First, let's figure out what the three elements of calligraphy are

Chapters, characters, brushwork.

1, the so-called chapter, is to make a piece of calligraphy overall beauty of skills and methods. It focuses on the coordination between the word and the word between the line and the line between the echo, the use of the size of the word, the distance between the word and other means to make a thousand single word in the same style of organization, forming a harmonious and beautiful and interesting works of art.

2, the so-called word method, refers to the process of writing, cleverly organized strokes, reasonable and appropriate arrangement of dots. Generally speaking, the character method is the sum of the distance between the strokes and the strokes, the distance between the radicals and the radicals, and the mutual coordination of the short and long strokes in each character. These fits have a close relationship with the writer's lifting, pressing, hanging, weighting, and prioritizing.

3, penmanship, that is, the method of penmanship, in the tangible lines of calligraphy, penmanship can best reflect the intangible and ethereal power of calligraphy. Such as heavy pen strong and heavy, fine pen flowing smooth, moist pen such as Rex foot arm, withered pen such as a thousand years of dead vines, different penmanship to give a person a different artistic enjoyment.

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Connotation of Calligraphy

The background of the art of Calligraphy is traditional Chinese culture. Calligraphy is rooted in the soil of traditional Chinese culture, and traditional culture is the background on which calligraphy survives and develops. The theories of calligraphy since the Han Dynasty that we can see today have their own systematic, complete and organized nature.

Like other theories of literature and art, the theory of calligraphy includes both the theory of the technique of calligraphy itself and the theory of its aesthetics, in which the light of the wisdom of the ancient Chinese literati shines through.

For example, the theory of calligraphy on how to express "God, gas, bone, flesh, blood" and other categories of theory, the theory of brushwork, calligraphy, chapter and other techniques, as well as the theory of creativity, product reviews, etc., all have their own system.

References

Baidu Encyclopedia-Calligraphy