Advanced set: brush, ink block, inkstone, rice paper, paperweight, inkpad, seal engraving, pen washing, drip pot and pen container.
Low-grade suit: brush, ink, calligraphy paper, ink cartridge.
How to choose a good writing brush
See if it meets the requirements of "sharp, neat, round and healthy".
A good brush should be selected according to four principles, which are called "four virtues of pen". It is the four elements of "sharp, neat, round and healthy". Sharp means to use a sharp and neat pen, to spread it neatly and roundly, to use a rounded and full-bodied pen, but to use a rich and flexible pen. In addition, the pen can be divided into long, medium and short, the pen holder should be straight, and the pen head should be firmly connected with the pen holder.
Types of brushes
There are three kinds of brushes: soft brush, hard brush and double brush.
1. bristle brush: made of bristles such as ferret tail hair, rabbit hair, moustache and bristles. , also known as wolf hair. Brushes are energetic and elastic.
2, soft brush: made of wool, chicken feathers, fetal hair and other soft hair, soft, poor elasticity.
3. Double-stranded brush: made of two kinds of animal hair, with hard hair as the core and soft hair around it. It is usually made of rabbit hair and wool. Hardness and flexibility are between hard and soft.