Deceitful Calligraphy

[InkyFingers]

I enjoy my penmanship study here at TFF.  My goal is to write as swiftly as I can and with as much calligraphic qualities.  Hence, legibility comes first, swiftness comes next. 

I have enjoy many of the master penman here on TFF.  What perplexes me is how deceitful some of your calligraphy gets.  That is, the flow of the pen does not allow a backward movement which contradicts the purpose of swiftness.  Decorative, yes!  Deceitful for sure! 

For example, the shading normally comes on the down-stroke, and to be continued with a thin upstroke.  However, the upstroke is also shaded, how despicable that is.


PS.  Just poking fun

[InkyFingers]

So ... pointed wasn't using a pointed flex nib... but...

[InkyFingers]

[prasad]

Yeah......  I am a calligrapher

[JanisTX]

@prasad :  Love your signature block "slogan"!

Janis

[Erica McPhee]

It's funny isn't it - how it tricks us. But ... this is a sign you are developing your calligraphic eye. Most would look and not think about how the bold stroke gets to where it doesn't come naturally.

I tend to shy away from this except for when flourishing as I sometimes turn my page which can make the bold in a different direction. I've also been experimenting with flourished capitals which aren't made in the same direction as the typical caps so the thick stroke may end up in a different place. I do enjoy the challenge of figuring out how the thick stroke ended up where it is on someone else's calligraphy though.