Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

Overview

“In this lesson, I will show you how to take a photo of your artwork. As most of the Chinese calligraphy artwork is larger than A4 or even A3 size, home scanners might be too small for them. The easiest way is to take photos with a camera and phone. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: How to Take a Photo for Your Artwork, 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 how to take photo for your Chinese calligraphy artwork. Here is an example That's my previous work. First of all, you need to make sure the ink are all dry. Because if the ink It's not dry enough. When you take a photo for it, The ink will properly have some reflection For my practice, I will bring along with my English brush or Another decoration you may wish to put together. There are two angles I usually use to take the photo One is the overhead shot From the top of the artwork, Another shot. Is directly from the left side to the odds were Now I'm go...”

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

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

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering