{"id":4790,"date":"2013-10-25T19:32:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T19:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2013-10-25T19:32:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T19:32:37","slug":"is-it-easy-to-do-calligraphy-can-you-just-write-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/?p=4790","title":{"rendered":"Is it easy to do calligraphy? Can you just write and let the pen flow to make a masterpiece or does it take skill\/practice? What tools do you use? Love your work. c:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/seblester.tumblr.com\/post\/56773190147\/is-it-easy-to-do-calligraphy-can-you-just-write-and\">seblester<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hermann Zapf, one of the best calligraphers of all time, believes anyone can be a good calligrapher. The key to producing beautiful calligraphy is perseverance. You will only persevere if you enjoy what you\u2019re doing. For this reason I\u2019d personally suggest starting with a calligraphy style you particularly like the look of. When you have a reasonable grasp of that style you will notice the skills are transferable to other styles.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>Most people could be producing what I\u2019d consider to be a fairly good standard of calligraphy in a year or so. Virtuoso calligraphy on the other hand comes from decades of study and masterpieces don\u2019t come about anytime soon either.<\/p>\n<p>\u2028\u2028In terms of tools every calligrapher will have different tools they recommend. I\u2019d personally recommend beginners start with Pilot Parallel Pens. This is mainly because you don\u2019t have to think about refilling the nibs so you can focus on getting the forms right. \u2018Manuscript\u2019 produce a wide range of inexpensive calligraphy supplies which I find useful. Try out a variety of pens and nibs though. Specialist calligraphy suppliers are unlikely to sell bad equipment and many of their websites explain the relative merits of specific nibs and inks. Mitchell Copperplate pens are a great starting point for pointed pen calligraphy. In terms of paper any smooth cartridge paper should produce crisp results. Daler Rowney Smooth Cartridge Paper is a good choice. If you\u2019re on a budget layout paper and marker pad paper are good for getting started.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>Three books I\u2019d recommend. \u2018Foundations of Calligraphy\u2019 by Sheila Waters, a modern master. \u2018Calligraphy\u2019 by Gaye Godfrey-Nicholls was published this year, a very good book for beginners. Finally \u2018The Speedball Textbook\u2019 is an inexpensive source of inspiration and instruction for people starting out.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get disheartened by early failures. There will be many of those, but failure is the key to success.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><p>Saving for future reference<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>seblester: Hermann Zapf, one of the best calligraphers of all time, believes anyone can be a good calligrapher. The key to producing beautiful calligraphy is perseverance. You will only persevere if you enjoy what you\u2019re doing. For this reason I\u2019d personally suggest starting with a calligraphy style you particularly like the look of. When you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3327,773,3328,1269],"class_list":["post-4790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-caligraphy","tag-letters","tag-type","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}