Saturday, July 2, 2016

Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (7) Where the water flows, a canal is formed - 水到渠成

Water in Shell Bone script is



four water drops on the sides of a curve, like an image of river. Ancient Chinese got water from the river.

The Chinese proverb says "Water drops form the river".



We see the image above, which is what ancient Chinese thought about water and river.

There is another Chinese proverb: When water flows, a river is formed.

Here is my art work:"Water and River"



All characters are Water of shell bone script, from small on the top to gradually bigger ones downward, which is similar to a river flowing from distance.



For learning the basic Chinese Calligraphy, please go to my YouTube videos starting the following,
https://youtu.be/Iz1EEwYnm7E

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