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Chinese Calligraphy for beginners (English explanation)
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Chinese Calligraphy for beginners (English explanation)

Chinese Calligraphy for beginners with detailed English explanation and PDF materials
Created byWú Chinese Art Workshop
Last updated 5/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • Have basic knowledge about Chinese calligraphy
  • Know the right feeling of practicing Chinese calligraphy

Course content

2 sections • 33 lectures • 3h 14m total length

  • Introduction of Chinese calligraphy3:20

    Explore how to learn Chinese, use the Chinese calendar, and understand basic Chinese calligraphy concepts, including the standard style and beginner-friendly scripts, plus practice with an ancient style demonstrated.

  • 3 basic tools for practicing Chinese calligraphy5:58
  • 3 tips about the Chinese calligraphy brush7:20
  • Basic stroke 横héng4:27
  • Chinese characters 一 yī one， 二 èr two, 三 sān three5:29
  • Chinese character 十 shí ten in xiǎozhuàn style calligraphy8:13
  • Chinese character 工 gōng work3:47

    Becky guides beginners through writing the Chinese character gong (工), explaining its meaning related to work, its origin, and the stroke order, with slow, natural practice in calligraphy style.

  • Chinese character 王 wáng king2:22
  • Chinese character 日 rì sun3:46
  • Chinese character 八 bā eight2:33
  • Chinese character 小 xiǎo small3:13
  • Chinese character 示 shì to show3:52
  • Chinese character 火 huǒ fire3:26
  • Chinese radical 艹cǎozìtóu which indicates a character is related to grass6:59
  • Chinese character 木 mù wood4:50
  • Learn Calligraphy from Master 吴让之 Wú Ràngzhī4:55
  • Chinese character 上 shàng up6:15
  • Chinese character 下 xià down6:34
  • Chinese character 水 shuǐ water8:32
  • Chinese character 在 zài at5:08

    Explore the Chinese character 在 zài at in a beginners calligraphy lesson, and learn to write the character through guided stroke order.

  • Chinese character 山 shān mountain4:24
  • Tips of writing 生 shēng born or new4:34
  • Chinese character 自 zì from5:13
  • Chinese character 石 shí stone5:40
  • Tips of writing 成 chéng succeed6:57
  • Chinese character 高 gāo tall or high7:05
  • Chinese character 千 qiān thousand7:10
  • Chinese character 见 jiàn to see or meet11:55
  • Xiǎozhuàn calligraphy show0:59
  • Conclusion3:09
  • A big Surprise ： A Seal Carving demonstration by Master Mò Gāoquán14:51

    Experience a seal carving demonstration by Master Mo Gaoquan, featuring techniques relevant to beginners in traditional Chinese art.

Requirements

  • No Chinese language knowledge required
  • 3 tools required : Chinese calligraphy brush máobǐ，calligraphy ink mò，Chinese calligraphy paper xuānzhǐ

Description

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.

Last but not least, a continuation of this course "The Beauty of Symmetry in Chinese Calligraphy（English) " was published in June, 2020.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to learn Chinese calligraphy
  • Anyone who wants to experience Chinese culture
  • Anyone who wants to have some basic knowledge about Chinese calligraphy and writing

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