DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - SHOSHI ON THE GGs AND NOT WINNING! No, don't worry, I'm not a betting lass... just had a rather unsuccessful session in the studio! Warm-up A few variations of spirals and beauty lines today. This warm-up was the most successful outcome of today's session. Aternative G The…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - PRACTICE AND CONSOLIDATION Another afternoon session in the studio today, practising the capital letters and consolidating what I've already learnt. Capital letters group 4 I began my session by following our teacher's advice to "warm my hand" with a few exercises. I think these spirals and long…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - CAPITAL LETTERS I was too busy and then too tired to do anything in my studio over the past couple of days, but this afternoon I had another session. After practising the strokes for the capital letters and doing some consolidation practice, I was ready to start…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - CONSOLIDATION Today, rather than moving on with the unit on capital letters, I decided to have a practice session and consolidte what I learned yesterday. For the text page, I used the smaller layout grid for the first time. I didn't notice much difference in difficulty. You…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - BEGINNING TO WORK ON CAPITAL LETTERS As with the lowercase letters, we began this unit with the basic strokes needed for capital letters. A change of paper Before I started the lesson, I remembered the 120 gsm smooth card that I have for my Zentangle drawings. I…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - JOINED UP WRITING! Great steps forward today in the studio, continuing to work on Unit 3 of the course which deals with lowercase letters. The lesson was called "Union of Lowercase." Not sure if this is a correct technical term - the teacher is Spanish and the…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - THE LOWERCASE LETTERS We're really getting down to the nitty-gritty now, and beginning to learn how to shape the letters. Lowercase letters These fall into several different groups, according to how they are constructed. The teacher therefore didn't teach them to us in alphabetical order, but in…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY I have decided to stay with the calligraphy theme after recently completing the Hebrew calligraphy course. The new course is on English calligraphy, often called Copperplate. With its flowing lines and flourishes, it is very elegant and beautiful. I have done a little in the past, but am…
FUUMUUI NEEDLE POINT WATERCOLOUR BRUSHES Today I got a new set of watercolour brushes. They are rather special. The beautiful box Such pretty packaging! The brushes There are four brushes in the set. These brushes are made in China, and have smooth wooden handles with minimal varnish. So often, the varnish or paint…
HEBREW CALLIGRAPHY PICTURES FRAMED Today the parcel arrived from the online framing shop, with the mounts and frames for my two Hebrew calligraphy pictures which I did during the latest Domestika course. My name in Calligraphy This was the first exercise we had to do on the course. The calligraphy didn't have to…
