Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy
Left Falling and Press Down Strokes
A course by Thomas Lam , Chinese Calligrapher
About the video: Left Falling and Press Down Strokes
Overview
“Now, I will show you two other important strokes: left falling, press down strokes and their variants.”
In this video lesson Thomas Lam addresses the topic: Left Falling and Press Down Strokes, 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
“Left Falling and Press Down Strokes Basic Components In this lesson, I'm going to show you two more basic components that is left falling and press down stroke. This one is left falling. You see the stroke is going to the left-hand side, while this one is a press down stroke. The stroke is going from the left-hand side, down to the right bottom side. Here are a few examples combining these two basic components. As you can see, it's the main part of these few Chinese characters. Now I'm showing you left falling. This is the Chinese name of the left falling, "chang pie". This is the left fall...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy
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Calligraphy
Thomas Lam
A course by Thomas Lam
Thomas Lam is a Chinese calligraphy artist and teacher based in London. Born and raised in Hong Kong, his internationally recognized work is taught in calligraphy workshops through his academy Write Like Dance.
For over a decade, he has been sharing his work online and with calligraphy students in the UK and Hong Kong. He is currently developing a learning system for lovers of calligraphy and Chinese culture.
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