Paper for Writing Calligraphy

The recommended paper for writing calligraphy is raw xuan, cooked xuan and hemp paper.

One, raw Xuan. Sheng Xuan is the most widely used writing paper on the market, many people write serious works for the first time, use it. It has a very obvious advantage, blotting ink. There is also a very obvious disadvantage. Still blotting ink. Blotting ink can make up for the writer's own penmanship is not in place, for the use of ink masters, a piece of work in the raw宣上, ink color thousands of variations, such as the grass saint Lin Sanzhi master. However, for copying the works of famous artists before the Ming and Qing dynasties, the advantages of raw Xuanxuan, gone. So why did raw xuan become popular? This has to start with the architectural progress of the Ming and Qing dynasties. For the requirements of the penmanship, began to change from the pursuit of perfection of form to the ink color changes, trying to write a feeling of ancient, then this word, raw Xuan is almost the only suitable paper.

The second, ripened Xuanxuan. Characterized by, it is difficult to blot ink, commonly used in brush painting. Cooked Xuan for writing, write fly-head lowercase cooked Xuan is the best choice, the middle regular can also often practice on cooked Xuan, for practicing penmanship, very good!

Three, hemp paper (half-cooked) hemp paper surface rough, but not too stagnant, for people who write small lines of grass, hemp paper is a very good choice, the degree of ripeness belongs to half-cooked, for good use of the elasticity of the brush itself to shape the twists and turns of the calligrapher, the use of hemp, such as a tiger to add wings.