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Summary: Gems in calligraphy are another element used in decoration. Learn what it is and how it is done from a calligraphy expert in this free video clip.
Pamela LaRegina began her career as a calligrapher/artist by registering her business, Supercalligraphics, with the state of Connecticut in 1976. As soul owner of this monk's cell of a...read more
"And wait long enough. You need to let it dry, anyway. You can just start messing around. The same way you do in boats. And you can wind up in the end maybe, you're going to darken it in certain places, get nice rich dark color. And then you can even go into black. You want to end up with that, that very intense contrast in, in, in gems, except of course, if you're dealing with, if you're making pearls for example. You could do this with white too. Anyway, so let's think about pearls. So with pearls, you could spend a really long time. But it's a lot like, it's a lot like the grasale, in at what you want is, you want to just end up making it look like it's a rounded shape. So you might try something like that."
eHow Article: Gems & Calligraphy: Part 2