I painted these two pieces for my mom as her birthday card, and then I taught her some Chinese painting techniques <3 :) (I cut out the written part of the card, so that's why there's an awkward-looking bamboo shoot/branch next to the rock)
I'm a leftie, BUT I compose Chinese calligraphy with my right hand. Why? Because Chinese character strokes go from left to right, so the brush would crumple up if I use my left hand.
Story time: I once enrolled in a Chinese calligraphy class, and the teacher told me to either switch to my right hand or switch to another course... Thus, I switched to my right hand and attempted to trace Chinese characters like the other students.
Weeks passed by and everyone progressed from tracing simple characters to outlining complicated ones: the teacher even signed his name on their practice pieces to show their perfection of the characters (our teacher claimed he was famous and that his signatures were valuable)
Yet, I continued tracing the simplest character in order to stabilize my hand. When I turned in practice papers, it would always be inked with red when returned. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't even draw a straight line with my right hand....
BUT the after a month or two, I could not only DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE (yea, it doesn't sound like much, but, hey, it's my mini battle okay?) but I also completed ONE page of decently written Chinese characters, AND I received his signature on my paper: this, ladies and gentlemen, is the taste of victory ;)
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