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sh ū fǎ 书 法. Chinese Calligraphy. Chinese Calligraphy. Qin Qi Shu Hua – A noble pursuit. qin. string musical instrument. qi. Chinese chess. hua. Chinese traditional painting. shu. calligraphy. The Four Treasures in study. Paper - Zhi . Ink Sticks - Mo . 笔. Ink Stones - Yan.
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shū fǎ 书 法 Chinese Calligraphy Chinese Calligraphy
Qin Qi Shu Hua – A noble pursuit qin string musical instrument qi Chinese chess hua Chinese traditional painting shu calligraphy
The Four Treasures in study Paper - Zhi Ink Sticks - Mo 笔 Ink Stones - Yan Brushes - Bi
ZHUAN 篆 seal character 5 most recognized styles
WORKS OF MASTERS Clerical 隶书(lì shū) 5 most recognized styles
WORKS OF MASTERS Regular By Yan Zhenqing Specialized in Cursive (草书) and Regular (楷书)scripts.
WORKS OF MASTERS Semi-cursive 行书 (xíngshū) Ode of Mulan by Mi Fu
WORKS OF MASTERS Cursive By Wang Xizhi – 王羲之 The sage of cao shu calligraphy
Shou 寿 longevity
WORKS OF MASTERS Mao Zedong’s style of calligraphy
How to hold a brush?
basic stokes héng: The basic horizontal stoke, starting from left and end at right shù: The basic vertical stoke, from top to down. piě: Aleft-falling strokefrom right high position to left low position. nà: A right-falling stroke, from left high position to right low position.
basic stokes “dian”- A simple dot. "Gou" - Hooks "Ti" -, rising stroke. “zhe" Turning stroke
一 二 三 A dash(a horizontal stroke)
王 A perpendicular down stroke
木 林 A left-falling stroke and a right-falling stroke
点 A dot
才 A hook
法 习 An upstroke to the right
中国 Bend or twist