Learn Offhand Flourishing

Skillful Offhand Flourishing demonstrates free and graceful control of the pen. By using a special offhand pen grasp in combination with whole-arm movement, we can calligraphically produce beautiful representations of the natural world and curiosities of the pen.

Learn to build rapid, beautiful, and easy birds, quills, and ornamental designs. With these three flourishes, you will possess a foundational understanding of historic Offhand Flourishing that will allow you to easily complement your existing pen skills.

Offhand Flourishing

(above) A specimen combining Offhand Flourishing and script by John A. Wesco in 1906.

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Offhand Flourishing of two birds example by David Grimes

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