Picture
Reusable Water Writing Cloth/Paper is the popular practice tools in China, especially good for calligraphy and freehand painting. It was applied a special layer that holds but not absorbs the water. By this way, the areas applied water turn to black. When drying, black fades away and turns to grey then totally disappears in 3-5 minutes, thus good for repeat practice in a neat and clean way.

The most important for practicing at home is it is always “ready” for used and no bru...sh washing and other clean works needed, so user can easily use it in a very short time spine, thus increasing the total volume of practicing and decreasing he cost. Students do not have to place the felt, prepare the ink and water, and cleaning. Couple minutes are good for a simple freehand paining.

Many students suffer from ink and water diffusion on rice paper. One reason is the student is not confidence on the letter/ flower bird/landscape and composition. After practicing on Reusable Water Writing Cloth/Paper, students do not have to consider too much when producing, just focus ink, color and water, this will enhance student's belief and confidence to continue sumi-e.


林黛玉打趣惜春作“攜蝗大嚼圖”時說：“要慢慢地鋪紙，慢慢地研墨，還要。。。。”“ 又要研墨，又要蘸筆，又要鋪紙。。。。”當然，這是黛玉促狹“蟲草所不能”的劉姥姥和性情幽冷的惜春，但也側面反映出書畫習作的耗時和繁瑣。一個學生的準備和清理要占去大量時間，而且習作期間如被打斷，沒有被及時清理的的顏料和墨上的膠會縮壞毛筆的品質和壽命。如此必須要整段時間才能練習。 當然悠閑習作是一種享受，但作為初學者，水寫布則是一個很好的輔助工具。

水寫布的表面塗層只含水而不吸水，這種原理造就水寫布遇水變黑，並且水跡能在3-5分鐘內消退而達到反復練習使用的功能。這無疑是一種幹凈方便的練習方式。更重要的是：學生可以利用零碎時間練習，這樣提高了練習時段的總量。 
很多學生在宣紙上習作效果欠佳的一個原因是學生要考慮太多因素：構圖，線條，運筆，水墨配合等等。如此“哆哆嗦嗦”地地上宣紙無疑會打擊學生的自信心，這足以使不少學生放棄水墨畫或書法練習。 如果一部分“技能”在水寫布上完成提高，則在宣紙實戰中學生要註意的事項就會大大減少。這也是鼓勵學生繼續水墨習作的好方法。