
Explore how symmetry shapes Chinese calligraphy while examining traditional versus simplified characters, their historical definitions, government simplifications, and the enduring use of ancient writing styles.
Discover the beauty of symmetry in Chinese calligraphy as you learn beginner tips, explore four characteristics, including symmetry, ample space, flowing long lines, and balanced structure.
Explore the Chinese character 里 lǐ, meaning inside and the unit li about 500 meters, while examining its farming origins, symmetry, even spacing, and thick versus thin strokes in calligraphy.
Explore the symmetry of the Chinese calligraphy character 异 yì, its evolution from ancient forms to traditional and simplified versions, and four principles: symmetry, spacing, balanced lines, and long strokes.
Explore the Chinese character 不 bù, meaning no, through its ancient origins and modern simplified form, and learn how symmetry, space, and brush strokes convey meaning in Chinese calligraphy.
Explore the Chinese character 东 (dōng, east) through its traditional and simplified forms, its meaning of east, and how symmetry, spacing, and stroke thickness guide its calligraphy and writing order.
Discover the modern Chinese character 天 (tiān, sky) and its symmetry, stroke order, and brush techniques as you learn how to write it with a calligraphy brush.
Learn the simplified Chinese character 奇 qí, its pronunciation and meaning, and explore symmetry in calligraphy through stroke order, brush control, and balanced spacing.
Explore symmetry in Chinese calligraphy by studying 昼 and 夹, their meanings, brush-writing practice, and their historical evolution.
Explore symmetry, everyday space, and brush dynamics in Chinese calligraphy by learning the writing order for two characters, including thick and long lines and gradual pressure.
Explore the symmetry, even spacing, and flowing long lines of the Chinese character 飞 (fēi, fly) in traditional and simplified forms.
Learn the Chinese character 争 zhēng, meaning fight, through symmetry, spacing, and brush techniques in calligraphy, including stroke order, connected strokes, and expressive weight changes.
Explore the beauty of symmetry in Chinese calligraphy by tracing the spring character 泉 from ancient mountain-water imagery to its modern form. Emphasize balance, stroke order, and brush technique.
Explore the heart character 心 through evolving forms, highlighting symmetry and balanced proportions in calligraphy. Learn stroke order and practice with marker and brush to shape round beginnings and lines.
Explore the Chinese character 色 in calligraphy, from its face color meaning to brush techniques, and learn four stylistic features—symmetry, even horizontal spacing, thick lines, and drifting long lines.
Explore the Chinese character 风 fēng wind, its worm imagery, and the evolution from traditional to simplified forms, with insights into symmetry and brush technique.
Explore symmetry in Chinese calligraphy through an exercise on 负 fù and 由 yóu, uncovering their history, components, and how shell and farmland imagery shape their meanings.
Explore symmetry and balance in the beauty of symmetry in Chinese calligraphy by analyzing the characters 负 and 由, examining stroke order, spacing, line thickness, and brush control.
Explore the Chinese character 净 jìng clean through its history, symmetry, average space, and long lines, then learn the writing order from marker to brush in Chinese calligraphy.
Explore the Chinese character 浪 (láng) with its water radical and pronunciation and meaning parts, and analyze symmetry, spacing, and long lines in Shall Gines calligraphy to evoke wave motion.
Explore the Chinese character 向 xiàng meaning appearance and its historical evolution. Practice symmetry, balance of left and right parts, spacing, and brush thickness to write this character.
Explore the Chinese character 横 in its modern simplified form, learn its left-right components and horizontal meaning, and study its symmetry, spacing, thick lines, and long strokes.
Explore the character 游, its meaning swim, and its water-inspired structure, while examining symmetry, balanced spacing, stroke thickness, and the correct writing order through calligraphy dictionaries.
Explore the modern simplified form of the Chinese character 返 fǎn meaning return, and study symmetry, even spacing, and the walking borton radical with Abrash brush.
Explore exercise three by examining two Chinese characters, their tree-related left components and pronunciation parts, and practice writing them yourself before the next lesson on brush and paper.
Explore symmetry in Chinese calligraphy by focusing on middle points, balanced spaces, and stroke rhythm, and learn to write with brush, marker, and paper following clear structural patterns.
Explore the beauty of symmetry in Chinese calligraphy by learning three characters, their structure and radicals, and practicing writing with brush and marker across traditional and simplified forms.
Explore the beauty of symmetry in Chinese calligraphy through three characters—cross, fish, and bird—focusing on symmetry, even spacing, and brush-stroke technique, with writing demonstrations.
Explore the beauty of symmetry in Chinese calligraphy through three characters—one, nothing, and common—examining symmetry, average space, thick and thin strokes, and brush-order techniques.
Practice the symmetry of Chinese calligraphy as a patient, iterative process that reveals new details and connects self with history and culture.
Hello! My name is Becky.
This course is a continuation of 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)
You’re welcome to join our Chinese calligraphy practicing journey!