筆ふでを執とる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

take up the pen; write; draw

Literary expression for beginning to write or draw, often used in formal or artistic contexts.

• 彼かれは筆ふでを執とり、手て紙がみを書かき始はじめた。

  He took up his pen and began to write a letter.

• 画が家かは筆ふでを執とって、風ふう景けいを描えがいた。

  The painter took up his brush and painted the landscape.