In China's calligraphy art, what kind of pen is commonly used in hard pen calligraphy?

Hard-pen calligraphy is generally written with a pen, in addition to pencils, pen knives and gel pens. Pencils and pencil sharpeners are usually used in the initial stage of writing and painting, while pens and gel pens are usually used to write larger fonts. Although there are some differences between hard pen calligraphy and brush calligraphy, they can be applied to a wider range of occasions. More and more people are beginning to realize that using hard pen to practice and create calligraphy has promoted the development of hard pen calligraphy.

‘hardpen' calligraphy

In China's calligraphy art, it can usually be divided into hard pen calligraphy and soft pen calligraphy. Soft brush is a brush, which is a traditional brush in China's calligraphy. Writing beautiful calligraphy fonts with it is an important part of China's calligraphy art, and there are many differences between hard pen calligraphy and brush calligraphy. First of all, a hard pen is different from a nib. The tip of a hard pen is usually cylindrical, while the tip of a brush is conical. This difference makes the hard-pen calligraphy need to master the pen skills more carefully. Secondly, the style of writing is different. Hard pen calligraphy needs to master and use the pen to write smooth and beautiful stroke curves, while brush calligraphy pays more attention to the control of the pen, and changes the thickness, curvature and shape of the stroke by changing the direction and angle of the pen. Therefore, hard pen calligraphy needs to master different types of pens skillfully and deeply understand writing skills in order to write an ideal hard pen calligraphy font.

Soft pen calligraphy