hello my friends.
first i would like to thank you all so much again for sharing your tips and techniques. as a newbie i am so grateful and i am learning so much from you all.
when it comes to learning something new, sometimes i get so impatient...i just want to be good now! so frustrated by the learning curve. but then i remember getting started with photography and how it took a while to figure out how to get what i saw with my mind's eye to come out of the camera. but sooner or later things will 'click' {pun intended} and then it's just a matter of practice and refining. and truth be told, part of what i love about photography is that there is always something new to learn. a new way of seeing things.
so that's what i've been trying to do regarding calligraphy... where i got really frustrated before was in trying to run before i could walk. so i watched all of the tutorials back to back. practiced pages of each letter. i was still unhappy with my letters because i kept snagging and the ink was bleeding. not pretty. then because my hand was hurting so bad, i just couldn't put as much pressure on the pen. and finally. it 'clicked'...i was pressing too hard. {insert hallelujah chorus here
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so here is finally a page of practice and a little project i created. i know there is so much to improve on, but finally i think i'm starting to get the hang of it. thank you again for all the inspiration.
