About what pens to use when learning brush calligraphy for beginners:
When learning brush calligraphy for beginners, it is generally recommended to choose two different types of calligraphy pens: hard brush pens and soft brush pens. This can help you better understand the basic skills and characteristics of brush calligraphy.
1. Hard brush pens
1. Hard nib: Hard brush pens usually use wolf hair as the main material, and the nib is relatively hard. This makes the strokes clear and powerful when writing, and the writing lines clearer.
2. Suitable for writing structured characters and regular script: Hard brush pens are particularly suitable for writing structured characters and regular script because their hardness can help control the thickness and clarity of lines.
3. Practice the basic structure of glyphs and the rising and falling of strokes: Practicing calligraphy with a hard brush can enhance the understanding and mastery of the basic structure of glyphs, as well as the skills of starting and landing of strokes. Because the tip of the hard-bristle pen has a higher hardness, it is easier to control the strokes and strength when writing.
4. Improve writing accuracy and stability: Because hard-bristle pens have clear and powerful lines, practicing with hard-bristle pens can help develop writing accuracy and stability.
2. Soft brush pen
1. Soft brush tip: Soft brush pens usually use sheep hair or mushroom hair as the material, which makes the pen tip softer. Soft brush pens have more fluid and elastic lines when writing.
2. Suitable for writing cursive and running script: The soft brush pen performs well in writing cursive and running script. Its soft tip helps the change and fluency of writing continuous and folded pens.
3. Cultivate the charm and variation of brush calligraphy: Soft brushes can give calligraphy more variety and charm, helping to express personal calligraphy style and charm.
4. Need to master the continuity of calligraphy: practicing with a soft brush requires a better grasp of the continuity of writing, because its soft tip makes the continuity of writing lines more important.
Whether it is a hard brush or a soft brush, it requires certain practice and practice to master its characteristics and usage skills. When practicing, you can choose a suitable brush according to your personal preferences and calligraphy style, and gradually experience the writing feeling and performance effects of different types of brushes.