Shodo Online Lesson 4, “Continued Line”

Shodo Lesson4!

All Kanji consists of strokes.
In the previous lessons, you have learned Horizontal Strokes(横画 yokokakau), Vertical Strokes(縦画 tatekakau), Left Sweep(左払い hidariharai) and Right Sweep(右払い migiharai).
I believe you can already write various Kanji!
Now you are going to learn how to draw a "Continued Line（転折 tensetsu）".

Step 1

Draw a vertical stoke, however, this time, make sure the line is a little inclined.

Step 2

The next stroke is the main theme of the lesson. First, draw a normal horizontal stroke, and when the brush reaches where you want to turn, put pressure on the brush(A).

Step 3

Without lifting the brush off of the paper, move it downwards.
The vertical line should be thicker than the horizontal one because of the applied pressure at point "A".
And this vertical line must also be a little inclined.
This makes the character well-balanced.

Step 4

Draw a horizontal line to "close the mouth".