Hard-pen calligraphy is a bright pearl in the hundred gardens of calligraphy art. The writing tools of hard-pen calligraphy include pens, gel pens, artistic pens, pencils and chalk. The most recommended thing is to write with a pen. Hard pen calligraphy takes ink or powdery medium as the main carrier to express the writing skills of Chinese characters. It has the characteristics of convenient carrying, quick writing and wide use value.
The visual difference between hard pen calligraphy and brush calligraphy is that the strokes are thick or thin, just like removing their bones and muscles. However, the imaging principle and sports skills are very different, and they are two different sports methods. Hard pen calligraphy is divided into hard pen calligraphy art and practical hard pen calligraphy. The former mainly emphasizes artistry, while the latter mainly emphasizes practicality.
Characteristics of hard pen calligraphy
The artistry of hard-pen calligraphy mainly expresses the writer's understanding and feeling of calligraphy art through the changes of lines and structures, and it pursues beauty, emotion, interest, artistic conception and individuality. Practical hard pen calligraphy, that is, daily writing, is mainly to meet the needs of practicality and facilitate writing and identification. The key is to make the writing fast and standardized, so the practical hard pen calligraphy is mainly running script.
The characteristics of hard pen calligraphy are mainly compared with brush calligraphy. Because the material of hard pen tip is hard, its line change is not as big as that of soft pen and writing brush; Because the commonly used hard pen is mainly a pen, the lines are much thinner than the brush, so the font is much smaller, even smaller than the fine print of the brush; Because of the material of the pen, the hard pen is easier to control than the brush.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Hard Pen Calligraphy.