Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

Overview

“In this lesson, I will show you how to write the 3 basic strokes of Chinese characters. They are dot, horizontal stroke and vertical stroke and their variants.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Dot, Horizontal and Vertical Strokes 1, 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

“Dot, Horizontal and Vertical Strokes Basic Components In this lesson, I'm going to show you three basic components for building Chinese characters. Chinese characters are built by many different types of components. It is important for you to know all the components, and you can then start to build the Chinese characters. First of all, I will show you dots, horizontal stroke, and vertical stroke. Here are some examples combining these three basic components. As you can see, horizontal and vertical strokes are very common, and you will find these strokes appear in every character. Dots are a...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 192 students
• 7 units
• 90 lessons (15h 27m)
• 50 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering