Techniques for writing brush characters

To write good brush characters you must master the brush method and character method.

The pen

Five-finger pen method: that is, the thumb and forefinger belly pinch the pen (at an appropriate height), to ensure that the pen does not fall off; the middle finger in the forefinger below the outside of the pen, not only to strengthen the forefinger to pinch the pen's strength, but also play the role of the pen to the hook; the ring finger of the occasion of the nail flesh against the inside of the pen, playing the role of the pen to the outside of the role of the pen; the pinkie attached to the ring finger of the lower part of the finger belly to assist the ring finger to push the pen to the outside; the ring finger in the bottom, to help the pen to the outside of the pen. ring finger to push the pen outward.

Holding the pen should be as the ancients said: "make the palm of the virtual as holding the egg", so as to facilitate the pen. Learning to write should always practice holding the brush, hooking back, pushing out and rotating the brush (plus the role of the wrist) to practice drawing straight and curved lines.

The height of the pen and whether to hang the wrist and elbow, by the size of the word to decide, small words low hold, pillow wrist; large words high hold, hanging wrist; then large need to hang the elbow.

Expanded Information:

< p>The so-called brushwork is mainly about how to create ideal lines (dots) with the brush.

Lifting and pressing--when the pen is pressed down to write, the strokes are thick, and when it is lifted up, they are thin. Just as a person walks with two feet, one falling and one lifting, alternating constantly, the pen is also constantly lifting and pressing in the process of writing. This is the only way to produce lines that are never the same thickness.

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