The author of Mao is a pen made of the hair of birds and animals.
Rabbit hair was first used, and later it was also used by sheep, ferrets, wolves, chickens and other animals. The pen tube is made of bamboo or other materials. The head is round and pointed, which is used for traditional writing and painting.
At present, the earliest physical discovery is in the Warring States Period.
Brush can be divided into large characters, Chinese characters and small characters according to the size of the pen head; According to the stroke length, it can be divided into long front (soft front stores more ink), center and short front (just front stores less ink).
When choosing a brush, the size of the handwriting is mainly considered. Unless it is particularly large, it is generally written in block letters. The words written should be sharp and hard; If you want to be full and round, you should use soft hair; Words should be short and powerful; To write a fluent cursive script, it is advisable to use long-edged sheep hair; For rough and crazy words, soft strokes and thin words should be used, and hard strokes or double-line brush strokes should be used.
Calligraphy brush, it is best to choose wolf hair or double hair brush. It is also useful, but not suitable for beginners to master.
Pen models are divided into three categories: large, medium and small. Beginners don't choose large pens, just prepare two small pens and two medium pens.
There are three kinds of strokes: long, medium and short, so beginners should not choose long front strokes.