Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

Overview

“I have chosen to write one of my favorite quotes by Euclid in Arabic to show how the letters dance in harmony when joined together to form the words and sentences followed by the placement of the diacritics.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Joining the Letters 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles. Explore modern calligraphy techniques, expressive lettering styles, and creative compositions to develop your own calligraphic style.

Partial transcription of the video

“Joining Up the Letters In this lesson, I'm going to start by preparing my paper, which is the traditional ahar paper. After that, I'll be showing how to use this paper and write with the normal reed pen in the joined Maghrebi script. This process here is about straightening the paper. I'm using this tool normally used to open the envelopes. I find it really useful and the best tool to do that. I'm doing it on the backside of the paper. The front is this, which is glossy, and I'm going to hold it with my left hand, and pull it whilst I put some pressure with my right hand on the paper. What ...”

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Course summary for: Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

• Level: Beginner
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• 192 students
• 7 units
• 90 lessons (15h 27m)
• 50 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering