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Getting Started
Materials
Required by Beginners for Practicing the Art of
Calligraphy
Writing
Method
The writing
method developed in calligraphy is
fluid
and spontaneous and you could actually generate
a home business with the help of the art by
designing and improvising on wedding
invitations, font designs, logo designs and
memorial documents. After learning
the art of
calligraphy as a hobby, you do well in the field
of cinema too, with the ability to enhance
props
and graphics. Beyond the need for special pens
and paper the art does not require many
materials, but it does involve virtues like a
lot of patience, dedication, and the basic love
for the art.
Calligraphy Pens
The
art is put to the test from Day 1and beginner or
not, every session is an experimental classroom,
where you keep developing a style. The art of
calligraphy involves designing of alphabets that
are enhanced in appearance due to the use of
special pens, quality of paper, color of ink
chosen and the thickness and angles of the pen
nibs. There are books that help to learn the art
and hence, calligraphy is an art that you can
learn on your own. There are
calligraphy
societies that enable you to benefit a lot from
the platform available for practice and
showcasing the art. The online books also help a
lot and offer a 24x7 access to the sessions and
help.
Thickness
and Angles of nibs
The books and
materials required to practice the art of
calligraphy are easily available and there are
stores dedicated to the art. The main material
to develop calligraphy is the fountain pen.
The
pen is a multi purpose and basic that is
required for writing, practice an d even
teaching. This device is special in the case of
the art of calligraphy. The thickness and angles
to the nibs of the pen used and preferred is
what develops your own unique style. The ink
used in the art is available pre filled in
special cartridges. The inks are now being
marketed in the ‘permanent’ and ‘temporary’
categories.
The calligraphy
pens have nibs that need to be worked upon a bit
and sharpened and polished regularly. The
special fountain pens are sometimes difficult to
use in the beginning, especially in the case of
those who have no previous writing experience
with fountain pens, but with dedicated and
careful use, the fountain pens are known to
showcase the art beautifully. The original pens
used to practice the art were the ‘dip’ pens,
with broad edges. Today, the metal nibs have
replaced the wooden ones and are being most
commonly used.
Pen
Types
The pen types
used by practitioners of the art of calligraphy
all over the world are:
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Speedball
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Automatic
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Coit
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Mitchell
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Brause
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Reed
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Quill
The artistic
quills still available are made from feathers,
while the bamboo pens are made from tender,
hollow bamboo barks. The pens are dipped into
the ink and then used, but the modernized
versions of metal and cartridges make it easier
with the reservoir being accessible without the
use of liquid ink and a messy work place.
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Speedball
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Coit
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Automatic
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Mitchell
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Brause
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Reed
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Quill
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