Learning basic strokes lays the groundwork of calligraphy. Practice basic shapes like upstrokes, downstrokes, ovals, loops, ...

️ This video takes you inside a Japanese calligraphy school, where students practice the art of shodō, writing kanji and kana with traditional brushes. Watch as they perfect each stroke!

The art may appear on any writing surface - even the rocky walls of cliffs ... Many ceremonies that mark national celebrations and religious rituals incorporate the practice and calligraphy has itself ...

Chinese characters evolved from pictures and signs, and the Chinese art of calligraphy developed naturally from its unique writing system ... up with international practice in recent years.