Learn Chinese Calligraphy With Fun

How to write traditional Chinese characters in different scripts with brush

What you'll learn

Learn pictography of Chinese characters with shell bone, big seal, small seal, clerical scripts

Learn how to write the scripts above with brush on rice paper with ink

Learn the Chinese pictographic calligraphy, a new way to create an unique calligraphy artwork

Learn the evolution of Chinese characters from shell bone, bronze, big seal, small seal, clerical, to standard script.

You will learn many Chinese characters, know the meaning of each stroke.

You will be able to create you own Pictographic Calligraphy, everyone including those who don't know any Chinese

It is easy, interesting, fun, and creative learning course.

All lectures are taught in English

Requirements

Knowing some Chinese is a plus, but you don't need to know any Chinese to start the course. I will tell what materials you need in the first lessone first

Description

The course is for people who want to learn Chinese calligraphy basics. You can take the course with or without knowing Chinese because the original characters are pictography, that is, drawings. You read them just you watch drawings, you write them just like you draw the simplest picture. No one has taught Chinese calligraphy this way, but you will find it is very interesting. Also, I selected the old scripts, shell bone, small seal, and clerical scripts, the former two are only lines with no change in thickness which makes writing same as pencil drawing. The clerical script has stroke change in thickness, but not much, much easier than standard script which almost all Chinese calligraphy instructors’ major script for beginners. Most of students were struggled in this script, couldn't see progress for long time, making frustration and dropping off.You will find that you made progress in short time in this course, you will feel confidence and want to learn more. I taught students this way, obtained very good result. One of my students, learnt 2 years from me, 13 -15 years, won 3 times North American Chinese School student calligraphy competition prize, two of them are First Prize. Most students liked the course, and the drop off rate is very low because it is fun to learn, it is encourage to see the improvement in short time.

Overview

Section 1: 1, Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction of Chinese calligraphy

Lecture 2 Demostration of brush writing

Section 2: How to write 田，井，門，口

Lecture 3 how to write 田，井，門，口

Lecture 4 Demonstration of brush writing

Section 3: How to write 日，月，木，子，魚

Lecture 5 How to write 日，月，木，子，魚

Lecture 6 Demonstration of brush writing

Section 4: How to write

Lecture 7 How to write “火，雨，目，手，车”

Lecture 8 Demonstration of brush writing

Section 5: How to

Lecture 9 How to write " 鼠，牛，象，鹿，鬼“

Section 6: How to

Lecture 10 How to “人，舟，竹，羊，马”

This is a new course different from any course in the history. The course emphasizes the pictography of Chinese characters, which means that the original Chinese characters are drawings, and evolved into current standard script. I will show you what the original pictography of each character looks like, the evolved script looks like, and how to draw them with brush. You will learn how to write shell bone, big seal, small seal, clerical script. Standard script is not taught in this course. The reason is that the older scripts are more pictographic, more drawing alike, and more artistry. Secondly, the older scripts except clerical script are all lines with same thickness, easy to draw or write with brush. Standard script emphasize the details, every turning point is a challenging to beginners who are easily frustrated. You will find how fast you improved in this course, which increases your confidence to learn more.,I will teach you how to write shell bone, big seal, small seal, and clerical scripts, all scripts are popular in China, could be used in the artworks for calligraphy exhibitions.