D is for Denis Brown.
In 2004, a group of Florida calligraphers met at Lakewood Retreat near Brooksville for a week-long workshop with Denis Brown, a well-known Irish calligrapher. The subjects were “Rhythmic Writing” and “A Modern Celtic Hand”.
A couple of years ago I revisited the hand we studied, and did this piece:
I had planned to do some of this lettering today, but was still taken with the pointed brush. Here’s what I did in the 15 minutes I had available today:
