For children to learn calligraphy, the teacher asked for pens, and now writing is basically done with gel pens. Is it okay to learn calligraphy with a gel pen?

Hard pen calligraphy is best practiced with a pen, so as to write a font with sharp strokes! You can use pencils! Of course, writing brush is the best choice! Gel pens and ballpoint pens are not easy to practice calligraphy, because their pens are round beads, which are too slippery to roll on paper and have too little friction! The words written with them are obviously not as powerful as those written with pens or pencils! You have practiced writing with a brush, and writing with other pens will be very beautiful! But you must not use gel pens or ballpoint pens when practicing calligraphy, otherwise once you form a habit, it will be difficult to change how you practice in the future! I wish your child a good hand as soon as possible!