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#Aston Letter!!!
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Just got your ashton petition. T H A N K S !!! I just hope that the
others on this forum can get some signatures to me soon…. BTW,
did it take you long to write like that? I love the writting…You
should go into caligraphy if you aren't already! Jer
Thanks for the compliments, Jerry. I don't remember doing anything
extra-special on your envelope, so it probably got banged right out. That
actually WAS calligraphy, though written at a much faster rate than the art
deserves. I do it out of self-defense, as no one can read my handwriting.
I don't do it as a vocation though; I'm not good enough for that.
Actually, unless you have some problems like arthritis or somesuch, anyone
can learn calligraphy. It's really fairly straightforward; it just takes
an understanding of the basic forms and enough patience to SLOW DOWN. Next
time you're at an art supply store, check out the felt-tips; you can buy a
narrow-tip calligraphy pen (wider than what I was using there, but okay to
tinker with) and an introductory booklet for under a buck. If you don't
like it you haven't lost much, as you get a magic marker out of it. And if
you find out it really IS as easy as I'm telling you… why then you go out
and buy a REAL pen. 8)
Good luck with YOUR letter!
Rick
AAAARRRGH! FELT TIP??? You..you…_blasphemer_ you!
If at least one of your fingertips isn't smeared with india ink then it
isn't calligraphy! Remember, when you write the best, a Speedball C-5 is
your very best friend.
Of course you do grind your own ink… right???? <glaring> 🙂
Don't laugh, but I used to. 8)
Don't laugh, but I used to. 8)
Of course you do grind your own ink… right???? <glaring> 🙂
Hey look, I'm trying to get a new user hooked, okay? If he finds out he
likes it the felt-tip will be relegated to drawing thick lines long before
the ink runs out; once he tries his first real pen he'll never go back.
But you gotta start somewheres. <"Here kid, the first one's free.">
Anyways, I've survived quite nicely all this time not having touched
Speedballs OR India ink, thank you very much. I do have some Dexter nibs I
use when I need an odd size, but for most of my work I have a collection of
a half-dozen Osmiroids and about a dozen nibs that I swap in and out. Makes
it MUCH easier to move around (I wanna see you carry a "loaded"
C-5-on-a-stick in YOUR shirt pocket 8) and is infinitely more convenient.
AND I don't get ink all over myself, either.
Someday I'll hit a project which demands the quality inherent in India ink
and I will move up to it. For now my abilities just don't warrant it.
Well, I'm more a draughtsman than a caligrapher, so I usually carry a set
of Rapidographs. <sigh> Ever since they went to that ridiculous metric nib
with the tiny pen I've been loathe to use them as they will eventually
break, and somehow a 1.25 will never be the same as a 00. However, I _will_
still have the pens! <eyeing collection with satisfied smile of compulsive
collector> And how are you today, my pretties? <semi-deranged cackle>
If you ever do 'move up' to india ink (it does have that nice velour
look, and is dark as midnight in a coal mine) be sure to have a scratch
sheet handy, and be prepared to scrub (and I do mean scrub!) your hands
afterwards. You will sit back, ink stained and spattered, and be
absolutely overcome with the beauty you have created. Or in my case, sit
back overcome with the beauty I have creatively spattered and inkstained.
<sigh>
Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life!
Which reminds me of something I half-saw on television about a corpse
prepared for a funeral wearing a T-shirt that said "Yesterday was the Last
Day of the Rest of My Life!"
Some sit-com I believe…
<Ducking for cover…>
Which reminds me of something I half-saw on television about a corpse
prepared for a funeral wearing a T-shirt that said "Yesterday was the Last
Day of the Rest of My Life!"
Some sit-com I believe…
<Ducking for cover…>
Well, I'm more a draughtsman than a caligrapher, so I usually carry a set
of Rapidographs. <sigh> Ever since they went to that ridiculous metric nib
with the tiny pen I've been loathe to use them as they will eventually
break, and somehow a 1.25 will never be the same as a 00. However, I _will_
still have the pens! <eyeing collection with satisfied smile of compulsive
collector> And how are you today, my pretties? <semi-deranged cackle>
If you ever do 'move up' to india ink (it does have that nice velour
look, and is dark as midnight in a coal mine) be sure to have a scratch
sheet handy, and be prepared to scrub (and I do mean scrub!) your hands
afterwards. You will sit back, ink stained and spattered, and be
absolutely overcome with the beauty you have created. Or in my case, sit
back overcome with the beauty I have creatively spattered and inkstained.
<sigh>
Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life!
Hey look, I'm trying to get a new user hooked, okay? If he finds out he
likes it the felt-tip will be relegated to drawing thick lines long before
the ink runs out; once he tries his first real pen he'll never go back.
But you gotta start somewheres. <"Here kid, the first one's free.">
Anyways, I've survived quite nicely all this time not having touched
Speedballs OR India ink, thank you very much. I do have some Dexter nibs I
use when I need an odd size, but for most of my work I have a collection of
a half-dozen Osmiroids and about a dozen nibs that I swap in and out. Makes
it MUCH easier to move around (I wanna see you carry a "loaded"
C-5-on-a-stick in YOUR shirt pocket 8) and is infinitely more convenient.
AND I don't get ink all over myself, either.
Someday I'll hit a project which demands the quality inherent in India ink
and I will move up to it. For now my abilities just don't warrant it.
AAAARRRGH! FELT TIP??? You..you…_blasphemer_ you!
If at least one of your fingertips isn't smeared with india ink then it
isn't calligraphy! Remember, when you write the best, a Speedball C-5 is
your very best friend.
Thanks for the compliments, Jerry. I don't remember doing anything
extra-special on your envelope, so it probably got banged right out. That
actually WAS calligraphy, though written at a much faster rate than the art
deserves. I do it out of self-defense, as no one can read my handwriting.
I don't do it as a vocation though; I'm not good enough for that.
Actually, unless you have some problems like arthritis or somesuch, anyone
can learn calligraphy. It's really fairly straightforward; it just takes
an understanding of the basic forms and enough patience to SLOW DOWN. Next
time you're at an art supply store, check out the felt-tips; you can buy a
narrow-tip calligraphy pen (wider than what I was using there, but okay to
tinker with) and an introductory booklet for under a buck. If you don't
like it you haven't lost much, as you get a magic marker out of it. And if
you find out it really IS as easy as I'm telling you… why then you go out
and buy a REAL pen. 8)
Good luck with YOUR letter!
Rick