Course 3 consists of 3 monthly levels designed to deepen knowledge of the Gyousho and Hiragana styles.
COURSE 3 – LEVEL 1
- Technical sheets on classic gyousho works: 蘭亭序 Ranteijo (JPEG) / Article on the ways of holding the oriental brush and its uses (PDF) / Technical vocabulary: Youhitsu and Unpitsu II (JPEG) / Forms of horizontal and vertical strokes (JPEG) / Radicals Sanzui, Rekka / Nomenclature of paper formats
- Introductory exercises: Connecting and jumping between strokes / Ninben, Sanzui, Rekka and Kihen radicals from kaisho to gyousho / Using pressure changes to soften straight lines (video)
- Practice of the kanji Pure/Clear 清 in gyousho style through kaisho (video)
- Practice of the kanji Heart-mind 心 in gyousho style through the kaisho (video)
- Practice of both kanji in a complete work: Seishin 清心 in gyousho style (video)
- Hiragana practice "a" あ (video)
- Practice of hiragana "me" め (video)
- Practice of both hiragana in a complete work: Ame あめ, rain (video)
- Calligraphy practice with kanji and hiragana - Hirogaru Sekai 広がる世界, "an expanding world" - Gyousho (video)
- Challenge Practice 4: Copy the classics - Tenpuu 天風 - Ranteijo 蘭亭序 - Gyousho (video)
- Examples of all the calligraphy to practice (JPEG)
COURSE 3 – LEVEL 2
- Fact sheets on classic gyousho works: 風信帖 Fuushinjou, PDF on suzuri and an old book with illustrations of different suzuri
- Technical vocabulary: Youhitsu and Unpitsu 3 - Classics of gyousho in China and Japan / Nomenclature of paper formats
- Introductory exercises: Radicals Shimesuhen, Onozukuri and Oozato in kaisho and gyousho (video)
- Practice of the kanji Spring 春 in gyousho style through the kaisho (video)
- Practice of the kanji Summer 夏 in gyousho style through the kaisho (video)
- Practice of the kanji Autumn 秋 in gyousho style through kaisho (video)
- Practice of the kanji Winter 冬 in gyousho style through the kaisho (video)
- Practice of the four kanji 春夏秋冬 in a single piece in vertical direction, in gyousho style (video)
- Hiragana practice with the word Mouth くち (video)
- Practice Challenge 5: Copy the classics - Keifuu 恵風, from Fuushinjou 風信帖 - gyousho (video)
- Practice of Challenge 6: Keifuu 恵風, in the gyousho style by Elena Hikari (video)
- Examples of all the calligraphy to practice (JPEG)
COURSE 3 – LEVEL 3
- Technical sheets on classic works of gyousho: 久隔帖 Kyuukakujou - Sanpitsu 三筆 and Sanseki 三跡, PDF on the seal and an old book with prints of old seals
- Technical vocabulary 4 / Nomenclature of paper formats / Rakkan in vertical and horizontal works
- Introductory exercises: Radicals Ukanmuri, Itohen and Gonben in kaisho and gyousho (video)
- Practice of the kanji One 一, Two 二 and Three 三, in gyousho style through kaisho (video)
- Practice of the kanji Up 上, Center 中 and Down 下, in gyousho style through kaisho (video)
- Practice of the kanji Correct 正, Shine 昭 and Harmony 和, in gyousho style through kaisho (video)
- Hiragana practice with the word Tuna つな (video)
- Five-Kanji Calligraphy Preparation Practice: 赤心照千古 "A simple and untroubled heart will always shine" - vertical gyousho (video)
- Complete practice of calligraphy of five kanji in vertical direction: 赤心照千古 (video)
- Practice Challenge 7: Kanji Heart - Mind 心, in freestyle based on gyousho (video)
- How to use cinnabar paste (video)
- Examples of all the calligraphy to practice (JPEG)