Oriental Art Supply Chinese Brush Painting Supplies
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Calligraphy
Which of your supplies work best for calligraphy?
A. The best material choices for calligraphy are the Flow Brushes, Orchid Bamboo Brushes, Flower & Bird Brush, any of the inks we carry especially Best Bottle. The best papers for calligraphy are Practice Roll, Best Shuen and Double Shuen AO. For print style calligraphy we use the Flower & Bird Brush or any of the Flow Brushes. For grass style calligraphy the Orchid Bamboo Brushes work best. Add a touch of elegance and style to any special occasion calligraphy by mixing Pelikan’s Gold or Silver cake pan colors in with the ink.
I am taking a class on calligraphy. What brushes do I need?
Orchid Bamboo or Mt Horse to do running style or script and Flow, Flower and Bird or Large Flow for print style.