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Design Course

Calligraphy

The Design of Beautiful Hand-Letterings

by

Prof. R. K. Joshi,Mr. Achyut Palav,Prof. Santosh Kshirsagarand Others

IDC, IIT Bombay

Tool and Strokes

Do it yourself course - Suggested steps:
Making or selection of different tools and practicing strokes.

This exercise is to try out different options for the writing pen as a tool for calligraphy.

Choose paper (A4 size) and ink (any colour).
Choose at least 3 different options for your calligraphic tools - you could also make these or you could improvise using objects that are easily available like a toothbrush, sponge, ice - cream stick, etc.
Make simple strokes using your tools.
Try out at least 3 to 5 options for each of the forms and pick out your best.
Suggested time duration for this exercise is 2 Hours (including making/selection of tools).
These are examples of this exercise done by students at IDC.

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You can also check video demonstrations for the above exercise.