I met Denis Brown at the annual international calligraphy conference in Ohio about 9 years ago in order to arrange a visit to his studio in Dublin. Due to an overambitious tour schedule, I had to cancel that highly anticipated visit hours before it was to happen. Luckily for me, I was later invited to participate in a retreat in South Bend IN where none other than Denis taught me and several fine calligraphers his "Dangerous Lines", a forerunner to his polyrhythmic calligraphy. We all basically lived in the same house for the week.
He began that session with water in a squirt bottle to demonstrate dangerous lines on the black(green!)board.
When Denis very recently brought out his DVD set on polyrhythmic calligraphy I ordered it. Excitement began when the beautifully packaged materials arrived in the mail from Dublin. Denis doesn't do anything half way.
Though I've only had time to watch a small portion of the first DVD, I can tell you that it is very thorough. Denis gives basic, practical advice on tools and set up, and advocates enjoying your practice on the theory that if you don't enjoy it, you won't be as apt to do it.
I look forward to delving into this DVD set and its 12 plasticized guide sheets as I get back to practicing some of what he taught in 2005 at Anne Binder's in South Bend.
If you'd like to learn more about Denis Brown and this wonderful DVD set (including ordering infomation if you too would like to own a set), please visit his Quillskill and Calligraphy TV websites.
Denis is always first class in anything he does. I enjoy him and his classes every time I get the opportunity to study with him. Fun guy, too!
ReplyDeleteThis looks fabulous. I will be working on saving my money to get this. Thanks for sharing it. Linda E.
ReplyDeleteLinda, I think it will be as valuable as any workshop you'd like to take - with no travel expense! You'll have the benefit too of being able to re-watch it whenever you need to. : )
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