Dragon Calligraphy

by Oiyee At Oystudio

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Dragon Calligraphy

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Oiyee At Oystudio

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Painting - Chinese Ink

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Happy Year of the Dragon!

This is my "flying white" style calligraphy for the Chinese character, dragon. I find this calligraphy style is perfect in capturing the spirit of the fierce and captivating flying dragon.

Years of the Dragon are: 1928. 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 and 2012

Chinese writing dates back to over 5000 years ago. Chinese characters evolved from pictographs to more abstract ideograms to the modern-day character, which bears a slight resemblance to its pictographic origins. The characters are divided into 3 main categories : pictographs , ideograms , phonograms.

Dragon 龍 is a pictograph. The original oracle bone script is a rough drawing of the dragon. It has evolved to the modern day character but you can still vaguely see the head and body on the left side, the back and tail on the right side.

2024 is a year of the Wood Dragon, starting from February 10th, 2024 (Chinese New Year) and ending on January 28th, 2025 (Chinese New Year's Eve). The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, and the start of the year is based on the cycles of the moon.

The Chinese zodiac assigns an animal to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle, and this year is the Year of the Dragon.

People born in the following years belong to the Chinese zodiac Dragon: 2024, 2013, 2000, 1988, 1976, 1964, 1952, 1940, 1928, 1916, 1904.

Artist: Oi Yee Tai
Website: http://oystudio.com

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January 10th, 2024

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