(9+) Calligraphy Essentials: From First Script to Final Flourish | Seb Lester You've seen his calligraphy videos on Instagram—now it's time to pick up your pen! Go behind-the-scenes with world-renowned calligraphy icon Seb Lester in this beautiful and in-depth masterclass, only available on Skillshare. Perfect for beginners and professionals alike, you'll learn to create perfect italic letterforms with a broad nib pen, and finish the class with an elegant and polished piece of writing you can truly call your own. Lessons include everything you need for an inspiring and comprehensive learning experience, including close-up demonstration, step-by-step walkthroughs, and an exclusive printable workbook. From tiny pen manipulations to careful considerations for proportion and spacing, no detail has been left unturned in this methodical introduction to pen and ink. Key lessons include: Essential strokes for consistent letterformsHow to hold and manipulate your penDetailed walkthroughs of lower and uppercase lettersFlourishing techniques for beginners
You think that it’s a picture of a squirrel! But zoom a bit closer. What the devil?!? Paul Smith died in 2007 at the age of 85 and chances are, you've never heard of him. The first 16 years he spent just learning to speak and walk. He lived his life at his parents' house and, after they passed away, in a nursing home. The reason? He had severe cerebral palsy. You might think that that's the end of a sad little story, but Paul Smith's life was quite the opposite of sad or little. He was a chess master, a devoted church-goer, sports fan, lover of nature and music, but most extraordinary of all, he had what emerged to be an enormous artistic talent. Check out this video report on him, made when he was still alive — it's not just fascinating, it's so touching as well: Just imagine the will and ingenuity it must have taken him to develop the idea, first of all, and then painstakingly learn to master this inventive art form.
(9+) Hand Lettering Techniques: 5 Ways to Better Work | Mary Kate McDevitt Does your lettering work feel off, but you can't put your finger on why? Mary Kate McDevitt has been lettering and illustrating for years, constantly refining and improving her work. Over the years, she's learned to critique her own lettering, noticing common mistakes and how to fix them. In this comprehensive 55-minute class, Mary Kate will share her tips to critique your own work and solve students' most common lettering missteps, including: Awkward LetterformsMismatched StylesUnbalanced CompositionStyle Mismatched to ConceptExtraneous Details In bite-sized lessons, you'll follow Mary Kate through creating a lettering piece from start to finish, considering the 5 flags for self critique as you go. Whether you're a letterer, designer, illustrator, or enthusiast, you'll gain a set of tools for self-critique to make your work better than ever.
Want Your Children to Survive The Future? Send Them to Art School Can you imagine a world in which most jobs are obsolete? If not, you are most likely in for a rude awakening in the coming decades of radical shifts in employment. This is particularly true for new parents propelling the next generation of workers into an adulthood that many economists and futurists predict to be the first ever “post-work” society. Though the idea of a jobless world may seem radical, the prediction is based on the natural trajectory of ‘creative destruction’ — that classic economic principle by which established industries are decimated when made irrelevant by new technologies. When was the last time you picked up the hot new single from your local sheet music store? Many moons ago sheet music was the music industry, with the only available means of hearing pop songs being to have a musician read and perform them. Never heard of 3D printing, ridesharing, or “post-work” theory?
How To Get Started With Dip Pen Calligraphy (2019) | Lettering Daily Before you actually start using your nibs you need to prepare them by taking of the oil coating that is applied by the manufacturer. You see, the nib manufacturers apply a protective layer on the nib in order to prevent them from rusting, and before you can start using them you need to remove this oily coating. This step is essential because if you don’t do it, the ink wont stay on the nib and it will be very hard (if not impossible) to use them. Luckily this process is quite simple, it only takes a few minutes and needs to be done only once. Here are a few ways you can do this – 1. Apply a bit of tooth paste on your tooth brush and gently scrub the nib (both sides) for about 30 seconds. Be sure to scrub it gently in order to not damage the nib. Once you are done, rinse it well under water and dry it off completely with a paper towel (or a rag) 2. With the help of a cotton swab rub some alcohol/acetone on the nib. 3. Yups!
Science Reveals Artists Really Do Have Different Brains We might now have neurological proof that artists actually are different creatures from everyone else on the planet. According to a study published in Neurolmage, researchers believe that artists have brains that are structurally different from non-artists. It appears that there's now justifiable support for the idiom "she's just wired differently, idk." The study, titled "Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Analysis Of Observational Drawing," included 44 graduate and post-grad art students and non-art students who were asked to complete various drawing tasks. The scans depicted that the artist group had more grey matter in the area of the brain called the precuneus in the parietal lobe. Lead author Rebecca Chamberlain from KU Leuven, Belgium noted, "The people who are better at drawing really seem to have more developed structures in regions of the brain that control for fine motor performance and what we call procedural memory." Image via h/t BBC @zachsokol
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The Secret of Creativity with Deepak Chopra Description: Deepak Chopra explores the dynamics of a creative life and the relationship between age and creativity (we don’t have to lose our imagination as we grow older!).* How do you keep your creative spirit alive even as you progress further into adulthood? THE RABBIT HOLE features visually-stunning explorations of BIG questions: What is death? THE CHOPRA WELL is dedicated to inspiring, fun, and thought-provoking videos about healthy living, wellness, and spirituality.
Learn Lettering 2.0 - Premium Courses Online Release date:2015, June 27 Author:Sean McCabe | Skill level:Beginner Language:English Exercise files:Yes Since 2014, thousands have purchased the Learn Lettering class and now it gets even better. (Yes, if you purchased the Master Class already, you’re going to get a free upgrade and access to all the new modules—I’ll send you an email with the details soon. I’ve gone through hundreds of emails from hand letterers like you sharing their biggest struggles, and as a result I’ve completely re-engineered the course. I’m producing an all-new Starter Class. Lettering Masters is an interview series where you’ll go behind-the-scenes in an exclusive feature with expert hand letterers who share their inspiration, process, tools, methods of getting clients, selling products, and more. I’ve been receiving some of their work samples back today to include in the feature and it’s giving me goosebumps it’s so good.