Thinking that a brush alphabet may be of use to some artists for card
making etc. I have been looking round for a suitable brush to use for
a demo, to work up an easily learned brush alphabet, and a few
decorative letters.

For artists new to letter writing the brush needs to be firm and easily handled
But must release the paint in a controllable manner.
Brushes made specifically for Calligraphy can be difficult to handle for those
unused to lettering. Nylon tends to be unpredictable in its water control a good natural hair is better.

The Pure Red Sable ‘Brights’ Series 77 brush range from Rosemary & Co. is an excellent
range to chose a suitable brush from.



This is the No 3 from the 77 range gives a normal letter height of about 1”.
Priced at £2.49 for a short handle it is excellent value.

The brush is easy to handle when held and used as a pen with care fine edges
and hairlines are possible, and as with all brush lettering gives effects not possible
with a pen. Does what I need very well and I will work up a demo using this brush.





free lettering with the No3 brush.

Once confident with this short brush , you can go on to a brush from
Rosemary & Co Kolinsky Series 55 range. Longer haired and you need to be confident
with your letters but this range of brushes is ideal to make some of the most beautiful letters could wish for.

Enjoy,
Quillion


Rosemary & Co.

First class review Quills and another use for Rosemary's excellent value range of brushes.

Caligraphy is a real winner when accompanying watercolour as well as on its own.

clappyhands thuumb

Neil

Great review Quills, seeing how calligraphy can be done with a brush with such a flowing style, this really will help a lot of us gain some confidence in trying this. clappyhands

clappyhands clappyhands Excellent revue and demo quillion, as always your lettering is impeccable! Can't wait to see more! 12po1u Sylvia

Can some kind soul point me in the direction of said lettering demo please? I can't see anything. Nope not nuffink at all :( :( :(
jim

First post on this thread Jim ;)

more of a review than an actual dedicated demo.

Thanks neil but there were no letters at all when I posted earlier today. I've just logged in and looked (00.55 monday 20th) and there are some easter greetings in an ancient type font. O'eeerrrr, is that a double double thingy? :(
Cheers
jim

Having tried Caligraphy myself I am a great admire of experts like Quillion.

In my ignorance I thought it was just Pen work but now I can see the big advantage of using a brush in support of Pen work.

Neil

It was part and parcel of our art classes at school in the ....1950's? But I've forgotten a few of the letters, certainly the more decorative higher case ones in 'Old English'. We did the Gothic and Copperplate type as well IIRC. Then along came letroset (sp?) which put paid to that.
It'd be nostalgic to see if I could still do it and novel to try it with a brush. thuumb
jim

Hi Jim I am not making myself clear ;)

The lettering demo is underway but not posted.
It will suggest a way of writing letters using a brush.
I needed a suitable brush to do this Rosemarys bright does the job well.
The Easter Lettering above is with this brush, just to get a feel of it.

You will have a head start Jim cheesygrin

I was doing lettering (by my count) about '56'sh. Now tha's 'alf a century ago young quills cheesygrin Still think 'oim ahead?
jim (thinks...not another new brush?)

I will just add that Rosemary's brushes are all I ever use.

The prices are good the quality is excellent and the range will suit all pockets.

Neil

The lettering examples mentioned in the review are now completed and may be found Here