Japanese Calligraphy “Shodo” for Returning Students | APRIL 2024

Excited to finally resume the returning student sessions from April! The key for improvement is to continue practice; find your weaknesses and strength and accept where you are, set a goal that is reachable and keep working towards it stroke by stroke, piece by piece. Shodo is a life-long study, and you will grow as a person with the practice.

In this 1.5 hours hands-on workshop designed for returning students, get a further exploration of fundamental Japanese calligraphy brushwork, and find balance within yourself through meditative calligraphy process. Participants will be introduced to the chosen character for the month, with in-depth lectures on basic calligraphy writing techniques and brushwork, focusing on the regular script called Kaisho.

We will practice Kaisho style, or regular script, from the classics 九成宮醴泉銘 (Jincheng Palace Liquan Ming) by 欧陽詢 (Ouyang Xun). We will practice the selected characters on hanshi paper.