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8/3/2019 Caligrafia Chinese Intro

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Chinese Calli ra h


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Brush

Brush Rest

Ink Stone and Ink


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Traditionally, the Chineseadd water to an ink stick and

use an ink stone to grind theink that they use for their

.

Since were going to be,

we need to use a paper thatwill absorb most of the

water. The Chinese useuan paper. s ma e ogreen sandalwood straw,bamboo and bark. It is thin,soft and absorbent.


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vertical position with two

fingers on one side of thebrush handle and the thumband the other two fingers onthe other side of the handle.

There should be a gap betweenthe brush and the palm of thehand.

Ima ine that ou are holdin anegg in the palm of your hand.Dont allow the brush to moveinto that gap where the egg

would lie.


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How can these holds on the brush be improved?

an e ang e o e rus e mprove


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For small script,hold the brush ustabove the brush tip

and you may rest

on the table to

steady your handfor writing.


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the brush in themiddle of the handleand support your

writing with youre ow or ry ngyour elbow off the

of movement.


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poster or banner, isdone standing withno support from the

hand or arm againste a e. e rus

is held about 6

brush tip.


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brushstrokeThese can be long, short,po nte , or ang e .

Vertical brushstroke, ,

pointed.


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DotA dot can lean to theright (the most commontype of dot) or to theleft.

Other dots have a pointor are triangular inshape.


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Hook

A hook is a pointed

horizontal or vertical

brushstroke. Hook Vertical

Brushstroke


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Press and lift upward


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Diagonal brushstroke

(sweep) to the left

Diagonal brushstroke


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practice the basicbrush strokes. Whenyou are ready to

begin to writenese c arac ers,

we will learn the Five

calligraphy writing.


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What have we learned about

nese a grap y

1. Hold the brush in a vertical position..

small script, large script, or big writing.

.learn.

. en s me o wr e, ere are ve

rules of how to write a character.


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Five Golden Rules

o a grap y r t ng

Rule #1 Start with the upper part of a word, then move

downward. ,

the right.

Rule #3 Horizontal brushstrokes are made beforever ca rus s ro es.

Rule #4 Diagonal brushstrokes to the left are made

before diagonal strokes to the right.Rule #5 The box rule: Finish everything inside the box

before closing it.


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Followin the Five Golden Rules

Now we will try to follow the rules for writingChinese characters and ractice the brushstrokeswe have learned.

We will write the number characters from 1 to 10.

then we will start to write.

First Log on to this website:

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Follow These Ste s2. Then, Click on the Chinese character for 1.

.stroke comes first to write this character.

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5. When you think you can remember how to write 1, click thearrow to o Back to the web a e and select the Chinesecharacter for 2 and click on it.

6. Watch each animation from 1 to 10.

7. When you have completed all 10 numbers, you are ready towrite!


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SourcesHo Yat-Min Cath . The Chinese Calli ra h Bible. New York: Barrons Educational

Series, Inc., 2007. Contains a large directory of Chinese characters with illustrations

showing brush stroke sequence.

Kryskalla, Steven, comp. "Animated Chinese Characters - Numbers." Ocrat Mirror. 6. . - . . .

. This is the animated calligraphysite for the numbers 1 to 10 as described in slides 17 and 18.

Peng, Tan Huay. Whats in a Chinese Character. New World P, 2005. Contains manycharacters with stroke sequence and explanations of the evolution of characters from thepast to the present.

White, Caryn M. "Calligraphy Practice: Numbers 1-10." Asia for Educators. Columbia. . . . . -

10.htm>. Practice worksheets for the numbers 1-10 can be found here.

White, Caryn M. "Chinese Calligraphy." Asia for Educators. Columbia University. 20 Nov.

2007 . Good backgroundinformation for teachers on the history of calligraphy and classroom suggestions forsuccess in teaching calligraphy.

Yue, Rebecca. Chinese Calligraphy Made Easy: a Structured Course in Creating Beautiful. - , .

Rules in slide 15 were found here as were the descriptions of how to hold a brush inslides 4, 5 and 6.

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