Offhand flourishing

Learn how to flourish the alphabet confidently in this online course, and come up with endless flourishes for lowercase & capital letters.

Where did the time go? December is here with frost and chilly weather. We have had bits of snow here and there but nothing too much. The days have been very grey which makes the sunny moments so special here in Canada. I already miss my morning reading time with the squirrels and chickadees on the porch of my studio. It is just a bit too cold now. But if a warm day peeks through the frost, I will be back out there! I usually get my Christmas cards in the mail on December 1st each year but…

As you may know, I love to make the circular designs that I learned in my guild's 2005 workshop with Pat Blair. I call them mandalas. I think I enjoy making them so much because the design possibilities are endless. I decided to keep a record of all the different elements I could incorporate into my mandalas. Keeping a record like this is something I learned from Barbara Close. I've taken two, separate workshops from her. Although the workshops were very different from one another, each time…

This is why I love pointed pen - offhand flourishing!

ECHOLAND on Instagram: "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus.🔮 #calligraphylove #calligraphycommunity #pointedpencalligraphy #flourishforum #calligraphy #flourishing ##flourish #copperplate #copperplatecalligraphy #pointedpen #handwriting #handlettering #finetec #hogwarts #harrypotter #bookmarks #penmanship"

If you're a newbie to pointed pen flourishing and wish to know more, you should you should run, not walk to a workshop taught by Heather Hel...

ECHOLAND on Instagram: "𝔸𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 #calligraphycommunity #pointedpencalligraphy #flourishforum #calligraphy #flourishing #flourish #copperplate #copperplatecalligraphy #pointedpen #handwriting #handlettering #penmanship #kaligrafi #bookmarks #harrypotter"