Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy

Overview

“In this lesson, I will give you a brief understanding of how I started learning Chinese calligraphy and show you some of my projects.”

In this video lesson Thomas Lam addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy. Learn how to write Chinese characters through artistic practices and brush stroke techniques.

Partial transcription of the video

“About Me I will give you a brief explanation on how I started to learn Chinese calligraphy and show you some of my projects. My name is Thomas Lam. I'm a Chinese calligrapher now based in London. In Chinese, you can call me a "shufa" artist. I was born and raised in Hong Kong. Like every kid in Hong Kong, we start learning Chinese in our early age, like six years old. Learning Chinese is not easy. We need to practise a lot. We have dictation every week and also we learn a lot of Chinese poems in order to reinforce our Chinese literature knowledge. I started my artistic journey in elementary...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy

• Level: Beginner
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• 19 lessons (3h 2m)
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• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

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  Calligraphy