Let’s see if I can get this again… supposedly just point and click, right?!?
The start of my calligraphy journey:
2/11/16: New toys… slowly by slowly, one piece at a time, I received all my goodies except for the darn ink… so needless to say, I’m anxiously awaiting my ink when I took this pic:
2/12/16: Ink arrived!!! Here’s a pic of my cool setup before writing, my shaken ink (tip: DON’T.SHAKE.INK), and my first attempt at writing using my new dip pen:
2/13/16: By request of my kids, I wrote their names and experimented with some Tombows and my water brush pen for color:
2/13/16: Some Saturday fun with various pens and letter styles:
Then life got in the way for a week… did the Great Aloha Run (more like the Great Aloha Walk – 8.15 miles of w.a.l.k.i.n.g.) and then got sick.
2/22/16: Used a guide and attempted to copy some Copperplate letters for the first time:
So there you have it… not only am I starting a new adventure with calligraphy but I’m back to blogging!