The biggest lesson I took away from this class is that there is no single Uncial alphabet, but instead there are different historic variations.We explored different manuscripts and came up with a self-consistent hand, where pen angle, stroke weight…
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Uncials with Ewan Clayton
The price of anonymity
I had a very interesting and unintentional experience with trying to sell my work anonymously.It all started with the Rendez-vous Calligraphy Conference. I wanted to enter a piece in the participant exhibit, and the only requirement was to make…
Flat file project
I needed a place to store my paper, so I found some used flat files online. They were operational, but a little beat-up on the outside. Given that they only cost 1/10 of what they would cost new, it…
Gilding with Peter Thornton
Gilding is another one of those things that I knew nothing about. It's one thing to admire someone else's beautiful work, and another to have a deep understanding of the techniques they used to create the piece.I will have…
Brush class with Carl Rohrs
There is one tool that I have always found to be particularly challenging: the brush. I became especially aware of this after taking a sing-painting workshop, and seeing how all of my letters were complete garbage.When Seattletters conference came…
Trajans with Yves Leterme
I signed up for an online Trajans class with Yves, and it was great. I learned a lot, even though I did get to the most interesting (and most challenging) part of the class — brush letters. I would definitely take…
Creativity takes courage
I will freely admit to this one being one of my most "cheaty" projects. The task was to write out a quote:Creativity takes courage. — Henri MatisseI wanted to write huge pointed pen letters, but that was hard for 2…
Fear mediocrity
I don't quite remember where I saw this person, but I saw someone wearing a T-shirt that said:Don't fear failure, fear mediocrity.I really liked this quote. Apparently, it's attributed to a bodybuilder, and I wasn't able to find…