Brushes and brush pens are an integral part of Chinese and Japanese black ink painting and calligraphy, and it’s worth every penny to invest in premium brushes. Natural bristles, such as weasel ...

Easyou Hu Chinese Brush for Calligraphy and Sumi-e Drawing. Buy Now. 5. Yasutomo Bamboo Calligraphy Brushes. If you’re looking to dabble in dry-brush techniques, this stiff-bristled brush is a ...

A calligraphy brush comprises of two parts: the head or brush tip and shaft. The head is made of goat, wolf, rat or rabbit hair, which is softer than bamboo, a pencil, quill or ballpoint pen.

A handmade calligraphy brush, custom made for a master calligrapher, can cost over $1,000. Each brush tip takes over a month to make.

Richard Wang’s new youth workshop series “Ink for Healing” will teach mental well-being skills through the art of Chinese ...

“Fude” roughly translates to “brush,” but Tanaka uses the word only for the style of calligraphy and ink-painting brushes she makes in a tradition with roughly 1,300 years of history in ...

Japanese calligraphy gets a brush-up. Apart from writing New Year’s cards once a year, most adult Japanese rely on computers to help them write out complex Chinese characters (kanji), meaning ...

He explained that Japanese calligraphy is more difficult for lefties, especially the kaisho style, but demonstrated that it is possible by lifting the brush with his left hand and drawing a ...

As a young boy in Taiwan, Jerry Yang was forced to study calligraphy — writing Chinese characters with a brush. The practice is thought to mold character as well as to reflect it, but Yang found ...

Options include Intro to Brush Lettering, a modern, trendy style, and Intro to Calligraphy, a classic, elegant script. The brush lettering workshop is $75, and the calligraphy workshop is $90.

Among the various calligraphic tools, the calligraphy brush is special to China. It represents one of the four treasures of study, which also include paper, ink and ink stone.The calligraphy brush ...