of a tree, and each lap records the traces of time and the thickness of accumulation. And the formation of this depth and thickness is inseparable from the careful tempering of the basic skills of daily use. Every drop of sweat and every effort is invisibly contributing to this skill, making it deeper and more perfect.
In order to understand the profound connotation of "line quality" more intuitively, we can draw inspiration from the (writing) paintings "bamboo" and "orchid" in ink painting. Bamboo, that touch of upright and elegant, often takes ten years of tempering and sharpening before it can use the pen as a blade to portray its charm. The orchid, with its elegance and tranquility, requires 30 years of precipitation and accumulation to depict its soul with ink as its soul. These are all testimonies of the basic skills of the artists who have accumulated for a long time.
If you are still confused about the basics of "thread quality", then let's turn to the crane leg line. From the perspective of calligraphy, the completion of the crane leg line is not just a simple combination of strokes, it contains profound skills and superb skills. It is the subject matter of the pen and ink of the profound skill, and every stroke and stroke seems to tell the artist's painstaking efforts and stories. Like the long legs of a crane, it is both elegant and powerful, highlighting the charm and vitality of calligraphy.
Conclusion: The so-called basic skills are to constantly temper and improve in the same thing until they reach the peak of quality, and achieve the legendary "merit to natural success". Like a patient craftsman, it carves the rough jade over and over again until it shines brightly. It is like a tenacious seed, deeply rooted in the soil, quietly waiting for the arrival of the spring breeze, and will eventually bloom into gorgeous flowers. The cultivation of basic skills is exactly like this, not impatient or impatient, steady and steady, in order to reap the joy of natural success.