In the calligraphy and painting level examination, pencils are used at the bottom level 1 2, and pencils are mostly drawn with 2B. Use a pen above level 3. You can choose ordinary pens and artistic pens. Therefore, Grade 4.5 in the hard pen test of calligraphy in Grade 3 is written with a pen. Hard-pen calligraphy score refers to the examination of China's basic skills of hard-pen calligraphy organized by examination institutions.