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

“In this lesson, I'm going to show you three basic components for building Chinese character. Chinese characters are built by many different types of components it is important for you to know all the components And you can dance. Start to build the Chinese character. First of all, I will show you thoughts. Horace and the shop. and vertical strokes. Here are some examples combining with these three basic components. As you can see, horizontal vertical stroke are very common and you will find this stroke appears in every character. are also very common to see. First, i will show you how to wr...”

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

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

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering