The end of Art Every Day Month

I did it!

I finished one whole month of completing something creative everyday. Here is the proof!

You can see each one individually here

Rhiannon xx

I can't stop writing!

I've been really enjoying the process of developing my own style of script. In fact, I can't stop writing. All my other projects have been put on hold because I can't focus on anything else. It's been so long since I've written anything, let alone anything that warms my heart as much as this does. 

To see a larger version, click on the image

Having written so much in the last few days, I've already seen it develop from imitating someone else to take on my personality. All the little twirls and curls that have ended up on certain letters. Here are six more of my favourites so far- feel free to share them around :)

Practicing brush script

Sometimes you stumble into something and you have no idea how you got there but you're glad you did. 

While resurrecting the Monday Art Journal series yesterday, I decided a fresh start means it needed a fresh header. I've tried using free fonts over the years but nothing really worked. It always felt too rigid and impersonal. I wanted to try write my own header. This presented me with a problem though since my handwriting is not what I consider 'pretty'. It serves its purpose for shopping lists and private journal ramblings but it doesn't flow well. 

Then I remembered an artist I only recently discovered the name of- Kal Barteski. You would have seen her brush script style all over the Internet, I know I had. After trawling through pages of blog posts and learning a bit more about this incredible lady (watch her amazing TedX talk about how she became a polar bear artist here) I decided to give brush script writing a go. 

I spent the night experimenting with different variations on letters, using capitals in the middle of a word (I do this with my usual handwriting anyway since there are certain letters I don't like the look of in lowercase) and variations in pressure. 

I quickly fell in love with this style of writing and have since filled about 3 x A4 pages and an A2 page with words. P.S. I'm aware of the spelling and grammar mistakes in the one below, but I wanted to share it anyway.

So far I have just used Indian Inks in different colours but want to try it with watercolours also. It brings me such joy to write like this and I could do it for hours.

Rhiannon x