A Study on the Artistic Practice of Round Strokes and Pending Strokes in Calligraphy
Round strokes and pending strokes are originated in the early period where Li calligraphy style gets current in the Han Dynasty,gets developed in the formation process of the calligraphy style,and get matured in Zhangcao calligraphy style and perfected in Wang Xizhi.The root cause for the formation of round strokes and pending strokes is that people are in pursuit of speed,convenience and beauty in the writing process,especially when the calligrapher take conscious control of strokes.When using round strokes and pending strokes in writing,he skillfully raises,presses or changes the stroke,makes a stroke with a pen,and makes rising and falling stipples with,resulting in a lot of changes inside and outside the stroke line,which leads people to endless aftertaste.Writing instruments such as pen,ink and paper will objectively affect the performance of round strokes and pending strokes.With the use of the brush,the artistic effect lies in that fact that the stippling line is rich in power,rhythm and three-dimensional sense.Round strokes and pending strokes are those that can deepens the effect of line quality with a brushwork,accompanied by the persistence of calligraphy brushwork.The study on round strokes and pending strokes should make specific analysis by go deep into the calligraphy works,and carefully observing the internal reasons and artistic effects of the formation of epistaxis.