Many people believe that learning calligraphy should start with regular script, because the regular script glyphs are beautiful and beautiful, and you can also learn the most basic strokes. However, there is such a calligrapher to learn calligraphy for only a short period of more than 6 years, and he does not like regular script, so far has not written a regular script font, but to learn those famous monuments of the Eastern Han Dynasty, such as "Great Opening", "Ode to Shimen", etc., after 6 years of hard work, he has won the provincial calligraphy exhibition 5 times, held a personal calligraphy exhibition, now, he opened his own live broadcast room, his works are deeply loved, the number of fans is straight line**.
On the study of calligraphy to start from the regular script, or from the seal to learn, this has always been a controversial topic, some calligraphers believe that calligraphy to learn from the seal, they give two main reasons: one is from the history of the evolution of calligraphy, the seal is in the front, the regular script is in the back, the second is the calligraphy of the seal is very simple, is conducive to in-depth learning. However, some calligraphy lovers say that calligraphy should be learned from regular script, because the characters in regular script are beautiful, beautiful and practical, and the penmanship of regular script is easy for people to master. Should calligraphy be learned from the seal or from the regular script?
Below, we will briefly analyze and answer the above questions with the process of learning calligraphy by Fan Jiangang, a famous calligrapher, which may be helpful for everyone to learn calligraphy.
Fan Jiangang, born in 1964, has been influenced by family culture since childhood, and loves calligraphy, but due to his work, in most cases, he rarely writes and copys, and he puts more energy on his essential work, and has made decades of efforts in the research and design of electric power. However, Fan Jiangang did not ignore the art of calligraphy that he loved from the heart, but used his spare time to read ancient classics, understand and figure out with his heart, and planted a deep root in the art of calligraphy in his heart.
In the early days of learning calligraphy, Fan Jiangang did not start with regular script, he believed that if from the perspective of calligraphy artistry, regular script is too standardized, although the characters are beautiful and beautiful, but the artistry of calligraphy is a little less expressive. He once said that once, he saw an introduction to the original "Great Opening" from a book, and the more he looked at this calligraphy, the more he liked it, although its glyphs were very awkward, but he found the interest and artistry of calligraphy from it, and since then, he has written his first calligraphy work here.
"Big opening" is a cliff work in the Eastern Han Dynasty, its calligraphy style is unique, with the seal as the subordinate, the pen is strong, the size of the word, the length and thickness of the stroke are uneven, there is no wave, naïve and simple. Fan Jiangang thinks, isn't this the book in his heart? Isn't it my own understanding of the artistry of calligraphy? So, he studied and copied it here, three years passed, in order to test what he had learned, he created a calligraphy work with his own understanding, and submitted it to the calligraphy competition group.
In the following many calligraphy competitions, he has won the provincial calligraphy competition five times, but also many times invited to participate in the calligraphy, he also put forward the development of contemporary calligraphy, as a calligrapher should assume this mission, as a calligrapher, is to use the pen in his hand, write a cultural artwork with the spirit of pen and ink, the quality of calligraphy is expensive, the line has vitality, calligraphy works have fresh vitality, this is the common requirement of calligraphy inside and outside.
Nowadays, in order to meet the needs of more calligraphy lovers for the appreciation of calligraphy artistry, he also opened a calligraphy live broadcast room in addition to his work and research.
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