Zhou Junjie's stippling of official script works is obviously different from that of seal script. The stippling of seal script can be summarized into three types: point, straight and arc, and the development of official script has already possessed eight strokes in the eight methods of permanent characters. In terms of strokes, seal script is mostly round, while official script has always been used by Fiona Fang, and the thickness of strokes has changed.
Zhou Junjie's exquisite pictures of official script show that official script can be divided into middle point, upper point, left point, right point and horizontal point. The middle point is written like this: after writing, raise the pen to the front, turn the pen back to the right, pause the pen, and then turn the pen back to the front in the point. The difference between official script and seal script lies in the biased change. The writing of the upper point is slightly the same as that of the middle point, except that the last stroke did not close the front in the point, but wanted to gradually raise the front downward. The left and right points and horizontal points are written in the same way as the above points, but the starting position is different from the front direction.
The structural feature of official script is that official script is developed from seal script, which simplifies seal script, turns circle into square and turns arc into straight.
The shape is flat, spreading left and right.
The official script changed from the normal vertical position of seal script to the horizontal position, forming a flat shape, and the strokes contracted the vertical position and strengthened the horizontal exhibition.
Dovetail for starting and closing the pen.
This is a typical feature of the pen used in official script, especially in official script, which almost always uses horizontal painting. So-called? Start writing silkworm heads? That is, in the process of using the pen to conceal (reverse) the front, at the same time, the stroke shape formed in the process of starting the pen is written into a shape similar to that of a silkworm head. ? Dovetail? , that is, after pressing the pen at the pen collection place, pick the pen obliquely to the upper right and go out.
Turn a circle into a square and an arc into a straight one.
These are two basic methods to simplify seal script in official script. But if you don't know the circle of seal script, it is not easy to master the side of official script. Because the straight painting or square folding in official script contains the arc potential of seal script, the straight of official script often has obvious ups and downs and is full of vitality. In fact, the brushwork of official script is based on the way of stroke movement.
Change a painting into a point and a connection into a break.
We know that there is no point in seal script, that is, the point used is just a dot. However, the points in the official script are independent, no longer attached to the painting, and the point methods are increasingly rich, including flat points, vertical points, left and right points, three points (by water) and four points (by fire).
In addition, Lishu also broke many strokes written in seal script, which opened the door to writing. Later, regular script played like this, allowing traces of cohesion between pens, and even breaking the meaning of pens.
Strengthen the thickness change of lifting