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Lesson 1 Basic Strokes

This document provides an introduction to basic Chinese calligraphy strokes and bird characters. It begins with the eight basic strokes of calligraphy: dot, horizontal line, vertical line, down-left slant, down-right trailing stroke, right-up tick, turn, and hook. It then discusses stroke order and provides exercises drawing character strokes for common birds like sparrow, swallow, and duck. The document concludes with exercises combining bird characters with other symbols representing concepts like strength, longevity, happiness, and double happiness.

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Lesson 1 Basic Strokes

This document provides an introduction to basic Chinese calligraphy strokes and bird characters. It begins with the eight basic strokes of calligraphy: dot, horizontal line, vertical line, down-left slant, down-right trailing stroke, right-up tick, turn, and hook. It then discusses stroke order and provides exercises drawing character strokes for common birds like sparrow, swallow, and duck. The document concludes with exercises combining bird characters with other symbols representing concepts like strength, longevity, happiness, and double happiness.

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Chinese Bird & Flower

Painting
Lesson 1: Calligraphy & Basic
Strokes
Basic Strokes of Calligraphy
Stroke Order
Bird Characters
Sparrow Characters
Swallow Characters
Duck Characters
Birds Sing and Flowers Give
Fragrance
Bird and Flower
Strength & Longevity
Happiness & Double
Happiness
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Calligraphy grid
The Eight Basic Strokes of Chinese Calligraphy
&
Chinese Brush Painting
1.

The Dot

2. The Horizontal
Line/Bone Stroke

3. The Vertical Line/Nail Stroke


Slant Stroke

5. Down-right/Trailing Stroke
Tick

4. Down- Left

6. Right-up

7. The Turn
8. The Hook

Stroke Order

When painting Chinese characters follow the


rules of stroke order in this order:

Top to bottom
Left to right
Horizontal before vertical
Verticals that pass through other strokes
last
Verticals right to left before verticals left
to right
Centre before outside in vertically
symmetrical characters
Enclosures before contents
Bottom closures last
Dots and minor strokes last
4. Add 3 strokes for the
tail
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Exercise 1: Bird
The nio character is of a long tailed
bird

The seal script is a


pictogram of a bird

The Regular script


(traditional)
simplifies the bird

The Regular script


(modern) simplifies
the bird even
further

Exercise 2: Sparrow
The qu character is of a short tailed bird.

The seal script


combines the
character small
with a pictogram of
a bird

Later scripts
simplifies the
character to a bird

The Regular script


combines small
with the bird

Exercise 3 : Swallow
The yn character is of a swallow flying upwards

Seal script
characters show a
pictogram of a
swallow flying
upwards

The swallow is
remembered as a
bird from the north
flying across the
waters (shown as
dots) with a stalk of
grass in its mouth
.

Exercise 4: Duck
The y character is of a bird with armour
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Seal script
character show a
pictogram of a bird
with armour.
Ducks are
considered the
hardiest of birds.

The Regular scripts


combine simplified
versions of bird
with armour

Exercise 5: Bird and Flowers


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Nio hu

Exercise 6: Birds Sing and Flowers Give Fragrance/


A Fine Spring Day

Nio y hu xing

Exercise 7a: Strength

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Exercise 7b: Longevity

Exercise 8a:

Happiness

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Exercise 8b: Double Happiness

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4. Add the eyes with


black ink a dot and a
right up tick and down
left slant.

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