How To Write Chinese Brush Calligraphy. Hold the brush in your right or left hand. Holding the brush higher creates weaker softer strokes while holding closer to the bristles create solid more defined strokes.
A medium sized weasel or mixed hair brush 狼毫 láng háo or 兼毫 jiān háo a bottle of ink for chinese calligraphy 墨 mò 50 100 sheets of grid rice paper 宣纸 宣紙 xuān zhǐ for beginners and an ink stone 砚台 硯台 yàn tái. The characters are written using combinations of eight basic strokes. Ge refers to the way the third finger press the brush.
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The strokes are written in a specific stroke order. Hand lettering is often taught thin upstroke thick downstroke but the angle in which your pen sits against the page matters. Move this finger forcefully from left to right to hook the brush. Hold the brush in your right or left hand.
