Chinese calligraphy is a kind of art based on Chinese characters.
How should we learn Chinese calligraphy? What’s the right method to learn Chinese calligraphy?
These are what this course focus on. We‘ll start from our calligraphy learning from the very basic knowledge, then gradually move to more complicated things. From one stroke to more stokes, from simple characters to compound characters.
You will also know some Chinese culture in this lesson.
This course includes about 30 videos.
This course is based on my Chinese calligraphy lessons for beginners.
As lessons for Chinese calligraphy beginners, that lessons focus on the basic strokes, while this lesson will focus more on the most important structure in Chinese characters–symmetry.
Symmetry exists everywhere in China, and it’s one of the most important aesthetics and philosophy in Chinese culture. In this course, we’ll learn 33 characters in Master Wú Ràngzhī Xiǎozhuàn calligraphy, including the history, writing tips and calligraphy demo of those characters. Aside from that, in the first section, I’ll give you a brief introduction of the Chinese writing system. Because I think you can learn Chinese calligraphy well only when you can deep understand our writing system.
This course will includes five sections:
Section one: Introduction Chinese writing system and our calligraphy learning book ( Lesson1-2)
Section two: Symmetrical characters with 3 basic strokes (Lesson3-8, Exercise L9-10)
Section three: Symmetrical characters with more complecated curving lines (Lesson11-16, Exercise L17-18)
Section four: Symmetrical characters with left and right structures (Lesson19-24, Exercise L25-26)
Section five: Challenges with 3 more complicated characters and conclusion of this course (Lesson27-30）
Becky’s Chinese Calligraphy Lesson–Lishu was made for your further studying. I filmed this course in my friend’s yard, where with a nice view and beautiful songs from birds surrounded. The weather was sunny, and sometimes it was a little bit windy, I really enjoyed the whole process of making these videos. And I hope you also like this course.
隶书Lìshū was the beginning of modern Chinese writing system, so it’s a very important style of Chinese characters. 《曹全碑》Cáo Quán Bēi Cao Quan Stone Tablet is a classic artwork written in 隶书Lìshū. It’s a Stone tablet from Han dynasty (185 AD), which recorded the stories of Cao Quan, a good official at that time.
To better experience the calligraphy in Cao Quan Stone Tablet, I chose 23 characters from this tablet, and share with you the 3 kinds of typical strokes and 3 contrasts on this tablet.
Last but not least, communication and sharing is a part of Chinese Calligraphy culture. Chinese calligraphers like to gather now and then, drinking tea, creating poetry,and writing calligraphy. Many famous Chinese calligraphy artworks were created during gatherings with friends. So I hope you can also share your practice artworks in our course community, and discuss with classmates and teachers. You’re also welcome to come to China and practice calligraphy with me and my friends.
The sample characters are available in the resource of each video, please download and practice !
Let’s beginning our learning of 《曹全碑》Cáo Quán Bēi Cao Quan Stone Tablet.
This is an art lesson designed for beginners who would like to know some basic knowledge about Chinese painting.
Master Dèng Mèngjié is the National Artist of China State Council, and her painting was showed in the anniversary of chairman MAO’s birthday and many other important ceremonies. .
In this course, Master Dèng Mèngjié will share with you how to paint the peony flower, which is also what she famous for. In Chinese culture Peony flower symbolizes noble, rich and elegant.
This is a series of course, which including how to paint the peony flower, leaf and tree, how to do Chinese paintings compose.
