Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

Overview

“After understanding the principles of the stroke order, I will start introducing the common structures and their proportions. In this lesson, I will start with the simplest structure.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Simple Structure Characters , 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

“Simple Structure Characters In this lesson, I'm going to show you the first basic structure. It is the simple structure. In these two characters you will see only one component that the whole character consists of. There are few things you need to bear in mind. For example, in these characters, you will see the left part and the right part of these letters are symmetric. It's important that you have a good balance for the characters. For example, this left falling and the press down stroke, the distance between the middle and the left part is the same as the distance between the middle and ...”

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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