In previous posts, I gave overviews of how to hold the brush pen and the angle at which you should hold it. I explained that the key to writing with the brush pen is to focus on the angle of pen to the page, and that you shouldn’t hold the pen upright. But I didn’t tell you the full story.ContinueContinue reading “Why you should focus on the direction your brush pen faces”
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The reason you should focus on the thin stroke, but not the hairline
Over the past few weeks, you have seen the importance of holding the pen at an angle and practicing how to exert pressure to achieve those thin strokes in brush calligraphy. But you might still struggle with the fact that your thin strokes do not exactly resemble a hairline. In fact, you may be complaining thatContinueContinue reading “The reason you should focus on the thin stroke, but not the hairline”
How to blend with the Tombow blending palette and dual brush pens
Blending colors is so much fun! Blending also allows you to bring more color into your work, and experiment with various color pairings. This is great news especially for someone like me, who often gravitates toward using only one color in an entire piece. I am surprisingly not creative (or brave?) enough to use multiple colorsContinueContinue reading “How to blend with the Tombow blending palette and dual brush pens”
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