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of his brush in order to ensure the exquisiteness of every stroke,
because every Chinese character depicts a unique and wondrous
picture of its own. Mr. Sow also emphasised that there was no such

a thing as a difficult Chinese character to write.

As per participants’ requests, Mr. Sow demonstrated himself writing
a few relatively intricate Chinese characters, such as “龍” and “瞏”.
He said that ancient Chinese characters were his favourites, joking

that they could greatly showcase the calligrapher’s capability at

brush lettering. He soon started writing a few Chinese characters
which were derived from participants’ names, such as “碧”，“

瑶”，“毅” ，“秦” and “韵”. He occasionally named the
strokes as he wrote the letters, saying that as long as the calligraphy Jointly reported by

looked presentable, it didn’t matter if the strokes weren’t downright JR1Z(3) Ng Yi Phin
JR1S(2) Lim Shin
accurate.
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On the 11th of June 2021, the Western Calligraphy Club organized
a scrapbook journal workshop from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m as part of
the events for the Co-curricular Online Carnival. The speakers were

students Lai Jing Ern, Ng Rui and Pang Yee Hen. Around 70 interested

Reported by participants took part in the workshop.
Goh Li Lian Sr1ScB

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