As he explained, these are the basic styles of Chinese calligraphy ... The tails, the horizontal tails, and the tails on the strokes going down and to the right, they all have an upward curve." ...

As discussed elsewhere, the Chinese written script is made up of several thousand individual graphs. Each consists of an invariable group of strokes executed in a set order. One of the truly unique ...

However, in simplified Chinese today, there is no mane in the character and the four legs have been reduced to one horizontal stroke. Calligraphy experts and linguists did not create the ...

By Jerrine Tan At the start of my first lesson in Chinese calligraphy ... its heart, calligraphy is a sensuous practice. “You’re drawing lines; you should be constructing strokes,” my ...

De Laurentis uses the classical musical expression sprezzatura to emphasize a fundamental pursuit in calligraphy ... China Daily] For Chinese characters, the order of strokes is much more ...

Instructors explain the different artistic components of each character, including spacing, thickness, and the specific arrangements of strokes. For many, doing Chinese calligraphy can be a ...

KUALA LUMPUR: For Chinese calligraphy artist Chen Dun Sun, every brush stroke in his artwork tells its own story. The 72-year-old, who hails from Pasay City, Philippines, said one could tell the ...