He has also other videos where he breaks down the proportions and angles
Yes. The slower your strokes and the longer you rest the pen against the paper, the thicker it will be.
For hooks you have to do flicks.
And oblique tapered strokes are kind of hard to get a hang of, requiring not only a varying speed, but also fine movements towards the end to ensure it tapers to a point.
Vertical and horizontal strokes have different endings (compare a straight vertical line ｜ vs 木, where you have to lift the pen and continue with the leftward diagonal stroke).
Of course, the most of advice above will only apply if you’re interested in calligraphy. There’s no chance in hell people are going to write every day as if they were in a shodou class. Also, hopefully you’ve picked fine pens (0.5 mm or less), or you might run into trouble trying to keep your handwriting from turning into blots of ink.
I think you just need to write more quickly and your strokes will begin to loosen up on their own. Some strokes are supposed to end in a glide or a flick or whatever, and if you write slowly then it won’t look right.
For hiragana, you should also try to be more flowy. Hiragana were originally cursive kanji so there is a natural flow to each of them.
Hey all, thanks for the suggestions! I just started and my lines aren’t thickening or thinning no matter what i do. Any other tips or is it just buy a thicker pen?
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Add or reduce pressure when writing. You should try using some drawing warm-ups to help.
maybe, but a low-end 筆ペン is like $6
[link](https://www.amazon.com/Pentel-Fude-Brush-Medium-XFL2L/dp/B000THNGVO/ref=sr_1_12?crid=3E63373DBLEEY&keywords=%E7%AD%86%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3&qid=1685142742&sprefix=%E7%AD%86%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-12)
https://youtu.be/R4-DxqcEVE0
Watch his stuff and pay VERY close attention
He has also other videos where he breaks down the proportions and angles
Yes. The slower your strokes and the longer you rest the pen against the paper, the thicker it will be.
For hooks you have to do flicks.
And oblique tapered strokes are kind of hard to get a hang of, requiring not only a varying speed, but also fine movements towards the end to ensure it tapers to a point.
Vertical and horizontal strokes have different endings (compare a straight vertical line ｜ vs 木, where you have to lift the pen and continue with the leftward diagonal stroke).
Of course, the most of advice above will only apply if you’re interested in calligraphy. There’s no chance in hell people are going to write every day as if they were in a shodou class. Also, hopefully you’ve picked fine pens (0.5 mm or less), or you might run into trouble trying to keep your handwriting from turning into blots of ink.
I think you just need to write more quickly and your strokes will begin to loosen up on their own. Some strokes are supposed to end in a glide or a flick or whatever, and if you write slowly then it won’t look right.
For hiragana, you should also try to be more flowy. Hiragana were originally cursive kanji so there is a natural flow to each of them.
Hey all, thanks for the suggestions! I just started and my lines aren’t thickening or thinning no matter what i do. Any other tips or is it just buy a thicker pen?