A Copperplate Facebook cover photo was designed for us by Rachel Yallop. This time ‘Scribblers Calligraphy’ has been written in a wonderfully flourished Copperplate style. Here, Rachel describes how she developed her ideas and fine-tuned the design to produce a very...
Whilst designing a Facebook cover photo, Rachel Yallop. kindly agreed to make notes, to give us a better understanding of how a professional lettering artist approaches and creates such a lively and eye-catching piece of work. I’ve recently rediscovered the Zig...
After studying the proportions of the Foundational Hand letters, the next step is to start writing the letters. Each letter is constructed rather than written. The letters are made up of a combination of pen strokes, which are only made...
After studying Roman Capitals, next on the list is the Foundational Hand, sometimes called Roman Minuscules. The Foundational Hand are the lower-case letters written beside Roman Capitals. As with the Roman Capitals we need to study the proportion of the...
At some point everyone experiences problems with ink flow and when it happens it can cause extreme frustration! You dip the nib in the ink, or load it with a brush start to write and nothing happens. Luckily there are a...
It is easy to understand why you put all your effort in to producing correctly proportioned letterforms. Whilst the letters are very important, bad letter and word spacing will distract from the lettering. Can you imagine looking at a piece...
Once the proportions of the Roman Capitals have been studied, the next step is to start writing the letters. Each letter is constructed rather than written. The letters are made up from a combination of pen strokes. With this style...
Roman Capitals are usually the first style of calligraphy to be taught to the students of a new class. This is not always the case and there have been debates in the past to which is the best style to...
The Rolling Ruler is a universal drawing tool for making parallel lines, circles and arcs. Draw Horizontal Parallel Lines Hold the centre of the ruler and roll it up/down to draw the straight parallel lines. Draw Vertical Parallel LinesPlace the pencil in any...
