Currently, there is a lot going on in the world, or at least my little corner of it. The Black Lives Matter movement is in full swing and I stand in support of the fundamental principles behind the movement. As a form of meditation and to practice my calligraphy (shūfǎ [[書法]), I went looking for […]
One of the things that drew me to the Chinese style of ink wash painting is the beautiful landscape scenes. One of the first such scenes I recall seeing was of a Lu Dongbin [呂洞賓], the de facto leader of the Eight Immortals, under a tree with mountains behind him. It looked nothing like this
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This Chinese character is written using the semi-cursive script style of Chinese calligraphy called “Xíngshū” [行书], also referred to as Running Script. These characters are not usually as ‘artistic’ as the Cǎoshū [草书] cursive script style of Chinese characters, and often resemble the common style, Lìshū [隶书] or clerical script, but sometimes it is still
This is a card I made for my wife. Obviously, I am no professional, but I think it looks nice. As time progresses, I’ll add more examples of my calligraphy to this post. Check back from time to time and you might find something new.
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After the eagle, I tried a few other birds. Most of them weren’t very good. Finally, I decided I wanted to try painting cranes. Many of the crane paintings I have seen are beautiful. Again, I had just purchased some colored ink, so I tried using color. The painting isn’t bad, but I have a
I had tried painting eagles and other birds a few times. None were very good, but they weren’t horrible either. When the Philadelphia Eagles won the 2017 season NFC Championship and we knew they were headed to the Super Bowl, I figured I would give it another shot. I had just purchased colored ink and
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