Paying My Dues

As a calligrapher, one might think that after a certain time there would be nothing else to learn. The ABCs haven't changed, so why do I keep studying and taking classes?

Below is proof that I do - envelopes for a couple of payments I sent out this week. Dues to one of the Calligraphy Guilds I belong to, and payment for a week-long workshop I'll be taking in September. (And I won't bore you with all the mundane receipts for books and supplies.)

And here are a few of the envelopes from the rush batch I did last week. My ergonomics are not good enough to sit for so long at a time lettering. Fingers, hand, arm, eyes and back were screaming,'Stop!'