An Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy
Calligraphy In ancient China, painting and calligraphy were the most highly appreciated arts Produced almost exclusively by amateurs, aristocrats and scholar-officials who alone had the leisure to perfect the technique and sensibility necessary for great brushwork Calligraphy was thought to be the highest and purest form of painting
Tools Brush pen, made of animal hair, Black inks, made from pine soot and animal glue Silk Paper, after the invention in the 1st century Original writings by famous calligraphers have been greatly valued throughout China's history and are mounted on scrolls and hung on walls in the same way that paintings are.
Wang Xizhi 4th century AD Lanting Xu the preface of a collection of poems written by a number of poets
Basic strokes 8 strokes Dash or horizontal line Perpendicular down stroke Sweeping or falling left stroke Sweeping or falling right stroke Hook Upright stroke to the right Dot Bend or twist
Rice Paper made of : rice plants mulberry paper edible paper straw paper used to make flat pieces of paper made for scrolls
Easy to Understand Chinese words in Chinese can look like its picture meaning
Write In Certain Strokes left, right, up, down
What to make up a Chinese character: strokes 王 山
A dash(a horizontal stroke) 一 二 三 A dash(a horizontal stroke)
王 A perpendicular down stroke
才 A hook
木 林 A left-falling stroke and a right-falling stroke
An upstroke to the right 法 习 An upstroke to the right
点 A dot
中国 Bend or twist
Proper Poster for Writing in brush