Characteristics of European Calligraphy

The main characteristics of European structure are: rigorous and neat, tight inside and loose outside, balanced, rigid and upright. Most of the fonts expand to the right, but the center of gravity is still very stable, showing danger in the middle of the flat, and there is no sense of inclination.

European regular script has three obvious characteristics of stippling: floating goose hook, vertical point and three-part water. Even people who have never studied calligraphy can distinguish the European style from all kinds of regular script by virtue of these three characteristics.

Whether it's a single word or a whole row or column, the whole word looks good. This kind of beauty, every word is exquisite and vivid, clever and vivid, with well-balanced structure and dense composition. Aesthetically, it feels beautiful and gentle.

How to write a good European style?

For beginners, first of all, we should master the posture of writing with a pen, understand what clear lake's "five-finger writing" is, exert all our strength with the five fingers of the right hand, and hold the pen firmly with the method of "press, press, hook, top and touch".

Then posted "Jiuchenggong Li Quanming" is the representative work of Ou Yangxun's regular script, which is most suitable for future study. Remember to use hanging needles less in Ou Kai, which is different from Yan body. The hanging needle vertical rarely appears in Ou Kai (except when it changes repeatedly), and most of them are hanging vertical.