Learning about the line of universal beauty

[@rocionunezmarquez4115]

Gracias por su generosidad al publicar éste excelente curso, ojalá hubiera traducción para quienes no hablamos inglés. Pese a ello entiendo mucho ya que es muy claro en las explicaciones, tiene una excelente pedagogía. No sólo es caligrafo, es un artista con un gran corazón. Gracias, Bendeciones

[@FlourishedHope]

Brilliant! Thank you Paul for training our eyes to see the finest details!

[@londonin1977]

excellent video sir. it is really wonderful to know the difference between copperplate and Spencerian in so nice way. thanks again.

[@eviedun]

I so enjoyed this. Thank you

[@malarkotti3320]

Teaching super

[@adriandrake4208]

Paul, 2/3rds plus 1/3rd plus 1/3 = 4 1/3rds! Just saying. You are the best teacher all the same. Adrian

[@omarcoello4040]

Muchas gracias amigo Paul, I'm learning so much, thank you from Honduras.

[@pangxiong3674]

you are amazing!! I feel like I'm already learning so much just by watching two videos from you. wish I could be there in person. amazing, amazing, amazing!!

[@markem9415]

Poor Alice always getting picked on

[@Feldspar__]

Dammit Alice, get it right this time.

[@amandahallock9708]

You explained about 50 mysteries in this six minutes!

[@jessegrieger]

thank you so much for these videos! I've been learning alot of really helpful things from them!

[@PAScribe]

+Jesse Grieger Hello mark, am glad that you are finding them helpful!

[@BloodShutEyes1]

These videos are great! I'm well on my way to becoming a great Copperplate writter.

[@Mumu_UwU]

Wouldn’t it be 2/4 in the middle, 1/4 ths on each end??

[@PAScribe]

Muñi Conejito look at the more recent videos

[@Mumu_UwU]

PaulAntonioScribe I will! Thank you I loved it :)

[@James-gz6iq]

Hi sir, can you do a tutorial on grip pressure, and angle of nib contact? Being a beginner, I'm using a Tachikawa holder, Gillot 170, Rhodia paper, Beth style script from Postmans knock. I'm having issues with upward curves on the capital Z, E, O, Q. The transition from fine to fill on a downward stroke is good, but my nib is catching on the upward stroke transitioning from the fill to thin lines. To remedy this I've rotated the angle of the nib contact point up slightly (moving my thumb up slightly on the holder) to glide over the paper. And I also lowered the holder angle by moving my thumb up on the grip - are those valid techniques?

[@adriandrake4208]

Sorry Paul, you are right, the number of thirds don’t need to amount to 1!

[@judihopewell7148]

Spencerian episodes please sir....

[@robertnelson3672]

How can you have four, thirds in a line of predetermined length? Has it something to do with the X height plus ascender being divided into 3, and again the X height plus descender being divided into 3? I think that would make the body rather large and the extenders too short. What have I missed?

[@PAScribe]

Look at the later videos.

[@AbuBakar-gw5ri]

last momint in this vidio what signal from hand ?

[@PAScribe]

To cut the video

[@AbuBakar-gw5ri]

ok paul!

[@AbuBakar-gw5ri]

paul bro! i am a urdu , arabic and english calligrapher , i how to learn daffrents english calligraphy styls from you ?

[@PAScribe]

Abu Bakar you will need to attend a class for now

[@AbuBakar-gw5ri]

ok

[@AbuBakar-gw5ri]

with me many flexi nib fountain pens , exmpl swan , waterman , konwaystoart , pelikan pilot 200 vary extra fine nib summet and other

[@AbuBakar-gw5ri]

i am teach cursive in school , i need esly mathod for cursive

[@declairelegenou]

1:57 With all due respect, I think it should be 1/4, 2/4, and 1/4 in proportion. Or if the 2/3 proportion is in the straight line, then each top/bottom should be 1/6.

[@PAScribe]

Look at the more recent ones. The new system I have come up with is 1/6, 2/3, 1/6

[@declairelegenou]

Thanks for the clarification, it makes sense now. I'll try to check your most recent video.

[@joe2grand]

​@@PAScribe thats still quite tricky to work out - as in I wanna teach my kids this in class (or at least try it) and getting them to draw a random length line freehand, then work out thirds, keeping two, but then dividing the remaining one in half (to give you the first 6th) , then I guess drawing in an extension to the end of the line in order to calculate the last 6th...phew ! Thats what i have thought of so far, but isnt there an easier way ?

[@PAScribe]

joe2grand I don’t really understand what you are trying to teach. This MY method. If you need something different you will need to develop it. This method works wonderfully for everyone I teach. You can’t teach kids Copperplate, they don’t have the dexterity for it.

[@joe2grand]

@@PAScribe thanks for the reply and sorry for any confusion- What I meant was I just want to teach some year 2 about Universal line of beauty, and I'm not sure how to teach the method required to mark off a 1/6th, then 2/3rds and another 1/6th .....is there a simple way of judging these divisions by eye ?

[@Rumeel12708]

can you do one on how to use a parallel pen, like how to get the hang of it, the key you can say

[@PAScribe]

Rumeel12708 I don't really use parallel pens. I prefer dip pens

[@AbuBakar-gw5ri]

remove hand signal last momint in this vidio