by Heather | Mar 31, 2020 | Calligraphy, Calligraphy Basics, Featured, Tutorials
What’s the first thing you usually write when trying out a new pen? Your name? The kind of pen it is? I write all sorts of random things when I get a new pen. When you get a new pointed pen, however, the last thing you need to write is your name. Or any other...
by Heather | Mar 23, 2020 | Calligraphy, Calligraphy Basics, Featured, Getting Started, Tutorials
Do you ever struggle getting your letters or strokes to have a consistent slant? Or, maybe they are consistently…wrong. There is a very simple fix for this, and I’m going to tell you how to do it in this article. Our last three basics articles introduced...
by Heather | Mar 23, 2020 | Calligraphy, Calligraphy Basics, Featured, Pointed Pens, Tutorials
In my first two articles on dip pen basics, we covered the very introductory material necessary to get started with pointed pen calligraphy. Some of these topics included pen anatomy, how the pen works, and how to prep and clean your nibs. Once you know these basics,...
by Heather | Dec 16, 2019 | Calligraphy, Tutorials, Worksheets
One of my favorite ways to make a gift more special is to attach a handmade gift tag with a beautiful ribbon or cord. In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to make a unique gift tag using the calligraphy skill of offhand flourishing. Of course you can use...
by Heather | Dec 7, 2019 | Calligraphy, Tutorials
This is the time of year when people address more envelopes than at any other time. Whether or not you’re using a pointed pen, it is still desirable to have straight lines that are fairly centered between the margins. In this post, I’m going to show you my...
