Thursday, September 21, 2017

Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (28) Bamboo Mountain - 竹山

Chinese shell bone script for Bamboo is



a picture of the bamboo leaves.


Its small seal script is



there are culms and leaves.

Its clerical script is



we see culms and leaves.

We have learnt the shell bone script for Mountain is



Here is my art "Bamboo Mountain"



Thursday, September 14, 2017

Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (27) Mountaineer - 登山

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奋(奮)- I am just a little bird, wanting to fly, yet unable to fly high.

  The above is the   bronze script form   of the character “奋” (fèn). Strictly speaking, I’m not creating something new—I’m simply writing i...