What does this gorgeous street art say? It's Arabic poetry, inspired by bold graffiti and placed where a message of hope and peace can do the most good. In this quietly passionate talk, artist and TED Fellow eL Seed describes his...

Calligraphy is an artistic form of writing practiced by people around the world. Understand some of the historical and cultural significances of calligraphy. Explore different styles of calligraphy and the tools used to draw letters and...

John T. Carpenter, Curator, Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Calligraphy demonstration by Fumie Yamada John T. Carpenter discusses the use of calligraphy in Japanese painting. Fumie Yamada gives a live...

Flip through my sketchbook for week 3 of Inktober!

I used a lot of coloured ink this week. Check them

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Video Atlas of Asia: This clip takes a look at some of China's traditional arts.

eL Seed fuses Arabic calligraphy with graffiti to paint colorful, swirling messages of hope and peace on buildings from Tunisia to Paris. The artist and TED Fellow shares the story of his most ambitious project yet: a mural painted...

Watch part 2 hereref='https://youtu.be/AGye84QySY0' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here Ever wondering how Chinese Calligraphy works? I tell you about it while discussing the intersection between visual arts and linguistics. Special...

Watch part 1 hereref='https://youtu.be/Ydp-Tm0N_e4' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here Ever wondering how Chinese Calligraphy works? In this episode I talk about traditional Calligraphy materials and the history behind them. Special...

Join Rongde Zhang, Senior Vice President and Head of Sales of the Classical Chinese Paintings department, as he discusses the scripts, exuberant rhythm and brushstrokes of Chinese calligraphy. Learn more about the nine characters that...

The art of Arabic calligraphy Subscribe to the Guardian HEREref='http://bitly.com/UvkFpD' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>HERE Taha Al-Hiti, a professional calligrapher, explains how letters were originally based on the shape of the...

Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) September 9, 2008 - January 4, 2009 Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 2nd floor, north wing Curator Maxwell Hearn presents an overview of the masterpieces...

Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) September 9, 2008 - January 4, 2009 Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 2nd floor, north wing Curator Maxwell Hearn presents an overview of the masterpieces...

Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) September 9, 2008 - January 4, 2009 Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 2nd floor, north wing Curator Maxwell Hearn presents an overview of the masterpieces...

Learn how Japanese calligraphers use elegant brush writing and decorated papers to enhance the beauty and presentation of poetry through lectures and a calligraphy demonstration. With John Carpenter, Tomoko Sakomura, and Shōdō Harada...

How do you update an ancient art tradition? With Photoshop, of course. New media artist Yang Yongliang was classically trained in Chinese painting and calligraphy from a very young age but uses digital tools to capture that time-tested...

Explore the rich tradition of Kumano brushes, handcrafted by artisans like Tokuzen for nearly 200 years. Discover the meticulous 12-step process and dedication behind these high-quality tools.<br/>

I finished the first 7 days of Inktober! See the drawings I did.




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Inktober is here and I got caught up in the YouTube excitement and decided to try it for the first time. Here are my bag of tools that I am excited to work with.


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This Tokyo Museum, which houses the Illustrated Handscroll of The Tale of Genji, and Japanese gardens is a hidden gem.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prevented all immigration of Chinese laborers. Chinese immigrants were detained at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay at the turn of the 20th century because of the Exclusion Act. This audio story...

Discover how two students of the famed Chinese modern master Zhang Daqian fell in love and quietly built an extraordinary collection of Chinese paintings and calligraphy. Although they had distinct styles, Fung Bi-Che and Tang Hung...

Micro calligraphy is the art of writing tiny words and designs on small objects, often using a microscope or magnifying glass. One common medium for micro calligraphy is grains of rice, which can be engraved with intricate designs and text.

A public lecture on the life and work of Mervyn Peake, by his son. Often described as the ultimate Renaissance Man, Mervyn Peake was just eight when his father, a medical doctor, arranged for a Mandarin expert in calligraphy, to teach...

A free exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 7 Nov 2017 to 15 Apr 2018 Contemporary Chinese artist Qu Leilei (b. 1951), now based in London, was a founding member of the avant-garde ‘Stars Group’ in the late 1970s, and immigrated to...