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The art of decorating capital letters can be traced all the way back to the 5th century. In ancient manuscripts, scribes would decorate the capital letters or “versals” for added emphasis, as well as for color and
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Ruth Korch commented on the post, GUEST ARTIST: "A Perfect Pairing – Watercolor & Calligraphy" by Ruth Korch 9 months, 4 weeks ago
Hi Tonya. Thanks so very much! It’s always a thrill to find out that your art has touched or inspired someone else. Now hopefully YOU can inspire someone with what YOU create! God Bless!
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Ruth Korch commented on the post, GUEST ARTIST: "A Perfect Pairing – Watercolor & Calligraphy" by Ruth Korch 10 months, 1 week ago
Wow – thanks so much for your very kind words Mugdha!!
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Ruth Korch commented on the post, GUEST ARTIST: "A Perfect Pairing – Watercolor & Calligraphy" by Ruth Korch 10 months, 1 week ago
Hi Cheryl. Yes – that’s always a balancing act when combining text with art. I have to decide if I’m okay letting it be a little “mysterious” and not let legibility necessarily be the end all.
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FYI, the word is “breeze” :>)
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Ruth Korch commented on the post, GUEST ARTIST: "A Perfect Pairing – Watercolor & Calligraphy" by Ruth Korch 10 months, 1 week ago
Hi Jean. Its always great to find someone else who loves this combination! See you on Instagram :>)
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Ruth Korch commented on the post, GUEST ARTIST: "A Perfect Pairing – Watercolor & Calligraphy" by Ruth Korch 10 months, 1 week ago
Thank you. It will be great to have an ongoing connection through IG!
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Why thank you Mary!
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Thanks Sandra
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Ruth Korch commented on the post, GUEST ARTIST: "A Perfect Pairing – Watercolor & Calligraphy" by Ruth Korch 10 months, 1 week ago
Hi Sheila. Thank you! I encourage you to follow up on learning more about making letters and words beautiful!!
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Thank you so much Ruth – that was a wonderful tutorial!
What a fantastic tutorial! Thank you, Ruth!
Excellent tutorial!
Very interesting! Thank you for sharing!
Back in the ’60’s, as a member of a Catholic religious community, I spent my free time doing illuminated manuscripts, with Speedball pen nibs and watercolors or acrylics. Receiving a copy of the Book of Kells made illumination quite inspiring, and amusing. The monks put a lot of strange little creatures in the margins, doing some odd things….
However as a leftie, I had problems with the speedball pens and often saw the pen nib shoot little black spots of india ink as I pushed the pen to the right! The trick was to pencil in the letters and then letter them backwards so I was pulling the pen to the left, giving the letters an odd slant though….
Felt tip wide nibs changed calligraphy for lefties allowing us to push the broad nib and make thin and wide strokes. however, hand and neck surgeries put me out of one of the most inspiring and satisfying endeavors.
Wait a minute, I meant this comment to be posted before the one I just sent! Ruth, I really enjoy your method and the colors you use (Daniel Smith!). So I went over to your website and signed up for a look at FLOURISH. I couldn’t log on to Instagram but I’ll look at your work there when I can log in. But I dropped in on your Facebook page and really enjoy your sketchbook work.
Thank you for the tutorial, Ruth. Very interesting and easy to understand! I’m going to have to try this out!
I love the illuminators and illuminated manuscripts! I hope you get to see ‘The Secret of Kells,’ it’s such a gorgeous film. It inspired me to get back to art😏😌