Last night the Westcoast Calligraphy Society put on a marvelous Zoom program taught by Heather Held in Toronto.
Our project piece was an Easter egg but I was also thrilled with my practice sheet (below). Too bad you can't see the shiny Stickles!
I had such fun, and I'm with Heather when she told us how she found this much easier than lettering. After a false start with a falcon nib I found a Hunt 56 in my box, which further research today tells me is closer to the Hunt 22 that she was using. Sometimes I come out of these evenings glad that I tried, but feeling ham-fisted and wondering if calligraphy is for me at all. It is a rare treat to do so well the first time. (By no means are these perfect, but for a first time attempt, they aren't too bad.)
I was reminded of a similar session presented by Wendy Cowley in 2014 (pointed pen mandalas) and how pleased I was with my results from that evening as well.
