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[lindseyhook]

Unpacking from the last day of the @chicagocalligraphycollective workshop with @calligraphile on brush romans today. We spent the whole afternoon playing with layering and composition. I didn't feel like planning anything out so I just went freestyle, starting with one letter and building out in response to the page. Also, FINALLY got a feel for the rotation to do a right crossbar serif!!! . . . #calligraphy #brushcalligraphy #flatbrush #johnstevensworkshop #johnstevensworkshoppractice #romancapitals #brushromancapitals

[lindseyhook]

Laying out this Peter Davison poem, No Escape, in mono-line pencil romans to work on my proportions and spacing. I'm going with staggered lines in keeping with how the poem was published, but I've just been eyeballing the margins for what feels right to me

[lindseyhook]

P! I think I need to work on coordinating the rotation of the brush with the end of the curve the most. This was the best of my practice, but I got too slim on the end of that stroke. . . . #calligraphy #brushcalligraphy #flatbrush #romancapitals #brushromancapitals #johnstevensworkshop #handletteredabcs #handletteredabcs_2017 #abcs_p

[lindseyhook]

I think the V is fun to do 😊 Need to work on the stroke for the right serif on the left leg though. . . . #calligraphy #brushcalligraphy #flatbrush #romancapitals #brushromancapitals #johnstevensworkshop #handletteredabcs #handletteredabcs_2017 #abcs_v

[lindseyhook]

I love Ws. I can't imagine hitting the spacing and angles without premarking them though. I have the same problem with the X as with the S, I keep making it too wide. . . . #calligraphy #brushcalligraphy #flatbrush #romancapitals #brushromancapitals #johnstevensworkshop #handletteredabcs #handletteredabcs_2017 #abcs_w #abcs_x

[lindseyhook]

Last letter from this practice session. I like K's 😊 that last swoosh is so much fun. . . . #calligraphy #brushcalligraphy #flatbrush #romancapitals #brushromancapitals #johnstevensworkshop #handletteredabcs #handletteredabcs_2017 #abcs_k

[lindseyhook]

Ys have always given me a hard time. This one has some major issues, but I think it's the best of this practice session . . . #calligraphy #brushcalligraphy #flatbrush #romancapitals #brushromancapitals #johnstevensworkshop #handletteredabcs #handletteredabcs_2017 #abcs_y

[lindseyhook]

Still trying to catch up for this round of the hand lettered ABCs challenge and invent time to practice my romans 😬 This was my best G from last night. At least my best G where I didn't draw the curve for first. . . . #calligraphy #brushcalligraphy #flatbrush #romancapitals #brushromancapitals #johnstevensworkshop #handletteredabcs #handletteredabcs_2017 #abcs_g