Arabic Calligraphy Practice

[Ghost Plane]

Pretty shading & I really appreciate the translation of the verse to go with it. I wonder if guidelines to keep the Arabic words as straight as the English would help?

[smk]

I Photoshopped it to see the effect. I also tweaked the height of the first laam for aesthetic reasons, and corrected the descender on the haa. How's this?

 

 

This looks really good Renzhe - the staggered verticals add a nice touch.

 

S.

[silver ink]

Pretty shading & I really appreciate the translation of the verse to go with it. I wonder if guidelines to keep the Arabic words as straight as the English would help?

i think they can be helpful to some extent cause arabic is written in a straight line from left to right

Edited July 6, 2014 by silver ink

[Renzhe]

Looks pretty dense. My untrained eyes can't tell if the dots are on the line above or below.

[silver ink]

its depends on the word

in a word there can be a letter which will be having two dots over it and there can be a letter in same word which will have two dots below it

[Ghost Plane]

I think that's what Renzhe means about density. If you leave a little more blank space between the lines,it's easier to read?

[silver ink]

you are right.there should be more space between lines.

it is an A4 size paper and i wanted to write the translation too on the same paper but still there was not sufficient space for it.

[77kath]

I'm planning on taking a class in Ottoman calligraphy in Istanbul this fall. I am starting with your lessons, Salman. Thank you for making it relatively simple to see how the letters are drawn.

 

Kathleen

[smk]

Kathleen - I am happy that the lessons are useful to you. They cover just the basics though so feel free to ask if you have any questions.

 

Calligraphy lessons in Istanbul you say - I'm jealous. Make sure to bring back Calligraphy supplies - lots of them. You can never have enough.

 

Regards,

Salman

[77kath]

There are those who live in my house who would disagree. But I will bring them.

[smk]

Just wait until they start seeing the beautiful compositions you create with them - they will soon move to your corner.

 

Salman

[silver ink]

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