What brush do beginners use to appreciate calligraphy?
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How to choose a writing brush
First of all, we must understand the structure of the brush.
A brush consists of a pen tip and a pen tube.
The nib is divided into tip, waist and root according to its length; According to the height of hair quality, it is divided into pre-pen hair, two pre-hair, cushion hair and fur.
Secondly, we should know the types of brushes.
Brush can be divided into large characters, Chinese characters and small characters according to the size of the pen head;
According to the stroke length, it can be divided into long front (soft front stores more ink), center and short front (just front stores less ink).
According to the texture composition of raw materials, it can be divided into bristles (rabbit hair, wolf hair, etc. ), soft hair (wool, chicken feathers, etc. ) and doubled two brushes (the hard pen is the main hair and the soft hair is the auxiliary hair).
According to the source, it can be divided into: tire brush, wolf brush, rabbit shoulder purple brush, deer brush, chicken brush, duck brush, brush, pig brush, mouse brush, tiger brush, ox ear brush and so on.
According to the shape, it can be divided into round type, pointed type and luxurious type.
(1) Ranunculus. This pen is made of goat hair. Wool pen is soft in texture and absorbs a large amount of ink, which is suitable for writing with round and solid stippling. More durable than a wolf's brush. Most of these pens are lake pens, which are relatively cheap. Generally, there are big pens, Jingti (or pen lifting), Lianfeng, Feng Ping, Ding Feng, Gaifeng, flagpole, Jade Bamboo Shoots, Yulanrui and Jingzha.
(2) Wolf brush. This pen is made of the hair on the tail of a weasel. The rat tail produced in Northeast China is the most common, and it is called "North Langhao" and "Guandong Liao Wei". Wolf hair is stronger than wool pen and suitable for writing and drawing, but it is not as durable as wool pen and more expensive. Common varieties are Zhu Lan, freehand brushwork, landscape, flowers, Ye Jin, costume patterns, red beans, small seiko, deer and wolf hair calligraphy and painting (made of wolf hair and deer hair), leopard and wolf hair (made of wolf hair and leopard hair), special long-peak wolf hair, super long-peak wolf hair and so on.
(3) font size. The writing pen is made of rabbit hair, so it is named for its purple, black and bright colors. This pen is tall and straight, sharp and sharp, and it is more elastic than wolf hair. Rabbit hair produced in Anhui is the best.
(4) Double-sided brush. This pen is made of two kinds of animal hair with different hardness and softness. Common varieties are double-stranded brush, wolf sheep, double-stranded brush and purple sheep, such as five-purple five-sheep and seven-purple three-sheep. This pen has the advantages of both sheep and wolves, moderate rigidity and moderate price, and is commonly used by painters and painters. There are two types: harmonic type and quilt type.
Third, we should know the criteria for choosing pens.
"Sharp, neat, round and healthy" summarized by the ancients is the basic standard for choosing a pen. Is this called a writing brush? Four virtues? . Only by finding the sharp, neat, round and healthy position can we ensure that we can choose a good pen with good quality.
Fourth, we should learn the method of choosing pens.
When choosing a pen, the pen tube should be straight, the nib should be conical, the nib should be firm, and there should be no moth-eaten hair removal. Then soak the nib in water for about 2-3 mm, and squeeze this part into a flat shape. If the bristles are the same length, arranged neatly, dipped in water and restored to a cone shape, then gently draw a circle on the nail cover, which is not forked, twisted and elastic, it is a good pen.
Fifth, we should pay attention to the use and protection of pens.
When the pen is selected and used, it should be soaked in water until the roots are completely scattered, and the attached glue should be washed clean, drained and then dipped in ink for use. Every time you want to use it, you should first soak the pen with clear water; Every time you finish writing, rinse off the remaining ink on the pen tip with clear water in time, straighten out the bristles, and hang them vertically or insert them into the pen container for reuse.
Drawings:
The bristles are mainly wolf hair (tail tip hair of weasels) and are made of mink, rat, horse, deer and rabbit hair. Hard brush is vigorous and powerful, suitable for drawing lines. Commonly used pens are Zhu Lan, Xiaoxing Palace, Little Red Riding Hood, Ye Jin pen, clothes pattern pen and writing brush. Soft brushes are mainly made of wool, but there are also bird feathers. Soft and watery, suitable for large-scale rendering. Common soft brushes include "Big Crane Neck", "Bai Gui Pen", "Dyed Pen", "Goose Pen" and "Pure Wool Pen". Japanese pens are "colored pens" and "picking pens". Double-strand brush is made of wool and wolf hair (or rabbit hair), and its nature is between rigid and soft, such as "Seven Purple Three Sheep", "White Cloud Pen" and "Pure Purple Pointed Hair", and Japanese pens include "Miao Ze", "Magnolia" and "Changliu".
A pen has "four virtues", namely "sharp, neat, round and healthy", which are introduced one by one below:
First of all, when the pen tips are gathered together, the pen tips should be pointed. The pen tip is easy to write and express. When buying a new pen, the hair is glued and polymerized, which is easy to distinguish. When checking the old pen, first wet the pen and gather the hair, then you can distinguish the sharp baldness.
Second, after the fingertips are wet and flattened, the fingertips are flush. If the strokes are even, the strokes are equal in length and there will be no gaps, so the strokes are "10,000 liqi". Because the pen needs to be completely wetted, it is difficult to check this when buying.
Third, the round finger pen is as perfect as the shape of jujube pit, which means that the hair is sufficient. If you have more hair, you will have enough pen power to write, otherwise you will lose weight and lack pen power. The pen is perfect. The pen can turn. When shopping, there is glue in your hair. Is it perfect? Just take a closer look.
Fourth, health is the elasticity of the pen waist; Press hard, lift the pen, and then return to its original state. If the pen is flexible, it can be used freely; Generally speaking, rabbit hair and wolf hair are more elastic than wool, and books are strong and firm. In this regard, press the pen after wetting, and the front is straight and healthy.
Four virtues refer to the function of the pen itself, and we should also consider the copybook when choosing the pen. The same is true of the so-called "write his own words with a pen that someone has used". The best way to judge what kind of pen to use is to look at his handwriting directly: if the style is strong, choose Hao Jian; If you are charming and plump, choose soft; Hard and soft, and then choose double brush. The characteristics of the pen also affect the written calligraphy, thus achieving the wonderful scenery of calligraphy.
Tips:
When choosing a brush, the font size is mainly considered. Unless it is particularly large, Chinese characters are usually written in block letters. The words written should be sharp and hard; If you want to be full and round, you should use soft hair; If words want to be powerful, short words should be used; To write a fluent cursive script, it is advisable to use long-haired sheep hair; For rough and crazy words, soft strokes and thin words should be used, and hard strokes or double-line brush strokes should be used.
Suggestion:
Brush for calligraphy, it is best to choose wolf hair or double hair brush. It is also useful, but not suitable for beginners to master. Pen models are divided into three categories: large, medium and small. Beginners don't choose large pens, just prepare two medium pens and two small pens. There are three kinds of strokes: long, medium and short. Beginners should not choose a long pen. Shanlian Lake Pen is very good and can meet the requirements of beginners, but please buy genuine Lake Pen, there are many fakes.