Calligraphy and Lettering Tips – Ligatures

by ilovecalgarycanada | Dec 8, 2024 | Calligraphy

Calligraphy and Lettering Tips – Ligatures This post is from the Newsletter Archives (originally published on February 23, 2024) and we’ll be going over one of my favorite calligraphy/lettering concepts – ligatures! Learning about Ligatures Today...

Can You Use a Cheap Pencil for Calligraphy?

by ilovecalgarycanada | Oct 13, 2024 | Art, Calligraphy

Can You Use a Cheap Pencil for Calligraphy? The answer to the question posed by the title of today’s post just might surprise you. It absolutely surprised me. It turns out that a super plain #2 pencil is a fantastic tool for unleashing calligracreativity (calligraphy...

An Honest Review of Sanzen Tomoe River Paper

by ilovecalgarycanada | Sep 8, 2024 | Art, Calligraphy

An Honest Review of Sanzen Tomoe River Paper This was a really hard review to make… My Favorite Paper… Believe me when I say that I’ve been cheering and hoping for a successful successor to Tomoe River paper for a while. Tomoe River quickly became my...

Hand Made 3D Calligraphy Vortex Design: Creative Blackletter

by ilovecalgarycanada | Sep 2, 2024 | Calligraphy

Hand Made 3D Calligraphy Vortex Design: Creative Blackletter In Part 2 of this video triple tutorial, we’ll walk through the highlights of how to create a mesmerizing, hand-made Blackletter Calligraphy optical illusion. What You’ll Need to Follow Along...

Superman & Circles: Creative Blackletter Calligraphy Designs Part 1

by ilovecalgarycanada | Aug 25, 2024 | Calligraphy

Superman & Circles: Creative Blackletter Calligraphy Designs Part 1 In Part 1 of this video triple tutorial, we’ll walk through, step-by-step, how to create the colorful, intricately woven geometric Blackletter calligraphy art. What You’ll Need to...

Easy Gothic & Blackletter Calligraphy Tutorial

by ilovecalgarycanada | Apr 28, 2024 | Calligraphy

Easy Gothic & Blackletter Calligraphy Tutorial In this video tutorial I walk through a super easy system for writing an entire lowercase Blackletter (a.k.a. Gothic, Old English) calligraphy alphabet (all using just four simple lines). Supplies Keep in mind that,...