Chapter 592: A top student
In order to make up for the missed classes of Dr. Li, Liu Lan and Professor Su discussed that they had to speed up the pace. The remaining six classes would be adjusted from one class per week to two classes per week, with the specific times being every Wednesday afternoon and Friday evening.
Liu Man also informed everyone of the new course time before class and said that she would not mind even if they skipped classes and would not deduct anyone's grades.
Having said that, the students really have no complaints.
Next, Liu Lan began to take the class seriously, following the method she learned from Professor Su, first teaching theory and then practical operation. Even though it was clearly stated that anyone could pass the course with a high score even if they did not study hard, Liu Lan did not deal with the students casually like Dr. Li did.
She said, "Although I am better at seal script, I have to admit that seal script is just a form of Chinese characters in the evolution process. Both its writing and recognition are much more difficult than regular script, and it is not suitable for beginners. Regular script can best reflect the characteristics of the modern Chinese character structure."
"For beginners, learning regular script only requires familiarity with the structure of each stroke, finding some common features of the characters, and classifying them. Then, with targeted practice of strokes and long-term persistence, you will be able to write beautiful calligraphy works. In today's class, I will focus on explaining how to analyze the structure of a character."
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Liu Man's tone was clear and gentle, and she could attract the students' attention with just a few words. It was much more interesting than Dr. Li's lectures. Some students had doubts about whether Liu Man had the ability to be a lecturer. After all, being good at calligraphy and winning awards did not mean that she could give lectures. Moreover, it was said that Liu Man's regular script was average! She had only studied regular script with Professor Su for a year.
But after listening to her explanation, everyone could feel her sincerity and had some beneficial ideas. Moreover, her PPT, like her, was pleasing to the eye and very enjoyable to watch.
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After finishing the courseware, Liu Lan began to demonstrate writing regular script on the spot, which aroused great interest among the students. Dr. Li had never written in class before. In every class he just talked dryly facing a few copybooks. The students were very skeptical whether he could write calligraphy.
The podium was a bit small, so the students sitting in the first row stood up and gave up their seats so that Liu Lan could spread the rice paper on the table. The students surrounded Liu Lan in three layers, and the students at the back could not see and could only stand on tiptoe or even stand on stools to see.
In addition to the live video on the Internet, it was the first time for everyone to watch Liu Lan writing in person, and everyone had a very novel feeling. They did not dare to get too close to Liu Lan, for fear of disturbing her writing, and even more afraid of disturbing such a beauty. Yes, people who are too good-looking will inexplicably give people a sense of distance, even if she behaves very approachable.
Liu Lan dipped the brush in ink and began to write at her desk. She did not write any profound sentences, but rather Su Shi's "Water Melody", a poem that was familiar to everyone. She began with "When will the bright moon appear?" and each word was beautiful in shape, with a well-proportioned density.
She explained as she wrote, "The character '明' has a tight left and loose right structure, the horizontal stroke of the character '月' should be of equal length, and the left stroke of the character '几' should be a little loose..."
For a group of laymen and novice students, such handwriting is already very good and is no different from a work of art.
The top students who love to study take the time to take notes.
From time to time, students would exclaim in amazement.
“The handwriting is so beautiful!”
“This is real power.”
"I chose this course because I like words like this."
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