Responding to the anons from archived thread
>>7760890 cheaper rice paper does the job for practice the strokes, for actual projects an upgrade in quality is essential, like in watercolor
>>7761206
I got interested into ink because of the difficulty to master, it forces you to commit as its very difficult to hide or correct mistakes.
I started copying the masters (still doing it ) trying to emulate the brushtrokes, repeating many many times . I recommend to start copying the Lingnan school of art as it has many western ideas but still uniquely chinese art in feeling