How to choose proper brush size to paint?

[罗雁 LuoYan]

There seem to be a lot of unspoken rules of using Chinese brushes for painting and calligraphy. We once discussed a bit brush size for calligraphy. This time, we would like to discuss how to choose proper brush size for painting. In China, a common saying is that ‘use big brush for small scale painting so that the small painting will be better presented; and use small brush for big painting so that the large size would contains sophisticated details.’

Then, in your past experience, what do you think?

[罗雁 LuoYan]

Weasel hair brush is a very good choice for any levels. They are suitable for regular script 楷书 KaiShu, cursive script 草书 CaoShu, semi cursive script 行书 XingShu, and Xing Cao 行草 which is  script between cursive and regular.

• 小楷 small script is 3 – 5 cm calligraphy: brush hair is around 2.1 * 0.5cm.

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• 中楷 medium script is 3 – 7 cm calligraphy: brush hair is around 2.7 * 0.6cm.

https://www.inkston.com/suitable-for/%E4%B8%AD%E6%A5%B7-3-7-cm-calligraphy/

• 大楷 big script is 3 – 9 cm calligraphy: brush hair is around 3.1 * 0.8cm.

https://www.inkston.com/suitable-for/%E5%A4%A7%E6%A5%B7-3-9-cm-calligraphy/

• 寸楷 large script is 5 – 11 cm calligraphy: brush hair is around 3.6 * 1.2 cm.

https://www.inkston.com/suitable-for/%E5%AF%B8%E6%A5%B7-5-11-cm-calligraphy/

 

• Esta respuesta fue modificada hace 7 años, 5 meses por 罗雁 LuoYan.

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