Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

Overview

“In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to "calligraphy" the whole character and present the energy flow as well as a pictographic background and development of the Kanjis. You'll be shown each technical part and balance line. Extra references about spacing and compositions in Shodo. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Demonstrations and Presentation of Kanjis, which is part of the Domestika online course: Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles. Explore modern calligraphy techniques, expressive lettering styles, and creative compositions to develop your own calligraphic style.

Partial transcription of the video

“Demonstrations and Presentations of Kanjis In this lesson we are going to start with the presentation of Kanjis. "Yugetsu", Evening Moon. I would like to show you how to create two Kanji characters as one word calligraphy. Then I'd like to present the energy flow, so you can already envisage the energy flow on the paper. You will learn the background and development of Kanji. So this Kanji means that the moon is ever changing and symbolizing the transformation, whereas the sun is constant and symbolizes the fulfillment. So here is an example template of the evolution of Kanji moon. So this ...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.

Course summary for: Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (2)
• 192 students
• 7 units
• 90 lessons (15h 27m)
• 50 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering