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Intermediate calligraphy course Four-workshop series with Xueyi Bai

Chinese calligraphy, photo: Nikada Getty Images
Chinese calligraphy, photo: Nikada Getty Images

In this series of four workshops for intermediate students, Xueyi Bai will help you develop your calligraphy practice.

Calligraphy is traditionally said to be like meditation, quieting the heart and calming the mind by moving its qi or energy in rhythm with the movement of the brush. Its aesthetic principles of yin and yang are considered to be the same ones that guide the natural world.

Over four workshops, you will refine your technique for the eight basic strokes and develop your understanding of structure and balance, discovering how the basic strokes can change to harmonise with each other and the surrounding space. Using this, you will complete some phrases on mounted rice paper to bring home at the end of the course.

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Intermediate calligraphy course Four-workshop series with Xueyi Bai

Various Fridays 11am
5 April – 17 May 2024

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Naala Nura, our south building

Ground level, Function room

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Series of four workshops
$220 non-member
$180 member

Bookings and enquiries: 02 9225 1878

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  • Intermediate calligraphy courseMore variations

    You will learn variations of the right down stroke, left down stroke and hook’s length, thickness and posture, and how to apply them to the characters. Xueyi Bai will use some characters to explain how this change affects the aesthetics.

    Friday 3 May 2024 11am–12.30pm

  • Intermediate calligraphy courseComplete one phrase

    In the final workshop you will complete one phrase, sui yue jin hao, which means peace, love and serenity. As you complete this work, Xueyi Bai will explain the order of strokes, the structure of each character and the composition of the whole piece. 

    Friday 17 May 2024 11am–12.30pm