Pencil: Suitable for children and beginners, it helps to show the thickness of strokes and develop writing skills.
Gel pen: cheap, easy to obtain and control. 0.7 and 1.0 refills are more suitable for practice.
Pen: It can best express the frustration of strokes and the rhythm of calligraphy, but the water output of pen is larger than that of ordinary pen, so it is necessary to choose a certain thickness of paper for practice.
Copywriting: Choose copybooks that suit you, such as stroke copybooks, ancient regular script, and works by famous calligraphers.
Copying paper: You can choose Tian Zige and Mi Zige paper in the early stage of practicing Chinese characters, and be familiar with the structure of Chinese characters. After a period of time, change to ordinary square paper or calligraphy paper.