Introducing you with calligraphy art we would reveal some simple tricks on how to do calligraphy with a brush or pen. But first we would like to to apprise you of the calligraphy that would make its concept much clear in your mind and help you grasp exceptional ways of doing calligraphy on paper. The word calligraphy basically is a Greek word, used earlier in the days for beautiful writing. Calligraphy in fact is the skill of handwriting transcribing on paper the contents in a most beautiful manner. The writing on paper with the hands though can be done by anyone else, very few people posses such dexterity of penning down conspicuous subjects artistically that requires a guidance, confidence and self practice. Some of you must be taking the calligraphy as the the typography, an art of hand-printing on paper with variety of beautiful characters, alphabets and numeric. Partially you are correct but not completely as the classical calligraphy is much different from the typography, as far as spontaneity of the characters and expertise of printing are concerned. In previous era the classical calligraphers created all the characters on paper so outstandingly that even the modern calligraphers get spellbound after coming across the amazingly created beautiful texts in the classical books. Despite being an outstanding way of handwriting, the calligraphic art was earlier called the popcorn writing. and those who had a god-gifted efficiency of writing on paper with artistically created alphabets are described as expert calligraphists.
You have got to come across variety of eye-catchy alphabets used in the ancient books provided you read the ancient transcribed texts. The calligraphically written historical books will astonish you for a while revealing how attractively the alphabets were created without using any sophisticated software. Comparing classical texts of the old books with modern computerized printing you’ve got to admire as an outstanding handwriting art only the classical calligraphy as it presents all the alphabets in variety of shapes and designs. Calligraphically created classical alphabets or characters, be whatsoever language it is used for, stimulates the peruser to adhere with the book as the matter transcribed there magnetizes his attention. It an exceptional way of writing on paper with classic calligraphic art that makes the contents of older books more significant. The modern artistic handwriting also deserves to be denoted as the calligraphy if it is not created with computerized technology. Almost all the exceptionally created masterpieces of the peculiar paintings expressing variety of emotions, situations and incidents also can be put into the category of modern calligraphy as it is the hand that brings many extraordinary ideas into existence that to us look ostensive in nature. The modern hand-lettered inscriptions and variety of artistically created works can be introduced as part of calligraphy revealing the extraordinariness of the subject.
Significance of calligraphy
The calligraphy has yet not ceased to exists as variety of beautiful greeting cards, wedding cards, calendars and sceneries are the live creations of calligraphy in the modern era. It is the calligraphic significance that has flourished the greeting card business all over the world offering variety of calligraphically created glossy cards for many conspicuous occasions such as Christmas day, New Year, birthday, friendship day, Valentine’s Day and many other important occasions. The font designs, logos of firms and giant organizations, religious symbols, graphic designs, stone-cut inscriptions, moving images in the film (cartoon films), paper cartoons, testimonials, birth & death certificates, maps, letter pads and the memorial documents also are the live examples of modern calligraphy making the old classical calligraphy resuscitated in modern era as well. Invitation cards, wedding cards, wedding anniversary cars and greeting cards convey the message with variety of artistically created beautiful pictures without needing any word to be transcribed therein, except mentioning the name of sender. Let me make it clear that the clicked photographs of the young couples, puppets, flowers or sceneries printed on the cards shouldn’t be considered to be the calligraphically created cards as such types of scenically created prints are not the creation of imaginative skill, indispensable in calligraphy. It is the worldwide demand of calligraphic greeting cards has made opened the gate for unemployed youths to take it as their profession as the cards manufacturing companies do accept variety of calligraphically created extraordinary designs and texts offering in return the hefty amount of money as a remuneration. Dwelling on the curiosity of the youths rushing to learn calligraphy in order to make it their profession, many prominent technical institutes have come forward to impart the training on calligraphic art. It wouldn’t be erroneous to state that a large number of institutes has mushroomed promising to teach how to do calligraphy on paper, stone and variety of different materials. An outstanding significance of calligraphy can be observed in television and movies as well where the artistically created quaint characters keep the audiences adhered to their seat to enjoy the program/movie much ecstatically.
Tools
The tools required to do calligraphy are the a blank greeting card, multi-nib calligraphy pens, candles, papers, ink and tracing paper. Let me make of apprise of some specific type of calligraphy pens differing in nibs or points. As you are mediocre in calligraphy art you should use a chisel-point pen with one and a half millimeters width. Prior to learning the calligraphy what you should get yourself acquainted with is nothing costly or much difficult to afford as only calligraphic pencil pen head will suffice to let you go ahead in doing calligraphy for excellently. But you still may require arranging few items for doing calligraphy on paper successfully. Arrange the following items/tools for calligraphy.
- Pen– A flat pen with round shaped nib. It is the need that may require you to use a completely different pen with many typical nibs over its head.
- A brush- You may require to use a steel brush as well depending yours need but generally a brush accomplish the calligraphic job efficiently creating the masterpieces of calligraphy.
- Ink- The ink to be used in printing or creating wonderful texts through calligraphy shouldn’t be much vicious in nature. It rather should be thinner than a common oil paint used in painting the canvas.
- Papers– High quality paper with great porosity in its texture should be used for creating a sharpness in the calligraphic characters or the pictures by cleaning unwanted ink, spread when doing calligraphy. You can use vellum, a parchment of calfskin, or a knife to erase dispersed ink on the paper.
How to do calligraphy
The calligraphy art hypnotizes everyone observing the calligraphically created texts or the designs on papers.
- Prepare yourself psychologically by getting yourself relaxed determined to draw on paper calligraphic art or characters. Before moving a calligraphy pen on paper controllably you should develop a remarkable control within your hands and a hastiness on your part may spoil your calligraphic skill. Do not get overexcited when moving ahead to do calligraphy as it is an art of expressing yourself with great patience. Be calm, relaxed and confident enough to draw on the paper what stimulates you a lot to exhibit yours calligraphic skill.You can’t become much efficient in calligraphy if you do it in haste that is a major drawback on the way of learning the calligraphy.
- Now create on paper the uncial alphabets as the part of calligraphy.
- Draw the letters and make them sharper by repeatedly moving your pen or brush on paper as a part of artistic calligraphy.
- Keep practicing to get yourself recovered from an enigma of how to do calligraphy with a brush or pen.
