That's right, if you can focus in one "specialty field" that would be easier to build up the vocabularies from there. Say, if you are interested in learning about the terminologies of calligraphy
I found this nice Taiwanese page about Chinese calligraphy:
http://163.20.160.14/~word/, you can even download practice sheets here:
http://163.20.160.14/~word/modules/tad_uploader/and here you can find the most commonly used characters in calligraphy (starting from upper right corner, and read downwards vertically):
http://163.20.160.14/~word/modules/tadn ... hp?nsn=352If you already learned the 3000 most common characters in mandarin (Simplified Chinese writing system), it should be easy for you to learn Traditional Chinese writing system.
If you're looking for "How-to" books, try to search for the subject's noun, and add 基礎 behind it. For example, 書法基礎 "basic calligraphy skills" could be a "How-to" book title or genre for learners.
Olivia
Team CantoneseClass101.com