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form training

Training method: Change the original composition and copy it into buckets, fans, vertical scrolls, naves, couplets and other styles.

Training purpose: By re-establishing the rules, understand and improve the corresponding changing ability of word structures, phrases, lines and other factors.

Steps and requirements:

Take a certain piece of work by a calligrapher as an example, and face it strictly with all your heart and soul, so that the composition, chinese alphabet groups, number of lines, relationship between reality and reality, writing rhythm and other factors are as close as possible to the original work.

Analyze and master the structure and general development rules of students' original writings, and draw the breakdown diagram of the writings.

Design schematic diagrams of rules such as fighting squares, fans, vertical axes, naves, couplets, etc., and copy the original drawings into transformations of the above forms.

Filler training

Training method: According to the principle of first easy and then difficult, cover a few words, a line, a paragraph of the original work in turn, supplement words, supplement lines, supplement paragraphs. The first level is to fill the original content, and the second level is to fill in any content, but the number of words covered must be combined.

The purpose of the training is to strengthen students' understanding and mastery of original writing methods and composition methods through blank-filling exercises.

training steps

Carefully observe the composition characteristics of words and phrases on a business card (monument), and find out the general rules.

Make and analyze their word axis, word group structure axis and line axis.

Covers the back of words, groups, lines and paragraphs.

Fill the blocked position with non-original post (monument) content, words, phrases, sentences, etc.

Check the similarity of the strokes, word groups, and methods of the filled part to the original.

style training

Training method: Select two works of different periods for style conversion, that is, write an article with one style, or write an article with one style; choose works of different authors for style conversion exercises. That is, to write the content of a work in one writing style, or to write the content of a work in one writing style.

Purpose of training and research: To train and improve students' ability to comprehensively analyze, understand and grasp the works of a certain calligrapher in a certain period or the overall design style of a certain calligrapher.

steps and requirements

Select writers of different periods such as "Sichuan Silk" and "Tiaoxi Silk" as research objects, and select writers such as "Shengjiao Preface" and "Nephew's Sacrifice Manuscript" as research objects to analyze the overall style and clarify their respective characteristics.

style transfer copying

Compare the style commonality and characteristics of temporary workers and templates, and carry out targeted strengthening exercises.

space training

Training method: Reconstruct the original column (monument) part and overall space.

Training purpose: feel and analyze autonomy and paragraphs, and reconstruct the new style formed by combination.

steps and requirements

The original post (monument) can be divided into character groups and branches, and can be reused for collage. When collaging, increase or decrease word spacing and line spacing, and analyze and adjust when copying, try to achieve harmony through various social relationships. .

Observe and analyze the similarities and differences between Linzuo and the original postal space, give people different feelings, and compare the emotional differences in different states.

press training

Training and research methods: Take a certain cultural classic literary work as an example, and practice the line thickness, pen lifting (thinner than the original line), and pen pressing (thicker than the original line) exercises that are relatively close to the student’s original work.

Training purpose: To judge and control the force used in writing, to understand the effect of changing the thickness of the original wire on the style of the work.

steps and requirements

Replicate the classic with three different lifts and see how the lift affects your style.

Lifting, pressing, converting, and temporary writing were performed and compared using three papers of varying smoothness and water permeability.

A comparison of lift-shifting temporary writing using three pens of different hardness.

rhythm training

Training method: Take a classic work as an example, slow down, approach, and speed up the rhythm conversion practice.

Objective: To understand the influence of different writing rhythms on writing style.

steps and requirements

The cadence of writing posts slows down, and the internal speed of each line slows down.

Before writing a certain post, approach the speed of the original post, try not to make an obvious speed change.

Before writing an article, speed up, the speed changes a lot.

Check the temporary handwriting from the feeling of writing and the texture of the lines, find out one that is more in line with your own personality and inner rhythm, and think about the reasons.

ink training

Training: Write the same classic with different ink colors.

Training purpose: To know and understand the richness of ink color changes in calligraphy works and its influence on the formation of style.

steps and requirements

A stroke of ink practice.

Write classic literary works of the same culture in different ink colors.

Ink up practice.

Dipping ink dot change practice.