The Techniques Of Calligraphy

As you may already know, calligraphy is the work of art, there are not many rules to art because art is what you create with your mind and your expressions. To calligraphy there are a few different techniques and strategies to help you get started to design and create your letters. I have never tried calligraphy before because I always thought that calligraphy would be too intricate for me. Peter Taylor gives his advice that calligraphy does not have to be a beautiful end result, the beauty of calligraphy is the character you give to it and the technique you use (5). Often when I try to draw a piece of art I will erase and restart because my piece does not satisfy my level of liking. Peter's words had helped me write out these letters because I was not thinking about how my piece looked, but how I was applying the technique to my piece. In this picture below I decided to use a pencil instead of a calligraphy pen or a sharp angled marker because I like how the pencil went on the paper well. 

To improve your calligraphy skills a technique to try as Taylor mentions is the writing board and surface area. "Some people buy fancy hinged constructions for their writing board or prop it up on paper covered bricks, but I'm sure most calligraphers are like me and have the bottom edge in their lap and by moving closer or further away from the table, can alter the board's slope" (Taylor 6). As I was writing each letter of the alphabet down on my paper I had my clipboard attached to my sketchbook while the bottom part of the board was off the table and closer to me, and I had the top part of my sketchbook on the table as I was tracing each letter up and down on the table. This technique had helped my calligraphy letters look better in the end because this had made the dark details of my letters stick out which was made the letters easier for me to draw, and gave the letters more attention then they would have if I had drew them on just a flat surface.
What is your favorite calligraphy technique?
 Taylor, Peter. Complete Calligraphy. Heatherton Victoria Austrailia, Hinkler
     Books, 2013. Print.