Day 20: courage. Juicy markers make everything better.I’ve been in a calligraphy funk… I don’t know what’s causing it but I’m just feeling so apprehensive about everything I make. And when I’m done I just can’t keep the negative thoughts away. Does this ever happen to you? What do you do about it?🖊 @karinmarkers Brushmarker…
I talked a bit about the thought process behind this one already. I’m still not sure there’s a good way to write LTH in this style. The crossbar makes the L look more like a T. I was hoping the differentiation would come from the loops on the L and H. How would you tackle…
Day 19: health. So LTH is a tricky letter combination to figure out how to do. They get in the way of each other. I tried it a few times with a smaller crossbar on the T but it looked cramped. I do think this longer crossbar looks better but it can make the L…
I wrote those word so many times today. I originally wanted to write it with my fountain pen but I just could not get the ink to flow. This ink has shimmer and the pen sat around for less than a week but I guess that was long enough to clog it. Too bad shimmer…
Day 18: emerge. I don’t know why but I struggled a lot today. The spacing on this style is sooo hard to get right without any guidelines. But I love watching videos where the calligrapher just freehands the piece. It’s so much more satisfying!🖋@jetpens Diamine Ink “Memory Lane”Glass pen from Amazon📜 @cansonusa Marker XLWatermark by…
Day 17: focus. Short words get that slow, real time video goodness. 🐢 As someone with an ADHD brain focus is so difficult for me. I’m either laser focused on one thing for a short time or I’m bouncing all over the place from thought to thought. Anyone else have like 5 books they’ve started…
