Whether you are just starting out doing Chinese calligraphy and painting or a have been doing it your whole life, practice is crucial. Rather than wasting ink, paint, and paper on practice pieces that you are going to discard or throw away afterwards, now you can use a Buddha Board! These devices allow you to use a waterbrush pen and water, no paper, ink, or paint, to create images that will disappear after the water dries! No mess, no waste, just an effective way to practice your art and sav...
Western calligraphy is an art form in itself that is able to communicate on a surface and subconscious level. Learn the calligraphy alphabet and numbers and how to write using the art of calligraphy in this free online video series.
Calligraphy makes an art from out of writing styles. Learn the uncial calligraphy alphabet and how to write using the art of calligraphy from an expert in this free online video series.
Chinese calligraphy is amongst the most beautiful but also most difficult word art forms in the world, and practitioners spend years honing their skills, even devoting their entire lives to daily practice.
Maki and Miho demonstrate how to write with a Japanese calligraphy brush. To write with a Japanese calligraphy brush, first position the paper to the left side of the brush with the ink on the right side of the paper. Rub the ink stick in the ink well with a little water. Then, soak the brush in the ink. To write Japanese characters, be sure to make the strokes in the correct order. Also, write slowly or your characters will not come out well. Use a long, flat paperweight to hold the paper in...
In this tutorial, we learn how to write in lowercase calligraphy letters. To begin, you will write in lower case letters just use a more find edge then you do when writing normally. The letters will all have a twist to the edge of them to make them look more fancy than normal. There are no straight lines, all the lines have a slight curve or curl at the end of them. Practice doing each letter on a piece of paper with a calligraphy pen or marker. The letters will look very similar to the usual...
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style of the uppercase letters I and J.
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style of the uppercase letters V and W.
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style of the uppercase letters H and K.
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style of the uppercase G, L, and S.
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style of the uppercase letter C.
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style of the uppercase letter E.
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style of the uppercase O and Q.
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style of the uppercase letter D.
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style and the technique of scripting large letters.
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style of the uppercase F and T.
This video is an advance calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style using the technique of gilded script with the use of 23k gold leaf.
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style of the lower case r, m, and n.
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style of the lower case i, u, and w.
This video explains how to properly hold your pen to your paper in calligraphy (also known as scripting).
Dive into the world of Chinese brush painting, a traditional art where each brush stroke of the painting is neither improved upon nor corrected. The artist must get it right from first to last stroke!
Watch this video to learn how to do pointed pen copperplate calligraphy. A fundamental calligraphy stroke is demonstrated.
Calendars are usually pretty drab, lacking creativity and focusing on the basics… year, month, day, and holidays. Besides a usually visually striking picture for each month, these store-bought calendars are nothing to look at, but they can be with a little modification!
Although it is not the easiest language to learn to write there are a few pieces of advice that can help you along your way of learning to write in Chinese. Our expert, Bo Feng, will show you both the contemporary way of writing numbers to ten and then an easier, condensed way to do the same thing. He will walk you step by step through each number and explain each line and dot.
Kai Shu is the most modern type of Chinese calligraphy. This video demonstrates how to draw some simple, unrelated characters with style, grace, and a brush. It goes on to show some more printed examples of this type of calligraphy. Work slowly, practice, and you can master this ancient painting art for yourself.
Writing capitals in calligraphy helps to refine the slant for letters. Learn how to write capital letters in calligraphy with this free handwriting video from a calligrapher. Write italic capitals in calligraphy - Part 1 of 16.
A pen, nib holder, nibs, and black ink is needed for calligraphy writing. Learn the tools and materials needed to write cursive italic calligraphy in this free art video from a professional calligrapher. Write cursive Italic calligraphy - Part 1 of 15.
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This video features an old Chinese woman demonstrating how to write some Chinese calligraphy phrases. These phrases can be used to adorn paintings of some traditional Chinese painting subjects, which often feature such calligraphy. We are left to wonder how the host feels about deferring the teaching to his mother-in-law.
Watch this instructional drawing video to draw and color a cartoon. Use a calligraphy pen to draw think lines and thin lines with a single pen. This allows you to draw expressions quickly and decisively. With a clean brush, dampen the paper where you want to add color. Mix marker colors with water to mix a quick watercolor palette.
Learn how to draw cartoons faces and expressions with a few simple lines. A professional comic strip in a book or a newspaper carries an idea across using a minimal amount of lines. Use a calligraphy pen to draw thin lines and thick lines with a single pen. This allows you to draw faces expressively and quickly.
The Hake brush is a type of flat brush used in Chinese painting along with the more typical trimmed brush. In this video the artist demonstrates the use of such a brush to create painting of an Iris with a blue butterfly and some calligraphy to finish it off. If you don't already have a Hake brush as part of your Chinese art toolkit, this video should convince you to invest in one.
Watch this instructional drawing video to draw a cartoon snail. Use a calligraphy pen to draw thick lines and thick lines with a single pen. Add a bit of depth to the drawing with a charcoal pencil. Hang in for the snail joke at the end of the video.
This video clip will cover how to use guide sheets for the 'UPPERCASE' letters in copperplate style calligraphy script.
This video shows you how to adjust your pen holder based on how you hold your calligraphy pen.
Discussing the technique of cutting a turkey quill pen, with reference to the bamboo pen. These quills can be used to write calligraphy. Part of the Tools and Techniques of Calligraphy series.
This two-part video demonstrates the ancient Chinese book binding technique called stab binding. If you do a lot of calligraphy, you can use this technique to put all of your sheets together into a really attractive and traditional book. Make sure you line the pages up correctly!
You can create handmade love letters and personal paper gifts by using your very own homemade ink. This video goes in depth on how you can make your own ink at home using an ink stick and ink stone. This is the traditional way that the Chinese make their ink to use in Calligraphy and brush painting. The ink stick is made of soot from burning oil. There are different grades of ink sticks according to the Chinese standard so watch for that when you are purchasing these supplies. The ink stone i...
This video is a basic calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style with using an oblique pencil.
This video is an advanced calligraphy instructional video that shows you how to script in the copperplate style using the needle script stitch variant.
