You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves…
from Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
Calligraphy
Neuland Caps
I’m still working with the 1/2″ flat brush.
Today, I was working on Neuland capitals. Continue reading
Capitals
Practice with capital forms.
Basic Brush
Daily practice sheet using a half-inch flat brush to write a Neuland alphabet.
Layers
Daily calligraphy practice: layers of letters, words and paint.
Silver Apples of the Moon
One of my favorite ways to work with calligraphy is to make layers of letters and words,
which creates visual depth, but also some kind of energetic depth as well.
Morning Warmups
Sometimes I’m experimenting in my daily warmup.
This time, it’s writing large letters with a small, broad-edged nib.
Early Morning Patterns
One of the many things that fascinates me about calligraphy is the structure and order
that can appear over an entire page of work.
Sometimes you don’t notice it until you’re done, especially if you’re practicing letters.
No Hay Pajaros Hogaño
I’m continuing to work with this text from Don Quixote.
It’s a short quote, but it really gets to the point, as only proverbs and aphorisms can.
(See En Los Nidos for my explanation.)