Gothic Script, the class I began to pull out my hair, well not really, but it certainly wasn’t as relaxing as Uncials. Our instructor, John Suter, at the Main Artery Gallery, presented us with our project. Some text with a nice border around it and a bit of illumination. Gothic proved to be a bit more challenging – keeping the nib at a 45ยบ. My lines didn’t look straight anymore and at some points I had to turn the pen [...]
In January I had the sudden urge to try and hand drawn my own type. What a disaster! If I had kept some of my attempts I’d show them to you now, so you could laugh your butt off like I did. It’s been a long time since I tried to draw anything – I think since art school, so what processed me to suddenly think I could do it? I’m not sure why I actually thought I could do [...]