Chinese calligraphy 書法 sample characters: 之不世

[natalym36]

thanks



[artvirtue]

@natalym36 Welcome. Have a nice day.

[mitsubishi777]

I also learned Chinese calligraphy when I was a kid. For Japanese ppl like me Chinese calligraphy is very familiar. Most of Japanese ppl think Chinese calligraphy is a part of Japanese culture because they have used Chinese characters for more than 1500 years.

[artvirtue]

@mitsubishi777 Thank you for sharing your precious words. Have a nice day and enjoy your progress.

[astrononerd]

this takes waayyyyyy too long. :/

[05werewolf]

how long have you been training chinese calligraphy??? your "works" are so beautiful!!!

[artvirtue]

@05werewolf Since 1977(or 78). Thank you for your comments.

[sanekvladhome]

я тоже так хочу )) очень красиво! 很不错

[artvirtue]

@sanekvladhome Thanks. I am still learning.

[Mrsjf908]

You should be proud, Your writing is way better than 99.9% of Chinese ppl. I'm a Chinese. I know that. especially with such a brush pen I quited it when I was a little boy, it is TOOOOOOOO HARD!!

[artvirtue]

@Mrsjf908 Thank you. I always feel grateful to my three teachers who gave me correct guidance and strict trainings. Calligraphy will become easier and more understandable if the correct methods are used. Please don't give up.

[CowboySteveSpurs]

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[artvirtue]

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[tp61i6c042002]

@CowboySteveSpurs

Your Chinese is better than my English! :)



[rcps23li]

亳無筆力

[artvirtue]

@rcps23li 您說的一點也不錯

謝謝指正

[spirmessi]

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[artvirtue]

@spirmessi Thank you for suggestion.

[dushevka]

wow, I've been taking calligraphy lessons for a long time now, but I can't seem to steady my hand enough to make such beautiful lines as you do.

well...I'll keep trying anyway, even if I don't make them perfect it's really a great way (at least for me) to rest your mind and keeping focus at the same time.

faboulus work, thanks for posting!

[artvirtue]

@dushevka Thank you for your kind words. I often tell others (including my students) that you and I have same steady hands. The differences are whether one pays enough mind concentration by steadily and "slowingly (for some, not all Chinese calligraphy styles)" rendering strokes and details. Other than cursive styles, if you try Kai Shu slow and concentrate it's not difficult to obtain steady hands.

[jackitbcoit]

Very neat and organized. Do you have a video for those characters on the top row?

[artvirtue]

@jackitbcoit Thank you. Sorry I did not record that part.

[Desi4evah]

What a beauty!! I wish I could learn. But I heard Chinese has 1000 some characters.

I don't think I will be able to learn that. But I love this work of art.

[artvirtue]

@Desi4evah Thank you. The number of frequently used Chinese characters is about 3000 to 5000 today, a lot less than the number of English vocabularies we need to know to read college textbooks and Time magazine. The system and concept of Chinese are different from other languages. This makes most people think it's difficult.

Have a nice day.

[rhcp4565]

hey, one of the characters you wrote was bu! and I'm pretty sure i saw ba too!!!

I am taking Chinese I in school and it cool to be able to identify em!!!

[artvirtue]

@rhcp4565 Thank you. Have a nice weekend and enjoy learning Chinese. :)

[krerush]

Do you know where I can bamboo paper which is more wrinkle free?

[artvirtue]

@krerush There are many factors involved. Mostly they are the paper textures, amount of water and ground ink quality. Please refer to my comments for DrRXJ.

[DrRXJ]

If I write slowly, my bamboo paper becomes very wrinkled after writing a few characters, then it's nearly impossible to keep flat so I can write properly, even with paperweights. Do you have any advice? Your paper doesn't seem to get very wrinkled... Thank you for taking the time to post videos- I've learned a great deal from them!

[artvirtue]

@DrRXJ Thank you for your words.

The related factors may include:

1. Brands, types & textures of Bamboo Paper. (There are many.)

2. Quality of ink stick, grinding method and time, ratio of water and ground ink

3. Pressure of brush tip; time used during writing a stroke; time of pauses at the starting and ending parts of each stroke...

and etc.

[artvirtue]

@DrRXJ My bamboo paper usually gets very wrinkled 30 minutes after I write the whole sheet. It took me a while to figure out the combinations of the above factors to minimize the wrinkles. Since everyone has different habits, I would suggest trying different amount of water for grinding ink. The speed shown here is the original (unedit) speed I am using.

[roygbiv330]

awesome hand you have.

[artvirtue]

@roygbiv330 Thank you!

My hands were not born like this; it's from training.

[peiwei205]

Do you have any advice on neat writing like this?

[artvirtue]

@peiwei205 Grind ink well, use paperweight, write without rush, practice with models constantly... and etc.

[LexusWife2003]

Are you using ground ink or bottled for this one? I cannot get my bottled ink right.

[artvirtue]

@LexusWife2003 I was using purely ground ink. If you use bottled ink, it's usually necessary ot grind for a while.

[bobbiewwilson]

Very calm.

[artvirtue]

Thank you.

[iKevster]

thats amazing, your so good at this!

[artvirtue]

Thank you. It's the instructions I learned from my teachers.

[leavethebunnyalone]

thake your time

[artvirtue]

Thank you.

[relemktg]

Very calm and steady brush work.

[artvirtue]

Thank you.

