It is not appropriate to practice hard pen before writing brush, which will get twice the result with half the effort! Because hard-pen characters draw nutrients from brush characters, especially regular script, the law is profound and strict, and "regular script does not deceive" is the truth! Hard pen is different from brush pen, for example, some strokes are difficult to write with brush pen, and hard pen is easier and less "exquisite". Hard pen is hard pen, emphasizing practicality, there is no need to write exactly the same as Chinese calligraphy, which is basically impossible. But from many hard-pen copybooks, we can clearly see the traces of calligraphy.
The structure is eternal, but the brushwork is quite different. To learn a kind of writing brush, we should pay attention to both structure and brushwork, and the brushwork is mainly based on structure. The so-called brushwork is mainly solved by the elasticity of the pen tip. Also, the brush is a big character, which is different from the small character written by the pen in structural arrangement. The structure of large characters should be compact and the structure of small characters should be "loose".
Finally, I want to say that the pen is mainly structured, which is relatively loose. The writing brush needs to practice both the structure and the brushwork, as well as the treatment of rhyme, ink painting and white painting, which can not be solved by using brush characters. If you want to learn calligraphy seriously, please learn calligraphy first. If, due to various reasons, such as conditions, age, school, etc. Be sure to learn hard pen first, and it is best to copy directly from the ancient writing brush inscription, and find the lower case of Zhong Shaojing, Zhao Mengfu, Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhiming and others to copy.