Which is harder, calligraphy or Chinese painting? Why?

Calligraphy.

Beginning calligraphy, practicing regular script, official script, penmanship knot, two or three years to adhere to the United down, the beginning of the model, but after the foundation, want to go up a level, or want to have a bit of their own style characteristics, the writer at this time will feel a little confused, bewildered, lost, and always find it difficult to do as you want to do, which is the traditional learning of the book of the predicament that is often encountered.

From the middle level to the top level, the successful ones are always the absolute minority. This phenomenon is not only in calligraphy, but also in other fields. It is also the case that to reach the top level in painting is a very small number of people. There are many people who learn Go, but only a few reach the level of Nie Weiping or Ke Jie. There are a lot of people who play table tennis, and only a handful of them are able to win international competitions.

Calligraphy notes

Posture should be correct, both feet flat on the ground, both hands according to the case, shoulder flat, back straight, head positive, eyes on the paper. To hold the pen to finger solid palm virtual, holding the pen in the finger, running the pen in the wrist. Begin practicing the word pillow wrist, gradually lift the wrist, hanging wrist. Penmanship to be clear, generally divided into two kinds of square pen and round pen, but also clear in the center of the front, side of the front, lying front of the application of parts.

The Regular Script is the foundation for learning brushstrokes. After learning the regular script, then learn the running script, and finally the cursive script. It's okay to learn WeiBei first. Do not look at the post to write a stroke, first read the post, eat through the essentials, and then write a word in one breath. First of all, the various radicals should be well practiced, and then it will be easy to form a variety of words.