[kpfinance]

you write so beautifully. thank you for posting these videos.

[artvirtue]

Thank you. Have a nice day!

[HEBliving]

Where can I get the same brush and paper as yours?

[artvirtue]

If you search "bamboo paper" and "brush for all purposes" within this channel, you will find videos with store and phone contacts listed in YouTube more info.

[DreamAngelLady]

I always have a weakspot and that is writing chinese words with brushes, I always get impatient when I reached the third row of words and I just scibble it and the result is lots of fat inked words in my workbook, yours is written beautifully and I'm quite envy of you and thankx for sharing the video :)

祝你在今年虎年新年快乐和万事如意。

[artvirtue]

Happy Lunar New Years.

It takes patience and time to make progress. Thanks.

[ebooksnet]

Thank you for sharing.

[artvirtue]

Welcome.

[DrRXJ]

Thank you for posting your videos. I'm learning a lot from them. I have a question regarding smaller writing: how much do the forms and strokes change when you write the same characters in small (less than 1") compared to the size on 12-square paper. It seems to me that it's not just a matter of scaling down the size of the characters...

[artvirtue]

Thank you for your kind words.

I have included links to 小楷 (small-scale calligraphy) in More Info. Even for the same calligraphers, they may write small-scale calligraphy with different spirits, structures, and forms from the regular size calligraphy. Sometimes the regular and smaller sizes differ drastically in spirits and writing methods (such as strokes) by the same calligrapher.

[artvirtue]

Different calligraphers and styles may have different characteristics between the regular size or smaller size calligraphy. You may also search Images from Google with 書法小楷 for comparisons. Usually Chinese will not appreciate small-scale calligraphy written in font-like uniformity as homogeneity of "certain" styles of Chinese calligraphy characters in one size is considered a craft rather than art by some serious calligraphers.

[artvirtue]

It is said that a student of Zhong Yao ( 鍾繇, one of the early calligraphers that established Kai Shu) wrote with purely uniformity and homogeneity and Zhong Yao rebuked him so harshly that he dared not see his teacher for three years! However, in more recent times, people did not disagree with uniformity and homogeneity as much as the early masters did.

[P01029]

ur holdin the brush improperly. it's supose to be straight, fingers upper, and hand parallel to paper not side ways of the brush.. but it's pretty gud

[artvirtue]

@P01029 Thank you for sharing your insights.

One of the methods of holding a brush I use here is called the 龍眼法 (Dragon Eye Method) in which the wrist is kept at nearly 45 degree angle with 虎口撐圓 (the Tiger Mouth rounded). Many books have discussed various ways to hold a brush. In 中華書法篆刻大辭典 (Chinese Calligraphy & Seal Carving Dictionary) published by 湖南教育出版社, there are many methods discussed as compiled by a group of scholars and calligraphers.

[artvirtue]

@P01029 I keep the brush perpendicular to the paper (straight) according to the requirement of 中鋒 (brush tip in the center); however, the camera or screen may not be showing the right angles. If the brush is slanted like using a pencil, that's not the correct way of doing Chinese calligraphy.

[iphantom08]

您确实会写它非常好

[artvirtue]

Thank you. I am learning to improve.

[Niforakos]

iphantom u asked him if he is sure if he wrote it right? :P

[artvirtue]

The characters in sheet are all correct.

[Niforakos]

oh ok just i was trying to guess :P thx for the reply..

[artvirtue]

Thank you.

P.S. If you are learning Mandarin Chinese either in simplified or traditional characters, you may find that Chinese calligraphers write somewhat differently from what you learn from schools. The differences may be stroke orders and strokes in different calligraphy styles as a result of revolutions of Chinese characters throughout the dynasties.

[xwinus]

WOW, really excellent, very nice job, thank you!

[artvirtue]

Thank you. It's how I have been training rather than a natural talent.

[joyss100]

Excellent!

[artvirtue]

Thank you.

[tutusgram]

One thing I am learning from your videos is how important it is to make the different dot strokes correctly. Thank you, Ann

[artvirtue]

Thank you.

[gradiusdoom]

the strokes are beautiful. very very skilled work

[artvirtue]

Thank you for comment.

[ranneytennis34]

Your work is really good. I am doing this for a demonstration speech at school. How long have you been doing this?

[artvirtue]

Thank you. I have been practicing for more than 30 years.

[ultdj]

Thank you so much for putting your work on utube. I'm about a year into learning your art, and I find your examples very helpful. In time, I will learn. Thanks again

[artvirtue]

Thank you for your kind words. Best wishes on your practice.

[ArabianWatchYou]

this is fascinating ,great skill and wonderful brush.

can you make a video for only the basic strokes?

that will be great help.

best wishes.

[artvirtue]

Thanks. I will.

[bubles0nskye]

Wow! that's really cool...Is that you writing?

[artvirtue]

Hi there,

Thanks for comment. I have been practicing over 30 years so a lot of people can do like this when they have been practicing for that long.

[bubles0nskye]

But what if somebody doesn't have steady hands?

[artvirtue]

If we could imagine and mimic the movements of writing without actually holding a brush and writing, anyone can do steady movements(except those who have nerve problems or Parkinson's symdrome.) The point is when we add a brush and the writing part our mind sometimes becomes distracted and affects the steady movements of hands and muscles.

[FreeHeadCom]

Beautiful writing!

[artvirtue]

3q for thank you