CALLIGRAPHY

Test out your penmanship...(penpersonship just sounds WRONG!)...and have a go at calligraphy. Cheat as I did, by marking out your letters in pencil beforehand, or go freestyle. Choose a favourite piece of writing, and have a go on paper first. Grab some chiselled calligraphy pens for a more authentic look. And have fun! (Scroll down below the materials to read what I put on my crackled board which was PART 1 of this project). MATERIALS Surface to do the calligraphy on Marker pen, or calligraphy pen/s, or brush and ink/paint. Your choice. Pencil, ruler and eraser Gold size and gold leaf...OPTIONAL STANZA 51 from THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on; Nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.