I want to learn to practice calligraphy. What do you mean by copying first and then painting red?

The key to China's calligraphy practice is to imitate first, and then paint it red, which means step by step.

Imitation-refers to imitation, that is, you can put paper on the original body of calligraphy for imitation practice, that is, cover the monument or model with transparent paper and reflect it directly. Copying methods include double hook drawing and red drawing.

Pro-refers to pasting, reading and writing, that is, putting the tablet in front and imitating writing according to its stippling and structure. There are many ways to post, which can be roughly divided into expansion and contraction, transmission and partial, reply and empty, etc.

Tracing Red-Tracing Red is a traditional calligraphy method in China, which refers to copying on paper printed with red characters or hollow scarlet letters. It is one of the best training methods for beginners to write. Because it is red, every other page is a red standard regular script with a thin layer of transparent paper on it. The scarlet letter painted by calligraphers is called Hong Miao (Hong Miao is usually nine-grid palace paper). It is to understand the structure and even the spirit of the characters on the red board, and finally form a font with its own style, even a unique calligraphy.

Calligraphy is an artistic expression of the unique beauty of words in China and neighboring countries and regions deeply influenced by China culture. Including China calligraphy, Mongolian calligraphy, Arabic calligraphy and English calligraphy. His China Calligraphy is a unique traditional Chinese character art in China.

Calligraphy in a broad sense refers to the writing rules of characters and symbols. In other words, calligraphy refers to writing with its brushwork, structure and composition according to the characteristics and significance of words, making it a beautiful work of art. China's calligraphy is an original performance art of the Han nationality, which is known as: poetry without words, wireless dance; Paintings without pictures, silent music, etc.

On the surface, calligraphy refers to the statutes of writing. In life, the word calligraphy has the following meanings. One is the pronoun of a written work or the collective name of all written works; Second, an art category generally refers to the art of writing Chinese characters. Kang Youwei said in Guang Yi and Zhou Shuang: "Tang Yan is a structure, and Song and Shang Yi Qu", from which we can see that calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty pursued the highest and most rigorous statutes, and its calligraphy achievements were also the highest in the history of calligraphy.

Calligraphy is a unique traditional art in China. Chinese characters in China were created by working people and began to be recorded by pictures. After thousands of years of development, it has evolved into today's writing. Because our ancestors invented the brush, calligraphy came into being. Throughout the ages, Chinese characters were mainly written with a brush. As for other writing forms, such as hard pen and finger calligraphy, their writing rules are basically the same, but they are not completely different from China's calligraphy.

Calligraphy in a narrow sense refers to the methods and laws of writing Chinese characters with a brush. Including writing, calligraphy, stippling, structure, layout (distribution, lines, composition) and so on. For example, the pen refers to the palm and the five fingers are Qi Li; The pen carrying center is unfolded; Stippling is the same as a pen; The structure is shaped by words and echoes each other; The distribution is intricate, the density is appropriate, and the virtual and the real are born together, and the whole chapter is full of gas fields; Every word is ancient for literacy, and every word is big and small, and high is not as good as low.

Calligraphy in a broad sense refers to the writing rules of language symbols. In other words, calligraphy refers to writing with its brushwork, structure and composition according to the characteristics and significance of words, making it a beautiful work of art.

With the development of cultural undertakings, calligraphy is not limited to using brush and writing Chinese characters, but its connotation has been greatly increased. For example, in the use of tools, there are many kinds of pens, such as writing brushes, hard pens, computer instruments, spray gun branding tools, carving knives, engraving machines, and daily tools (mainly hardware and daily tools with hard texture that can be used for writing). Pigments not only use black ink blocks, inks, adhesives, chemicals, lacquered glazes, etc., but also are colorful and strange; There are too many varieties to mention one by one. From the way of writing, some people write with their hands, others with their feet, and many people write with other organs. Some people don't even use pens to write, such as "pointing at books" and "squeezing books". In terms of writing style, it is not a kind of Chinese characters, and some minority languages have also entered the calligraphy art world, and Mongolian is an example;

There are five main calligraphy styles in China, namely, seal script (including big seal script and small seal script), regular script (including He Jinli), official script (including regular script and regular script), running script (including running script and cursive script) and cursive script (including,, big grass and standard cursive script).