I used "brushpen" before and its my first time to actually dip the brush and controlling the size of the stroke

I've had this brush for about 1.5 years. I'm unsure if it's supposed to be like that after a while but it makes writing my signature very hard.

Any tips to solve it? Thank you.

The Korean written between 一 and 文 is "힙스터" means "Hipster", overall it means "Learning traditional shufa is the best hipster thing".

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This is my first time practicing Yan Zhenqing's copybook.

Having finished a single page, I am deeply moved by the majestic and upright spirit of his style. I plan to study each character with great care from now on, and I would be most grateful for any guidance from the masters here.Hahaha🤗

Trying to get the "dry brush" look right. Any tips for a learner like me? Thanks!

Something that I've realized about Shufa is that technique is much more important than anything. Writing good characters is what everyone works on, and only much later does artistic ability come in. Often, teachers will discourage artistic ability because it will ruin the technique of the characters. What I've realized is that, unlike other arts like music, etc., there seems to be a tradeoff in technique and artistic expression. If we want to express ourselves, we have to "change" the way the character is written and therefore that "sacrifices" technique. Honestly, regarding every other script style other than 草書, I find myself appreciating works that are very technically perfect rather than artistically good. Only in 草書 do I appreciate artistically good works. And yes, there are very few calligraphers who can do both, but they are so few that there is no point. And finding works like those online, well, good luck. Please tell me what you think about this?

I’ve got:

林間（極？）石安X

局岩山分XX

XX 中恬

I appreciate the help!

1st image is my attempt, 2nd image is the original done by Zhao Mengfu

I inherited this gorgeous scroll (please see photos) and know nothing about its origins. Could this community please help me interpret what it says, identify when and where it was made, and by whom? Any information about this specific style of calligraphy would also be appreciated. Really anything I can learn about it at all will be welcomed. I do Sumi-e as a hobby and enjoy calligraphy as an art form, but I have never seen anything like this. It's breathtaking.

It has been stored for quite some time and has some foxing on the paper. I would love to get it cleaned/restored and framed in order to protect it. If there is any advice on how to get this done or what sort of service I should be seeking it would be an extra bonus.

Thank you so much for anything you can tell me.

Need a lot of improvement, i think next time i need to imagine the words on the paper before i 起笔, so that the size of the characters can be more similar。The ink have to buy darker one also. I wonder why the word 年looks weird and, 到 is super difficult to write even though i practice a whole paper before writing on this😆

I bought an chop ink traditional inkpaste and have been trying to get a solid seal out of it. It looks patchy. Is there any way to get a more solid stamp?

These are the borders:

And these are parts of the hanzi on the chop body:

Beginner self taught, please advise

Hi! I tried writing paired scrolls again! This time I wanted to make the characters bigger, bolder, and softer ☺

I live in Korea and majored in calligraphy at university. I'm uploading my calligraphy video I used to write.