Modern Calligraphy: Creating Expressive Letterforms
Warming up Your Hand with Basic Strokes
A course by Mathilda Lundin , Calligraphy Artist
About the video: Warming up Your Hand with Basic Strokes
Overview
“Now that you have your equipment ready, you will start to warm up your hand by creating your first brushstrokes with your nib and ink. ”
In this video lesson Mathilda Lundin addresses the topic: Warming up Your Hand with Basic Strokes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Modern Calligraphy: Creating Expressive Letterforms. Celebrate the art of calligraphy, using a traditional nib pen and ink with modern techniques to discover your own creative style.
Partial transcription of the video
“Warming up Your Hand with Basic Strokes In this lesson, we'll start warming up our hands with some rapid movement exercises with a pencil and then we'll move on to using the nib and ink to do your first basic strokes to get used to that. First, I want to invite you to think about the mindset of calligraphy. I like to think of calligraphy much more as painting letters with strokes, rather than handwriting. As you go through the different exercises, you'll find that you'll be able to focus on all the different strokes and see what I mean by that. The first thing we'll do is start warming up o...”
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Course summary for: Modern Calligraphy: Creating Expressive Letterforms
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Calligraphy & Typography -
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Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering
Mathilda Lundin
A course by Mathilda Lundin
Mathilda Lundin is a calligraphy artist, hand engraver, and designer. Growing up in Sweden, she loved drawing and crafts, and eventually went on to study advertising and visual communication at university. After graduating, she moved to London, where she worked as a designer in digital agencies. Mathilda first fell in love with pointed pen calligraphy after attending a workshop in 2014. After being asked to teach the craft to others, she decided to pursue her passion for calligraphy as a career.
A few years later, Mathilda set up her own calligraphy studio in London, where she works on commissions for luxury brands and individuals around the world. She also personalizes gifts and teaches workshops on the art form. Mathilda has worked on projects for events like The Queen’s Polo for Cartier, and created personalized items and packaging for brands like L.K Bennet, Paperchase, and Goop.
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