Lots of calligraphy lately. I learned simple stuff from mama when I was a wee person, and now that I'm not all hung up on Real Fine Art For Art School, I want to learn more. I'm thinking of incorporating calligraphy/text drawings in India ink into the exaggerated still-lifes I've been doing (below.) Transferring all that sumptuous black ink onto soft paper fibers with a metal tip is oddly satisfying. I like journal writing in calligraphy because it forces me to pick and choose words carefully and edit my thoughts in real-time. Plus, I'm more reluctant to write something negative in beautiful script. Good stuff.
Taking a break from painting to do a digital vector drawing for East End Main Street. A large group of Charleston artists will create lamp post banners to be hung all over the East End. Neato! More details go public on the East End Mainstreet website & Facebook page this coming Monday.
2 comments:
It's so cool your mama taught you calligraphy! MY mama taught me calligraphy too! We should get together and draw lovely scripts on luscious paper together:)
I'm stoked to see the street banners! Whee! FestivALL hurry up:)
That is so cool. I learned calligraphy in gifted class, in grade school. But that was it... I lost interest and didn't become interested again until I started messing with pen and ink drawing as an adult. I don't do it regularly, though. I would love to get back into it sometime.
I am jazzed about the banners! I still have no clue what I'm going to do, though. I'm going to buy a canvas next week and just do something. Hopefully I'll know what by then.
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