Practice practice practice

I am currently practicing like crazy lately. I started calligraphy back in the beginning of 2016. I first discovered this art on instagram, Amanda Arneil. Her work was so beautiful and I thought…I want to write like that. So I bought a pen (and not even close to being the right type) and thought I could do it on my own. Nope. That didn’t quite work out. So I decided to take her class and I’m so grateful I did. I learned all the basic strokes, techniques.

I went through a period of going calligraphy crazy. Then we moved from Alaska to Ohio. And I pretty much stopped going crazy. I lost inspiration. I did it here and there but not committed to it. I was so unmotivated.

I got into watercolor painting and fell in love with that for two years. We then moved to Alabama. I started to get inspired. Maybe it was because it was a new place, new start for our family. Maybe it was because I was just happy to be out of Ohio. (believe me I tried to like it there, but it was not what i expected).

I started combining my watercolor painting and calligraphy together. Now that was real fun!

Yes, I found one of my niches! paint & calligraphy. plus a little doodling too. I got so much great feedback and people were telling me that I should sell my stuff. I decidedly recently to go for it. I created a separate IG account (wink…it’s in the upper right corner), watched tons of calligraphy biz ideas and tips on youtube, signed up for an online calligraphy course, came to a decision to open an Etsy shop in the near future (after much research on what platforms to use) and now this website (still in progress as of this blog post).