by Erica | Fri, Feb 7, 2014 | Calligraphy Work, Flourish Forum Exclusive Article, Tutorial, Video
I can’t wait any longer. 🙂 I intended on sharing this exemplar and demonstration video for Valentine’s Day but I just finished my Valentines for the forum exchange and I’m excited to share. Plus, I decided some of you may want to use this new...
by Erica | Tue, Jan 21, 2014 | Flourish Forum Exclusive Article, Tutorial, Video
The pointed pen numbers tutorial is now available in the Pointed Pen Nirvana section of the forum! Hooray! Numbers don’t really get the attention they deserve. But poorly executed numbers can really ruin an otherwise beautiful piece of calligraphy whether an...
by Erica | Sun, Jan 12, 2014 | Flourish Forum Exclusive Article, Tutorial, Video
I can’t believe January is almost half over! Where does the time go?! I am really excited this lesson completes our minuscule letters! Soon we will be working on numbers and then beginning the Copperplate capitals. Remember, you must be a member to view the...
by Erica | Thu, Jan 9, 2014 | Flourish Forum Exclusive Article, Tutorial, Video
Hey Letter Lovers, A quick tutorial on how to mix gouache is now up in the How To Tutorial Category. Click here to check it out or watch it below. This is just a small sample of some of the tutorials we offer in the forum. We have been adding members like crazy and...
by Erica | Sun, Jan 5, 2014 | Flourish Forum Exclusive Article, Tutorial, Video
Happy New Year to all you letter lovers. Tomorrow is the first Monday of 2014 so I thought I would share the next tutorial in our Pointed Pen Calligraphy series to brighten up your day! We will be wrapping up the miniscule (lowercase) letters with the next lesson....
by Erica | Wed, Jan 1, 2014 | Flourish Forum Exclusive Article, Tutorial
What better way to start off the new year but with a resolution or goal to improve your calligraphy. Improvement takes lots of practice and careful observation. As I have said before, no amount of practice of bad letterforms will improve your lettering. So I have...