A Small Calligraphy Lesson

Today we visted Professor Zhang at his house where he taught us a little bit about Chinese calligraphy going over the history and many different styles. We were able to try our hand at it, but I have to say that mine did not come out very well. Writing in ink made me horribly nervous and next to his writing, mine looked like that of a 4-year old. After all of that Professor Zhang wrote each of our names in the style that we wished. I asked for Kaishu style, which is one of the most common forms of script and is still used frequently today. After writing our names, Professor Zhang gave each of us a bit of his own work that I've displayed here.