Friday, January 3, 2014
Pencil outline of plum blossoms and bird drawn with Montblanc Leonardo Da Vinci sketch pencil
Outline drawn with out-of-production Montblanc Leonardo Da Vinci sketch pencil which I bought in Singapore a few years ago as a future gift for my daughter who loves to draw very much. I plan to use a fountain pen flex nib to go over the pencil outline the next day. Too tired to continue. Haha. Drawings of plum blossoms and bird were copied from 2 different books and juxtapositioned together the best I could. hahaha... No, I can't draw original stuff. I'm just a hobbyist copying this for fun and laughter. Lol
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Using 书法字典 Shu Fa Zi Dian to learn to write Chinese Calligraphy with fude nib fountain pen
Happy New Year! Thanks for visiting my blog! *smile*
In case anyone is wondering how I learned how to use a fude nib fountain pen to write Chinese calligraphy characters, here's how... I have been using this free online dictionary at http://www.shufazidian.com/ to first find out how each single character should look like. This very useful resource was recommended by my former NAFA Chinese calligraphy classmates JuLyn and Kenny.
Subsequently, I would copy that character onto paper with my fude bent nib fountain pen. Yes, it's that simple. Shu Fa Zi Dian rocks! It's very cool! No, I am only a beginner learner in Chinese calligraphy and I do not know how to write without any guide. hahaha *smile*
As you can see in the screenshot below, there is an option in the pull down menu to select "fountain pen" 钢笔. May you enjoy writing Chinese calligraphy too! *smile*
Maybe someone may ask, "What does this have anything to do with guqin?" Well, just in case you need to carve a Chinese poem or a calligraphic seal onto the bottom of your guqin, you may wish to consider checking out http://www.shufazidian.com/ since carving Chinese characters onto the bottom of a guqin has very little tolerance for margins of errors or permanently etched ugly writing. hahaha LOL
In case anyone is wondering how I learned how to use a fude nib fountain pen to write Chinese calligraphy characters, here's how... I have been using this free online dictionary at http://www.shufazidian.com/ to first find out how each single character should look like. This very useful resource was recommended by my former NAFA Chinese calligraphy classmates JuLyn and Kenny.
Subsequently, I would copy that character onto paper with my fude bent nib fountain pen. Yes, it's that simple. Shu Fa Zi Dian rocks! It's very cool! No, I am only a beginner learner in Chinese calligraphy and I do not know how to write without any guide. hahaha *smile*
As you can see in the screenshot below, there is an option in the pull down menu to select "fountain pen" 钢笔. May you enjoy writing Chinese calligraphy too! *smile*
Maybe someone may ask, "What does this have anything to do with guqin?" Well, just in case you need to carve a Chinese poem or a calligraphic seal onto the bottom of your guqin, you may wish to consider checking out http://www.shufazidian.com/ since carving Chinese characters onto the bottom of a guqin has very little tolerance for margins of errors or permanently etched ugly writing. hahaha LOL
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