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  • Using Brush Pens for Calligraphy + A Collection of Worksheets

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    Lindsey Bugbee

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    This post has got it all: some brush pen calligraphy tips, a couple of videos, and free worksheets! Whether you are familiar with brush pens or not, this is a neat little tutorial with some icing on top.

    Using Brush Pens for Calligraphy + A Collection of Worksheets | The Postman's Knock

    I have several blog posts on the TPK website that teach you how to write calligraphy with a dip pen. Today, though, I want to give the spotlight to a different tool — the brush pen! I have written a general overview of brush pens before, but today I want to focus on using brush pens for calligraphy in particular. Flexible tips, quick-drying ink, and familiarity (since you’ve probably worked with markers before) make brush pens a wonderful candidate for not only creating modern calligraphy — but also for learning how to create modern dip pen calligraphy!

    What are Brush Pens?

    Brush pens are, essentially, markers with a tapered, super-flexible tip. This tip is responsive to pressure, which results in thick downstrokes and thin upstrokes. I particularly love Tombow markers, and I used them for all the examples in this post. However, any marker with a flexible tip will work — I have even used a $1 package of broad tipped markers to make  “Crayola” calligraphy!

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