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Calligraphy

n the 28th of May 2020, the Kuen
Cheng High School Calligraphy
OClub hosted an online calligraphy
lettering class, taught by their current coach
Mr Sow Feng Sheng. The class kicked off at The end of the demonstrations quickly led his history of artistic lettering. He had stated, in
4pm sharp, with about 200 viewers right off to a hands-on lettering of a simple word: “love”, the Q&A, that he started out as a mural artist
the bat. and transforming it into a complete art piece. and Chinese calligrapher, and had only recently
Slow and precise, the word gradually took form worked with Western style calligraphy. He had
on his art block paper, with various shades of blue also stated that he was blown away by the number
The coach started off with the basics and purple mixed into a glorious hue. of attendees at his talk, as he had originally
of calligraphy, first demonstrating how to expected 20 or so people to show up.
create a framework for lettering practice The coach moved on to the next step in
and writing the word “happy” as a demo for the lettering process: flower painting. He utilised After the completion of his artwork, he
beginners to follow. the techniques demonstrated before, painting a showcased some of his previous work. It consisted
bouquet of flowers and leaves around the word of many magnificent, graceful artworks, a good
“love”, creating a beautiful accentuation around portion of which he stated had been created
the gorgeous letters. The painting was completed during his Instagram Live livestreams.
after creating some simple stars by stroking his
paintbrush. With that, the class came to a close. Those
interested in seeing more from the coach can
That was followed by a quick Q&A session, follow him on Instagram via @lewind_calliholic.
with the coach answering questions regarding his
choice of paintbrushes, watercolour types and
After that, he moved on to teaching the technique
of drawing several kinds of decorative flowers and leaves
with watercolour around the words lettered to enhance the
look. He taught us to draw three kinds of different flower
types and two succulents.

Reported by:
Tan Ginny Sr1A
Ng Choon Hau Sr2A

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