Hard-pen calligraphy beginners do not recommend using ballpoint pens and gel pens, but suggest using pens and pencils. Pen is the mainstream in the practice of hard pen calligraphy, while the tip of ballpoint pen is too slippery and the tip of gel pen is too hard. Although these writing tools are cheap and convenient, their inherent shortcomings are not conducive to the stroke feeling and pen-lifting skills when practicing Chinese characters.
From the point of view of practicing calligraphy, don't deliberately pursue the change of tools in the initial stage. If you use a pen that can cover up your real problems, you will think that your level has improved and you can only increase your vanity. Hard pen calligraphy, it is best to use a metal pen, because the hardness of the pen is large, which can increase the strength of holding the pen and lay a good foundation; Followed by a pencil, you can grasp the weight of strokes. The fountain pen is soft, so you can write and play at ordinary times, but the effect of practicing calligraphy is not very good.
Characteristics of hard pen calligraphy
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. 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, 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 the hard pen tip is hard, its line change is not as soft as that of the soft pen-the writing brush changes greatly; 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.