Category: Tutorials

Here is my Chinese-related contribution for the week: a beginner’s tutorial on Chinese calligraphy.

This 6-minute tutorial teaches a range of subjects:
1. How to write the character 永, meaning “eternity”
2. The origin of the character’s meaning
3. The pictorial relationship between Chinese characters’ form and meaning
4. The different styles of Chinese calligraphy
5. An extra example of the script style that showcases the fluidity of Chinese calligraphy

Tutorial aside, I like the slow pace of his brush writing; it’s reflective of the calmer side of Chinese culture that often gets overlooked. In fact, Chinese calligraphy has long been considered an artful exercise, where “all reputable calligraphers in China were well educated and well read…[and] skilled in other areas, most likely painting, poetry, music, opera, martial arts, and chess.” (wikipedia)

So yeah, ancient Chinese calligraphers could write well and kick butt!

This tutorial has background music rather than a voice over, which can be useful if the person watching wants to pause while they complete the step also helps for situations which require no sound, i.e middle of lecture. It was also a relativity clear point of view and wasn’t hand held. Similar to the other video tutorial i posted there is plenty that could be done in terms of cleaning up the aesthetics but all in all it is still a clear description and helpful tutorial.

This is brilliant, because it is informative but also entertaining!

What if you’re out in the wilderness and you don’t have an axe or a fancy pneumatic wood splitter handy? What do you do when you need fuel for a fire? Ray Mears helps us out with this DIY tutorial. This tutorial is great because it is short, it highlights some of the neat properties of wood and it shows a new use for the pull saw.

Very classy lady!!!!!

I love how Julia continues to move around the kitchen while educating and taking you through her process and ingredients. Dynamic shots of the food gives a very approachable step by step process some umph! I would welcome her into my kitchen any day to help whip up some good eats and treats!

Enjoy some Julia!

 

 

 

I forgot to post one of these Wednesday, so this is my second tutorial for today…but it is way worth it.

I enjoy how fast paced this tutorial flows, yet manages to incorporate tips & even history of the pinata.

This is from the website http://www.sketch-a-day.com/ . This tutorial illustrates some superb sketching skills just with sped up video & a reggae soundtrack.

His eyeballs will make you watch. He also has some nice advices. I like how he is serious and also not.

Everyone knows how to make a paper airplane; it’s a skill we all picked up when we were very young. At that time, even the simplest folds were not intuitive. The concepts of symmetry, mountain/valley folds, and aligning the edges probably seemed as inscrutable as learning to dribble a basketball or jump rope for the very first time.

I chose this very simple tutorial for making a basic paper airplane. It uses short, animated GIFs to demonstrate each of the folds ALONG with a short text description. For a child, these motions would be essential for grasping what we adults can easily register mentally and mimic. The best part of this tutorial is that the animations make it possible for a child to complete a paper airplane without even knowing how to read.

I am a huge dunny and smorkin’ bunny fan and I found this tutorial on how to incorporate a speaker into the munny which is a lot of fun.

I found this instruction useful because
_Good quality photos showing all the steps
_Very fun object
_Writing is minimal and to the point

I really want to make this during the winter break! ( or when I am less busy…;)

Here’s another video on the same topic.