inspiration monday

last week our lettering group hosted a workshop with irish master calligrapher denis brown.  it was such a privilege to watch this maestro demonstrate his skill......and i was so inspired, that at one point i felt tears start to well up in my eyes! 

{insert deep sigh and long pause.....}

but as easy as i always want it to be, it always comes back to the same message:  

practice, practice, practice.

so practice i shall.  but you know how it is......

once i get started, my mind starts to wander and i get inspired to do other things with that pen.

and before i know it,  i've completely jumped off the path.

um, or should i say, i've completely jumped off the cliff......

:))

you can treat yourself to a sampling of denis' exquisite letterforms here.....

{practice lettering and other "stuff" done with a 3.8 mm pilot parallel pen}