Chinese New Year Calligraphy - Online Workshop

Description:

Hanging the character  “福” （"Fu"） on doors and walls is one of the most common and important customs when celebrating the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year. The character “福” （"Fu"）, which is traditionally handwritten by calligraphers, expresses people's delight in the festival and their wishes for the coming year.

In this workshop, we will look at how this symbol “福” （"Fu"） has developed through thousands of years of time, from the first sign been found carved on bones, and how this symbol evolved into seal script and then,  formal script, the most commonly used style nowadays. At the end of the workshop, we will paint the three different styles and create our own "Blessing" pieces and ready to be hang up on your front door!

This workshop will start with some simple body movement and breathing exercises to help us relax our body and mind. Basics such as body posture, how to hold the brush will be introduced briefly for beginners to get familiar with this practice.

Tools and Materials

There are some tools & materials that will be required for you to get the best of this workshop:

Essential:

• Chinese/Japanese brush: Medium approx. 2-3 cm (or any soft brush such as watercolour brush). You can also prepare a bigger sized brush (approx. 4-5 cm) for bigger painting surface.

• Black ink (or any water based black ink)

• Ink container

• Plate for mixing

• Coloured paper or red paper and some normal A4 computer paper for practice

• Water jar for washing your brush

  
  

Optional:

• Wool felt to place under rice paper

• Golden colour paint (you can also use any water based paint)

** A CNY Calligraphy Painting Kit is available to order here.

Recordings

This event will be recorded for late viewings. If you won't be able to join the live session, you will receive the recordings after the events.

Booking

Booking of this event will be open soon.

For any questions about registration, please contact info@shambhala.org.uk

For any questions about brush painting, please contact info@artofthebrush.ie