Already confident using a nib or brush? Surprise yourself with a fresh understanding of letter forms when you try a couple of the alternatives below. No. 1 in the ‘Five Options’ calligraphy tutorial DOUBLED PENCILS The double-pencil is a simple but surprisingly useful tool for understanding ...
(G. Pott, in D. Harris,Calligraphy: Modern Masters – Art, Inspiration, and Technique (NY: Crescent Books, 1991), p. 60) "Calligraphy is the art of writing beautifully. It is the written letter, molded by one’s concept of ultimate grace and perfect balance, a personal artistic ...
It doesn’t require any fancy tools or paper like some other styles of calligraphy. Just you, a piece of paper a pencil and getting right into practicing. Learning this first helps you learn the building blocks of calligraphy like letter structure to then transition into another style. ...
47. “At first sight Mesihi’s is a very different art: the height of the letter, the thickness of the line that gives movement, the disposition of the consonants, space stretching out according to sounds. Clinging to his reed pen, the calligrapher-poet gives a face to words, to phrases...
Now make another curved stroke out to the right and down to the bottom line, again ending in a fancy curl. A bit tricky but not too hard, right? Step 4 Repeat the process of making the letter “R” in cursive three times so that you get the feel of it. The letter “R” i...
"You don't need any fancy expensive tools," says Helene Thion, an artist who runs calligraphy courses when she's not making bespoke wedding invitations for her Smitten With Ink stationery business. "A straight penholder, a nib, and some ink will do just fine for starting, which is ...
Fancy colored inks should be avoided. Paper is abundant and cheap, and it is a mark of bad taste to write on an inferior article. Bad writing on good paper is better than good writing on bad paper. Good pen-work consists in attention to small details; each letter and word correctly ...
Author and anti-Semite D.H. Lawrence spoke of his hatred for homosexuality in a letter to Else Jaffe, referring to it as ‘antilife.’ Squadron leader A.H. Orlebar of Great Britain set a world record and won the Schneider Trophy air race in 1929 in a seaplane using an in-line engine...
3 Key Tips for Making a Fancy S in Cursive Still struggling to write a great capital s in cursive or lowercase s in cursive? These tips will help you master this letter! Don’t Pick Up Your Pen Cursive is meant to be written quickly and in a more streamlined fashion than print, sodo...
Every time your pen stroke goes downward (as seen with the arrows above), you will draw a line right next to it and fill it in. This will give your letter the calligraphy look with some strokes being light and airy, and the downstrokes slightly thicker. A fancy calligraphy pen will do...