A Self Study Course for Writing Small Seal Script provides beginners and intermediate practitioners of Japanese and Chinese calligraphy with the basics for writing small seal script. It explains brush technique and brushstroke movements from scratch, and it includes a step-by step guided writing of 14 intriguing small seal script characters.
The Captivating World of Seal Script and How to Write Small Seal Script?
The book guides the student gradually and continuously through the different stages of learning. The first part provides a solid theoretical base which enables you to step confidently into the practice chapters. In the actual training chapters you will learn step-by step how to draw the different brushstrokes of small seal script. For each brushstroke the artist gives a detailed explanation of the different brushstroke movements and brush technique. Educational diagrams, images, and exercises help you to develop the required skills.
The learning process culminates in the writing of fourteen fascinating small seal script characters which are all directly related to the Bagua, Pakua, the Eight Trigrams of the I Ching. This interesting context of Chinese divination adds an intriguing and enjoyable note to the learning process of writing small seal script characters.
If you want to try writing small seal script calligraphy, this book will lead you on a creative calligraphy journey, in which your artistic intuition will be revealed and developed.
What You Will Find in A Self Study Course for Writing Small Seal Script
A straightforward and innovative self-study course for writing small seal script calligraphy
Brush technique and basic brushstrokes explained from scratch with educational diagrams
Active training and practice of technique and brushstrokes through examples and exercises.
A guided project of writing 14 small seal script characters, tutorial with
- educational diagrams
- brush movements and
- stroke order
Encouragement to reveal the artist within you throughout the entire proces. Create your own art work in small seal script.
Excerpts from A Self-Study Course for Writing Small Seal Script
See some excerpts from my book A Self Study Course for Writing Small Seal Script. The extracts exemplify several topics from the book content, such as the chapters on brushstrokes and brush technique, brush handling and exercises and the actual writing of small seal script characters.
Please have a look!
Brushstrokes, the Circle
Brush technique, Exercises
Writing the Small Seal Script Character For Trigram Fire
Writing the Small Seal Script Character Change
Buying a Copy of A Self Study Course for Writing Small Seal Script
If what you have read and seen on this page has inspired you to learn how to write small seal script, please click on the bottom below to buy your copy. I hope A Self Study Course for Writing Small Seal Script will become a true inspiration for your practice of small seal script calligraphy.
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Or browse my book with original Heart Sutra calligraphies at A Kanji Stroke Order Manual for Heart Sutra Copying.
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