Hiragana Calligraphy Practice

This afternoon I bought a new writing brush in small size. Before I just bought the medium size to write the kanji in calligraphy way. I never tried to write Japanese calligraphy in 平仮名(hiragana) or 片仮名(katagana). Yet I am into the art of handwriting. My next goal is to learn how to write the Western calligraphy in Roman letters. And then I could learn how to use the quill. After I knew my ancestors put quills as the adornments and be happy to write the Roman letters in our ancient languages. I felt it is interesting and made up my mind that I must learn it well. I admit that I am a stupid person, but I believe in practice making perfect.
Next on you will see my new writing brush, and I want to inform you something in Asian calligraphy. 1 is an inkpot which contains the ink in it. And 2 is an inkstone which is used for the preparing as well as holding of ink, and then you use the brush to stain with ink. As for 3 is an ink stick. You can softly grind the ink stick into the ink stone in a circular motion until the water become thick and black. Or you can skip this step. Then the 4 is a mat cloth. 5 is like a brush pencil bag. Finally the 6 is a paperweight and 7 is a piece of paper.

I found that my right hand is a bit tired now. So I think perhaps I just can practice one page for small words in hiragana every day. Now I am looking forward to Ayaka's letter, she told me today that she would send me letter soon. And then I want to know much more 俳句(はいく haiku), in this way, I could write the Haiku not only the practice the letters.