I went to Opus downtown and was served by a very helpful sales associate who explained many of the intricacies of choosing beginning caligraphy materials. He had a message about art inquiry which was that if it doesn’t feel good then you won’t stick with it so find what feels nice for you.
The take-away was that that crappy broken pen I was using previously was sapping the joy and interest from me. Moreover, I went with the multicoloured ink kit over just the plain black to spark some renewed joy! lets get started!!
This equipment has a completely different feel and creates a totally different look to the calligraphy. It feels as if I’m starting at the beginning again somewhat since it takes time playing with the different pens, nibs, ink, and paper to get a feel for the right hand position, speed and firmness. I will continue practicing the basic strokes before going any further yet. I played bit with the coloured inks but couldn’t get the lid open on the blue. oh well, more to look forward to for next time. Check out my practice here.
Until next time folks when I may even attempt a letter…woooooooey.
Hi Elizabeth! I’m glad I get to see your newest post now, as I look forward to your posts about calligraphy. I am really enjoying watching your progression and I find the writing very aesthetically pleasing to look at. Thank you for including a video as well as it is nice to watch! Thank you so much for your post! Hope you have a good day!
Good for you for going and getting those new materials, I hope you have fun with them! I like how you pointed out that the new materials is always a new learning curve, I feel like that’s something that applies to more than just calligraphy. I also really appreciate how you labelled different strokes and elements on your practice sheet, it’s helpful to see what you’re doing. For some reason, I couldn’t see anything on the video you posted, I could only hear the audio – I wonder what you would think about uploading them to YouTube for future posts?