What brush is suitable for writing seal script?

1, center, double brush, wolf hair (depending on your pen habit)

2. seal script: seal script is a general term for big seal script and small seal script. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, 3000 years ago, is the earliest recognizable writing handed down, mainly used for divination. The brushwork is thin and powerful, with many straight lines. There are Fang Bi, round pen and sharp pen, and there are many "hanging needles" for writing. Big seal script refers to inscriptions on bronze inscriptions, bronzes and six-country scripts, which retain the obvious characteristics of ancient hieroglyphics. Xiao Zhuan, also known as "Qin Zhuan", is a commonly used character in Qin State and a simplified font of Da Zhuan, which is characterized by uniform and neat glyphs and is easier to write than Wen Shu.

3, seal handwriting pen:

In the Tang Dynasty, Sun said in his Book of Music that "seal script is elegant and smooth". These five words can be said to be the golden needle of seal script, a famous epigram. Although "Wan" and "Tong" are just two words, they accurately reveal the basic strokes of the seal script pen and the requirements for the quality of the seal script strokes. Therefore, the writing of temporary seal script should be based on the Chinese style, and the Chinese style should be stable, so that the Chinese style can make the strokes round and powerful, and the strokes are smooth, which belongs to the authentic ancient method and style. Otherwise, it is very easy to write uninteresting. To break the dull way, the virtual spirit of the pen is the key. The strokes of seal script must be true and false, the strokes should be restrained and smooth, and the brushwork should be hidden in the strokes, so that the breath is magnificent and continuous. Zhu Hegang, a Qing Dynasty man, said: "If the pen is not empty, it is not round. Beauty is in harmony, and there is a division between gods and gods." Both emptiness and reality are called "samadhi". Generally speaking, solid pen refers to heavy, slow and thick pen; Virtual pen means that the pen is light, fast and dry. When using a pen, it is necessary to make the strokes (lines) of seal script have distinct rhythm, vivid rhythm and smooth charm. Therefore, the design of calligraphy seal cutting should be based on the combination of reality and reality, round and astringent, making lines vigorous, smooth, Gu Zhuo and illusory, thus showing the power of circle and forming artistic effects of hair, astringency, looseness and smoothness. In addition, in the process of copying, we should also pay attention to the interpenetration and change of line thickness, and we must not blindly seek uniformity.

Of course, in the initial stage of learning seal script, we must first understand the font and stroke order of seal script, and don't ignore it because it is simple. When you are proficient, you can turn your attention to using the pen and pay attention to the details of using the pen, such as strength, weakness, astringency and moistening. So that clinical research can move to a higher stage and finally complete the transition from form to spirit.