What are the solutions to the types of traditional brush?

According to different raw materials and properties, brushes can be divided into three types: bristles, bristles and double brushes. Hard brushes are purple brushes made of old rabbit neck hair and wolf brushes made of weasel tail hair, both of which are brown, hard and elastic, and have less water storage, and the drawn lines are vigorous and smooth. Soft brush made of sheep hair is soft and has strong water storage capacity. Double brush is made of hard hair and soft hair. There are purple wolf hair, purple wool, chicken wolf hair and other varieties, and the hardness is between wolf hair and wool.

According to the length of strokes, the brush has different performances, including long strokes, middle strokes and short strokes. It is easy to draw beautiful lines before long, and it is easy to make lines dignified and heavy before short, and it is both in the middle. According to the size of the nib, brushes are divided into three types: small, medium and large.

The ancients mostly used wolf hair, and wool became popular after the Qing Dynasty.

Beginners should use wool to exercise the control of writing brush, which can control wool well, and wolf hair is naturally comfortable.