Can Hard Pen And Brush Calligraphy Be Learned Together?

The answer is: yes. Hard pens and brushes can be learned together without conflict.

1. Why can we learn together?

Some people say that there won’t be any interference if you learn the brush and hard pen at the same time? Won't it be confusing? According to the editor's experience, basically not. You have to believe in the human brain and believe in yourself.

First of all, the memory capacity of the human brain is very strong. For example, students in calligraphy colleges learn calligraphy. Sometimes they learn seal script, official script, running script and other calligraphy styles at the same time, or they change quickly. In addition, the feeling of writing on the hand is different between a hard pen and a brush. As for whether you have learned it well or not, it depends on the time and concentration you spend.

Hard pen practice

Hard pen calligraphy works

Hard pen calligraphy works

2. Hard-pen learning

Hard pens are the pencils, pens, gel pens, etc. that we commonly use. In recent years, some soft-tipped hard pens have appeared specifically for hard-pen calligraphy creation. This new type of hard pen has richer performance and can write the thickness, square and circle of lines. But in fact, it is better to practice with a fountain pen or a gel pen. The most important thing is to practice real skills.

Many people choose to learn hard pen writing because it is practical and convenient. Whether it is when you are a student or after working, in life, when the teacher sees your handwriting, he will praise you: "Oh, so-and-so classmate in our class has such good handwriting!", when the boss sees your handwriting after work, he will praise you. Compliment: "Oh, your calligraphy is good, you are quite talented!" In short, I think most people in China are proud of their good calligraphy.

In addition, hard-tipped calligraphy, as a branch of calligraphy art, many people do not agree with the value of hard-tipped calligraphy, but I don’t think so. Different writing tools have their own unique features. People who have learned the hard pen to a certain level will be attracted by the temperament of the hard pen. The hard pen also has its own unique beauty. Although it is not as rich as the brush, if you study it to the extreme, it will be very impressive. Just like seal cutting, a small seal, such a small carrier, contains the secrets of all things and has endless changes. In terms of value, some of today's hard-pen masters are doing very well, and even those with a little level of proficiency will not do too badly, because hard-pen has a large learning team.

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Brush calligraphy works

Brush calligraphy works

3. Writing brush learning

If you want to achieve success in calligraphy, you must learn the brush. Even if you are concentrating on hard pens, it is better to dabble in calligraphy brushes. Because the concepts of structure, space, techniques and other aspects of the hard-pen calligraphy are basically the same, but the writing brush can express a more comprehensive and profound experience. When learning a calligraphy brush, you will undergo some necessary training, such as starting and retracting the brush, turning, writing speed, ink thickness, size, virtuality and solidity, the shape of the characters, etc. Only by learning these can you understand the most important factors of calligraphy, such as the strength and flexibility of lines, the richness and change of space for knotting words, etc. The hard pen is equivalent to a simplified version of calligraphy with a brush. The movement of raising and closing the pen should be simpler, and the changes in line thickness and square circle should be smaller. In this way, the hard pen pays more attention to the changes in structural space.

To learn calligraphy, you need to read classics and read more. The biggest problem with contemporary people learning calligraphy is that their learning is very shallow and it is difficult to compare with the ancients. This is reflected in whether you have made enough efforts to read ancient texts. The ancients said that when you study calligraphy in a pond, the water in the pond will be completely black. It is probably beyond the reach of modern people. The second is the ability to comprehend. If you have put in enough effort, have you learned the truly outstanding things of the ancients? If what you learn is only dross, it is useless. For example, some people directly learn from modern people to learn Qi Gong and Zhou Huijun. This is doomed from the beginning that you will not have a relationship with calligraphy.