Soft pen

Text/Mu Mu

The basic tools for learning calligraphy are: pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Is what we usually call Four Treasures of the Study.

Tire brush, wolf brush (wolf hair), rabbit shoulder purple brush (purple hair), deer brush, chicken brush, duck brush, wool brush (goat hair), pig brush (bristle brush), mouse brush (moustache brush), tiger brush, ox ear brush, stone badger brush, etc.

Rabbit hair, wool and wolf hair are preferred.

Lowercase, middle, upper case

The bigger ones are screen pen, couplet pen, bucket pen, pen planting and so on.

Soft brush, hard brush, double brush, etc.

Can be divided into brush and paint brush.

Can be divided into: round cents, sharp cents and so on.

It can be divided into long front, center and short front.

Generally speaking, wool quilt is soft and elastic, which is difficult to use; The wolf is healthy, flexible and easy to use; Roujian's pen made of two different animal hairs is called double brush, which is easier to use. It is best to use different styles of writing selectively, and you need to explore it yourself slowly.

Sharp, neat, round and healthy are called the four virtues of pen.

Pointing means that the pen tip should be sharp to write fine stippling and pen movement changes; When the fingerprint pen is spread out, it is even and tidy, ensuring the symmetry of strokes; Circle refers to the shape of the brush when it is full of ink, which feels round and full, reflecting the ink storage ability of the brush. When full of ink, the strokes are full and powerful, which can avoid improper flying white; Fingertips are elastic, allowing the pen to express itself freely.

Most of the new pens we just got are sealed with a kind of glue called antlers for two reasons. First of all, the packing box of the brush is not easy to be damaged during transportation, and the work is more convenient and faster. Secondly, it keeps the brush straight and sharp.

The brush needs to be soaked in cold water or normal temperature water for a long time, and the specific time is not fixed until it is loose. Some people will soak in hot water or warm water, which is not right. Hot water will burn the brush and affect the writing effect. Soak it and get rid of the short hair in the middle.

You don't need to use the brush in your hand immediately. You need to soak the pen in water first, and then soak it in ink for a while. The soaking time should not be too long. The purpose of soaking is to let the ink enter the pen column, which can make the pens get together. This is what we call moistening ink.

After the brush is used, we need to rinse the remaining ink, that is, gently squeeze the residue out of the roots by hand. Don't worry about the brush head falling off. A good brush has considered the purpose of the brush, and only a poor brush will easily break down. After that, it can be packaged in a pen container.

After the brush is fully washed, straighten the brush tip, spin off the water, and then choose to hang it to dry. This is the right way. Remember this, don't put the wet pen into the pen container immediately, because the water from the wet pen will flow into the pen cavity, which will rot the pen for a long time and cause hair removal.

From the production process, there are two kinds of Xuan paper, one is called Sheng Xuan paper, which has strong water absorption and can melt ink without alum treatment; One is called cooked Xuan, which is made of alum. It is hard and relatively difficult to melt.

Generally speaking, writing is written by students. Every detail of brushwork will be multiplied by the propaganda that is good at melting ink. Every hesitation, cowardice, frustration, partiality and perfunctory will be revealed on this paper. Therefore, the shortcomings of the writer's pen handling process can be clearly exposed. Novices may not be able to handle the details. If ordinary paper is used, they may not see the shortcomings in the process of writing with a pen, and over time they will form bad habits.

Among them, the calligraphy works suitable for beginners are:

Yan Zhenqing: Dover Tower Monument

Ou Yangxun: Inscription of Liquan in Jiuchenggong.

Liu Gongquan: Mysterious Tower Monument

Beginners should start with the ancient script of regular script, and choose the regular script writers in Tang Dynasty as their first choice. Beginners are advised to learn one of the positions first until they are proficient; Learn from other books and make a breakthrough. Proficiency means that you can reach the standard without looking at the words written on the copybook, which is eight points similar to the original post. Because mastering the works of one of the calligraphers accurately at the beginning of learning is equivalent to establishing a three-dimensional coordinate in the vast sea of books. Based on this, we can find the similarities and differences of other calligraphers. When you first paste, the deeper you go, the easier it is to study the inscriptions of other calligraphers.

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