I just completed another calligraphy piece for my iPhone app, Steps of a Disciple, where I cam creating one calligraphic work for each chapter, featuring a verse from that chapter. This one is for Mark chapter 6.
Mark 6:51 by Steve Husting
I used watercolor paper. I used a Pilot Parallel pen for the lettering at left and right of the “I.” I applied a wet erase marker to some edges of the large letter, then it ran when I sprayed it with a mister. Then I brushed water inside and tapped those areas with a brush dipped in ink until it was all covered.
When it dried, I added several random marks inside the capital with colored micron pens. I shot a photo of the finished piece with my Canon Rebel T3i and make a few more changes in Photoshop CS4 (moving the “it is” inside the capital, and rotating and placing the verse reference to the right).
I’m happy with how this piece turned out, and I think the users of the Steps of a Disciple devotional app will be pleased too!
