The choice of pen when practicing calligraphy;
1. Ballpoint pen: It doesn't work well, so you can throw it away.
Most ballpoint pens use oily ink (it is difficult to wash off, and sometimes the detergent is not good), which can show the thickness change of strokes and retain a certain color change, but it is also within a small limit. Another disadvantage is that if you write for a long time, the strokes will become thick, the ink will be large, the damping will become small and it will become difficult to control.
So when I was in middle school, I almost used my ballpoint pen and threw it away, because I like to have some shock-absorbing texture.
2. Pencil: Available, but defective
Pencils basically have two scales: H (for hardness) and B (for blackness), and HB, B and 2B are basically for daily use (think of the answer sheets that could not be drawn in those days). In the writing process of hard pen calligraphy, the expressive force of pencil is not bad. The thickness of the line and the depth of the color will be different with different strength. What is commendable is that the brush strokes have a good sense of damping and you can hear the rustling of writing.
But at the same time, the defects of pencils are also obvious. First of all, it cannot be well preserved. Basically, it will fall off or get dirty when you wipe it. Secondly, the pencil should be sharpened in the process of writing, and the word gap before and after sharpening is a bit too obvious. So to sum up, I think pencils are very suitable for novices and great gods, and I will not consider others for the time being.