Everyone in modern society will use the pen as a communication tool. The hard pen is generally accepted by people for its practical aspects, thus forming its own broad social and mass base. Hard-tipped calligraphy is an emerging art developed on this basis, which is beyond the reach of many other categories of art. It is on this basis that the creative subject is required to have a strong awareness of the times, organically combine the subject spirit with modern consciousness, and create hard-pen calligraphy works that have certain connotations and meet the aesthetic needs of modern people.

Hard-tipped calligraphy is a highly abstract line art. Hard-tipped calligraphy creation should achieve the unity of content and form to create high-level works. The content mentioned here mainly refers to the glyphs and form of Chinese characters. The connotation and the creator's emotion, cultivation, etc., while the form refers to the font, pen, structure, etc. The ontological content of hard-pen calligraphy is expressed through the external form of the work. This requires hard-pen calligraphy creation to have the following four elements:

Proficient use of superb techniques

Technical problems are inevitable problems in any kind of artistic creation. The "original meaning in the title" of all artistic creations is an important factor that constitutes formal beauty. Everyone who engages in artistic activities must first study the techniques of that art assiduously. The creator holds a hard pen and writes it down in one stroke, leaving no room for modification. Without superb and skillful techniques, it is easy to fail in writing. It requires the creator to practice hard and master some basic rules of structure and pen usage. Handle the relationship between strokes, words and words, and lines in the works. This beautiful form composed of techniques guides the appreciators to seek deep spiritual enjoyment in the works. effect.

Integration of various artistic qualities

The unique and essential characteristics of each art determine its existence value in the field of art. Although the art of hard-tipped calligraphy, a new art wonder, has shown its strong vitality since its inception, we should see some of its shortcomings at a deeper level. We need to explore and discover, and constantly input new ideas. blood to enrich and develop this start-up art. We say that hard-pen calligraphy is connected with philosophy, literature, painting, music, seal cutting, etc. Philosophy, literature, and painting are beneficial to creating the composition and artistic conception of hard-pen calligraphy, while the gold and stone flavor of seal cutting and the rhythm of music are more useful for hard-pen calligraphy. Thousands of years of traditional brush calligraphy and the emerging hard-brush calligraphy are both line arts that use Chinese characters as the object of expression. This determines the inevitable relationship between hard-brush calligraphy and brush calligraphy. My creative practice over the past twenty years has basically followed this path. The vast majority of hard-pen calligraphy authors have worked hard on brush calligraphy, and they have used a wide range of techniques, including Qin Zhuan, Han Li, Jin Xing, Wei Stele, Tang Ji, etc. It is the reference and application of these interconnected arts in hard-pen calligraphy that enables it to continue to develop and improve, forming today's vivid situation of "a hundred flowers blooming" in hard-pen calligraphy.

A natural expression of character cultivation

The creation of the line art of hard-tipped calligraphy is based on feelings between swaying and unrestrained. It is this swaying and unrestrained that determines its essence. Subjective performance. Zhong Yao, a calligrapher of the Wei Dynasty, said: "Handwriting is the realm; beauty is the flow of people." It can be seen that line art is the result of the flow of beauty in people's hearts. Mr. Shen Peng of the Chinese Calligraphy Association also said: "The art of calligraphy, by its nature, focuses on subjective expression." If there is no subjective expression of sway, the beauty of hard-pen calligraphy will ultimately remain at the level of writing. Mr. Tuozhi said: "What art expresses is a universal human emotion recognized by artists." To make hard-pen calligraphy creations subjectively express "universal human emotions" is not something that creators can do overnight. It requires creation. Readers should stay close to life, read more, have a profound insight into social life, and understand the philosophy of life. In short, it is to strengthen the learning of calligraphy skills.