1, how to choose a brush
Brush is really important, it feels good, and it will have a lifelong marriage with calligraphy, but it feels bad, and maybe it will pass. Most people go to the store to buy brushes or buy them online. Must be "sharp, round and healthy" (sharp: when the pen is aggregated, the nib should be able to close. Qi: Squeeze the nib with water to make the hair of the nib neat and tidy. Round: Around the belly of the pen, the pen holder is full and round, conical, not flat or thin. Health: the bristles are elastic, easy to fold after spreading, and the brushwork should be healthy. There is no way to verify the so-called four virtues before paying the money, and it has no effect at all by visual inspection. There is only one way, not to buy cheap goods. It's best not to buy it in the store. First, because many bosses don't know the goods themselves, they buy brushes frequently. Secondly, it is normal to increase the price by three to five times in the store, and online shopping is worth choosing. A good online shop selling pens should introduce the brush in detail, including the texture of the pen tip, the texture of the pen holder, the length of the pen, the suitability of use and so on. A better online shop should have a pen-tested drawing. Judging from the price of 20 17, pens above 30 yuan are not bad. Generally, you can buy two more, with different specifications or different text materials (pure wool brush and pure wolf brush should not be bought as far as possible. If it's really high-grade wool, it's too expensive, not less than one in 200 yuan. Pure wolf hair and wool are very expensive because they belong to the right half of hair. At present, 90% brushes are made of double-stranded brushes, which are mainly composed of artificial hair, hemp and bristles. Artificial hair is good, cheap but healthy, but if you use artificial hair alone, you can't make a brush, so you must add animal hair.
2. How to tell whether a pen is good or bad?
The pen holder should not be thick or thin, and 0.7- 1 cm is the most suitable. Never choose a nice pen. It's heavy, and it seems expensive. Writing is to use hair instead of a pen. It seems that expensive penholders are often made by bad calligraphers, because without good hair quality and good craftsmanship, we can only work hard on penholders. Buy high-grade brushes as gifts. Pick up the pen and open it. The characteristic of a good pen is "sharp and round", that is, hard but not hard, soft but not soft. With the improvement of calligraphy level and sensibility, you can better understand the quality of this weapon and write handy good words. On the other hand, due to the improvement of your level, you will write good words with a bad brush. It is suggested that at the beginning, choose an ordinary double brush and never buy cheap goods; Then, choose a good brush that suits your personality.
3. Use and maintenance of brushes
Before using a new brush, soak the nib in warm water for 5- 10 minutes. (It is recommended to open it completely. Many beginners like to watch only half, which makes them feel easy to control. In fact, if you only drive half or a small part, why not just buy a smaller brush? ) The glue melts to make it open naturally.
Because the new pen has floating hairs, after the nib is naturally scattered, rinse it with water once to remove floating hairs, and then gently squeeze out the water by hand (it is recommended to drag the nib gently on paper with strong water absorption such as Xuan paper to make the pen wet) before inking.
In addition, some people like to soak all the small pens and practice writing. Although it is easy to control strokes, it is not conducive to mastering changeable writing skills. Moreover, it is difficult to close the brush head of rough strokes after it is scattered, and the brush loss is also great.
Some people like to soak all the big ones before practicing the small ones. Although this is overqualified, it can exercise the ability of pen control and is beneficial to learners. (Tip: There are two points to note. First, you can use small print for large sums. Although overqualified, it doesn't matter. Small pens can't use large ones, and small ones will only increase wear and tear. Second, don't break the new pen directly by hand. The most important thing about a brush is the front. Without the front, you can't make a pen. If you break it directly by hand, it is easy to mess up the pen. )