Maintaining control over your brush pen is crucial when first learning brush calligraphy. However, it can be a challenge figuring out how to best hold the pen, control your movement, and position your body, arms, and hands. The hardest part is finding what works best for you. Even after I share with you how I holdContinueContinue reading “How to hold the brush calligraphy pen”
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Improve your brush calligraphy by practicing thin and thick strokes
The variation of thick and thin strokes truly define calligraphy. It is important to practice these different strokes and understand how they connect to form each letter. This is advice I am sharing with you that I wish I could have embraced better when I first started. When I first started doing calligraphy, I wanted to hurry upContinueContinue reading “Improve your brush calligraphy by practicing thin and thick strokes”
3 ways to improve your brush calligraphy
The brush pen has quickly become my new favorite tool for writing calligraphy. The ink is already there, the flexible tip allows me to achieve the varying thick and thin strokes, and I can carry the pen with me everywhere! In response to requests for tips on improving with brush calligraphy, I thought of the topContinueContinue reading “3 ways to improve your brush calligraphy”
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