Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

Overview

“Once you are familiarized with the basic strokes, you will start building some Chinese characters with fewer strokes.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Dot, Horizontal and Vertical Strokes 2, 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

“Now we move on to vertical stroke. Vertical stroke in Chinese, 长竖. It's like this, the vertical line lined on This red line means that actually is a straight line But similar to the horizontal line, there are few thing that you need to pay attention to. The starting point and the end point are also thicker than the mid-to-park. As you can see, The middle part is a bit narrower than the start and end points. One more thing you need to know that is This part is a bit thicker and pointing to the left. In Chinese, We describe it like a raindrop hanging on the leaf. Now I show you how to write t...”

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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)
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• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering