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Well, today was Chinese Calligraphy class again. This is one of the better attempts at writing the character for “Dragon” 龍 or long2 as writin in pinyin. Not very good, and a crappy scan because our scanner doesn’t have a bed big enough to scan large art.

I’ve acquired some books on Chinese writing to augment my study and appreciation.

::amazon(“0804832064”, “Reading and Writing Chinese”)::

A great and useful reference, contains 2000 characters and 2500 combinations, includes names, meanings, and happily, the proper stroke order for drawing the forms.

::amazon(“0071419837”, “Beginner’s Chinese Script”)::

A cool, cheap little book that can help you decipher signs written in Chinese. I like the approach

::amazon(“0823005569”, “Chinese Calligraphy Made Easy”)::

The book that will tell you what you need to know to do Chinese Calligraphy. If you are gonna get just one book, get this one.

::amazon(“0823048381”, “The Simple Art of Chinese Calligraphy”)::

A book which has less to do with calligraphy, but a lot more to do with arts and crafts surrounding Chinese characters. A decent second book.

Eeesh. Do I need practice!