Ink can be practiced with ready-made "ink" such as "Yidege ink". In the future, better "ink ingots" can be used for calligraphy creation such as "101", "102" and "103" of "Hu Kaiwen" Ink sticks. An ordinary "stone inkstone" can be used as the inkstone. Ready-made inks such as "Red Star Ink", "Chinese Ink", "Yuntouyan", etc. Better ink costs more, but the written words will be bright. It is recommended for beginners to buy about six yuan of ink. If you use good quality ink, it will be fine for writing small characters, but the cost for writing large characters is still relatively high. Generally, we use a plate, pour as much as we write each time, and wash it off after use, otherwise Su Mo is difficult to use.
When learning calligraphy, is it better to grind ink or use ink?
My answer is better to grind the ink
1. There is less glue for grinding ink, so the pen can be used more smoothly. There is a lot of glue in the ink, so it is difficult to use the pen, and it will not be black when you add water.
2. The color of ground ink is more beautiful! And the more it is used, the more beautiful it becomes. The color of the ink is often completely black, while the ground ink has many changes.
3. Grinding ink is more adaptable to paper. The effect of writing on many rice papers with ink is mediocre, but the effect of writing with ground ink is good. There are also some processed papers where ink cannot be written on because the surface is smooth, but it can be written on by polishing the ink. Why is this? I think it's because the ink particles are finer.
Some people think that ink grinding is too slow, but it is actually quite fast. If you choose the right stone, the Duan inkstone is too smooth, and the grinding is slow, but the She inkstone is fast! Chengni inkstone is also fast! So you don’t have to use too good an inkstone.
