Pens used in Chinese painting are generally called writing brushes, and there are three kinds of pen-making materials: soft, hard and double brush. Wool is the softest brush, followed by chicken feathers. Wool circle has long front, center and short front. Long front wool pen has a long front and contains more water, which is suitable for expressing various ink color changes, but it is not easy to master. Short front, short pen.
The center wool pen is between the length and the length of the front end is moderate, which is suitable for sketching clothes lines and rendering colors. Chicken feathers are soft and difficult to master. Bristle brushes include wolf hair, purple hair, badger hair and brown hair.
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Although the writing brush is a practical tool, with the needs of society, economy and culture, the making and varieties of the writing brush are constantly improved, and the technology is constantly improved, which makes the writing brush increasingly perfect and exquisite, and gradually becomes an antique for collection and appreciation.
Brush is not easy to store, and it is practical and easy to break, so the appreciation of brush can start with the shape of brush, with emphasis on strong decoration, rich colors and rich pen tubes.
The shape of brush strokes is improved for the needs of writing and painting. The ancients used bamboo shoots to make brush, which is a traditional China name, belonging to short-edged wool and double brush. The front short body is short and thick, shaped like a bamboo shoot. The front abdomen is thick, and the paper is easy to be dignified and thick. Besides being practical, it also gives people an appreciation interest. Another example is orchid-style bristles, which is also one of the traditional brushes in China.
The handwriting is round, white, pure and delicate, like a magnolia in bud, giving people a beautiful viewing and pleasing feeling. There was also a name in ancient times, which made the brush into a gourd shape. Double brushes are round and strong.
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