Week 2 - Calligraphy

Reflecting:

With calligraphy, I got on with the task very well after learning the 3/4 different ways to use the brush and ink to create the particular letter forms and arrangements. I feel that at the end of the day I achieved a lot in terms of experimentation and playing around with what I wrote down with the brush. Peer feedback was also very positive in the sense that when our text was placed upon the boards I overheard many comments about mine saying that the letters had almost looked printed on a computer or made on photoshop, which made me feel a sense of accomplishment that I grasped the style of writing fairly quickly and easily. From the overall tasks I learn that a paintbrush and paint or ink can be used in a very neat way to created stylized writing, and not in a messy way as I had always presumed.

Analysing:
I think what was successful about my work on the day was how I managed to experiment with brand names such as Bacardi and Jack Daniels, making them look very old and gritty as if they had been around since the 1800's. I was not happy however about the way I was writing the letters down as I could not fit whole words on one part of the page, as they always got cut off due to my size of writing. In future calligraphy experimentation I will reduce the size of my writing to make it much more easier to work with and at the same time allow for full words and sentences to fit on one page. I found it difficult using the brush for the first time as I had never experimented with bigger brushes, only smaller ones used for water colours and minor paintings.

Time management:
With the calligraphy workshop I had no problem with time on the day as everything was very evenly paced, and enough time was given to us to experiment with many different things to write down, which allowed for me to thin about even more brands which would look good if they were branded in a very ancient style of writing. However my main concern with time was that I had hoped to have more time in researching various brands that could be created in a calligraphy style ink drawing.