PAScribe’s Whole-Arm Movement Technique
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- Опубликовано: 24 окт 2017
- This is the technique I use to teach Whole Arm Movement. It is a slightly different technique from the books, but appears in my Copperplate Script Manual.
Hope you enjoy it!
For a more in-depth and detailed exploration into my hold and muscular and whole arm movement please go to the following links
PAScribe Tool Hold
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PAScribe Muscular and Whole Arm Movement
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The fact that i can get this information from your videos makes me feel like im stealing from you. Thank you for kindly posting this information for the public to see. You will be a staple in my calligraphy journey henceforth. You are an inspiration and a natural teacher.
thank you very much....those who really want to practice calligraphy or Business penmanship....this video will give many pointers...thank you very much for sharing, love from India
All I can say is thank you, so much! I have studied Zaner and Bloser’s instructional manuals and tried to understand the mechanics of Whole Arm movement but never managed to create it. This single video has already made my script smoother and easier! Thank you, thank you!
You are more than welcome
Thank you for this. Your explanation of the difference between using a modern fountain pen and a traditional dip pen is so helpful. I have been practicing modern business writing using a fountain pen and feel that the free arm movement is so difficult to achieve, as I have been following the instruction for writing with not a fountain pen but a dip pen! I am sure this will help with my off-hand flourishing practice too! Thanks again!
Outstanding lesson! This lesson for by quickly!
The playing card tip is BRILLIANT! My hand gets sweaty and sticks to the table ... this changes how smoothly AND lightly I can use the pencil! Which in turn, has loosed my death grip! WOW!
Wow, this was amazingly helpful. Will be ordering the manual. Thank you!
You are absolutely good in your method.
Thanking you very much.
Sajad Hussain thank you very much.
Thank you for the video! Always learn something new. In Russia, there is a growing interest in calligraphy and copperplate :)
Алексей Квасников The Script Cyrillic tradition is intrinsically linked to Copperplate Script, they share so much in common. I would love to plan a trip to Russia to come teach my version of script Cyrillic based on the research I have done on western Copperplate Script. But once the manual is out and available to the public. One thing at a time
Outstanding! Great learning process! Fr. Robert
brilliant again. thank you for this video .:)
Very helpful video! Thank you
I thoroughly have enjoyed this presentation and commentary! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it
@@PAScribe it’s always great listening and hearing you. Your presentations are great!
Thank you very much, the last bit about switching b/w wrist and arm movement was revealing. Thank you once again.
Ali Hammad Shah it makes a huge difference in the writing
Thank you so much✨🙏🏻
I recognize you from an appearance in the documentary How the Irish Saved Britain. Good show, many thanks for posting.
Merci pour la vidéo. Je n'ai pas de carte mais comme je prends des médicaments, je teste avec une partie de la boîte. Et j'ai remarqué en faisant cet exercice, la tension que j'avais au niveau de mon épaule. Je vais prendre conscience de cette tension et baisser mon épaule.
So much of what you are describing (the hand blocks the arm from moving correctly, and the tension travels up the arm into the shoulder) is very similar to the Alexander Technique of better body/muscle alignment that improves comfort, but also flow of energy.
We naturally know what is intrinsic we just have to learn to listen to our body.
Wow! Thank you so much for your video! Its so much helpful for me😀😅 Thank you
Glad you found it useful
So funny video)))) thank you!
Thank you for this video, even though it's been up for a long time, it's my first time seeing it. Man, you sure seem to know everything about calligraphy, and I don't say that lightly. You're the only person I know that could make a video about arm movement that lasts 24 minutes, instead of 3 minutes. I can't imagine you explaining something like string theory, though. My God, that video would be a week long. That's a joke.
Muscular Movement is a complex skill to learn. So many practitioners struggle with it. Taking the time to explain it seemed the best way to approach this concept.
@@PAScribe And I absolutely agree. I hope you didn't think I was being snarky, I am just always so enamored by your encyclopedia type knowledge on calligraphy. Not only do you teach us the right way to do things, you explain WHY you take the approach that you take. I have probably watched this video at least 4 times, because I am trying to use a straight holder again, but I'm finding that my nibs are dulling out on me sooner, so I have to be doing something wrong. I've used Leonard EF33, Gillot 303, Nikko G (your favorite), and the Leonardt Principality EF nibs, and Im only get two or three days, max, out of my nibs. I'm sure I'll find that "aha" moment in one of your other videos, though! Cheers from the US!!
Forgot to say, this is how I learned I've been doing things wrong the last 5 years. I haven't even been using a table. Just a clipboard and my leg. Yikes.
Wow a clip board. Must be hell balancing it all.
Haha, thats one way of putting it. Now that I use a desk, we no longer worry about having to replace the sofa (again), or the carpet (again). I was such a moron when I was younger, and getting into pointed pen calligraphy. The only thing that was safe from my ink was my paper.
Wow🙏
"do not write with your fingers..... they will fail at one or both of the things and the letter will look terrible....."
*looks at left hand* *debates of smudging letters or ugly letters* =/
bright side, i've been able to utilize your advice for pencil calligraphy where i can position my hand differently. Your posture suggestion is also applicable too.
When he said this, it made SO much sense! We learned penmanship in the private school I attended as a child. We had to sit a certain way and hold the pencil a certain way and the paper a certain way. In first grade, the teacher would come round to each student and gently slide the pencil out of writing fingers... if the pencil moved, we'd get a gentle squeeze of appreciation on the shoulder, if it didn't move, we would get a gentle reminder on proper holding technique. It's so easy to get lax and lazy.. I've become both with time and age.
Your advice is very helpful and much appreciated. Although I tend to use the flat arm and stretched out fingers because I seek to copy exactly the historical methods. It helps me with using wrist movement and organising my muscles if one limb has only one job at a time. The fingers give shade and correct the angle, the wrist provides me with straight lines and ovals, and the arm carries the hand from downstroke to down downstroke. I suppose, without your videos I would have needed another ten years to figure that out.
If it doesn't bother you, I would like to know one thing. Can you do besides your beautiful copy hand a swift running hand? And do you even do so when you have to pen down a quick note?
Daswarder I have a very fast Spencerian as well as a good Palmer script. Learning needs to be reflected in what the user is capable of. Changing a Pen hold is commendable but not necessary. I am assuming as you have chosen to emulate the old Masters you are working with a straight holder?!?
Indeed, I do prefer straight holders. During the years I've tried out many different manuals - including Palmer, Spencer, Zaner, Behrensmeyer, depictions in French manuals, etc. - but I couldn't master muscular movement. Without use of my fingers or my wrist I couldn't achieve the minute forms, the minums and details of Palmer script demand. Finally, after almost ten years of trying to learn pure arm movement, I settled on a German adaption of Carstairs's method by Präceptor Nädelin and your videos. The manual deals with Kurrentschrift and 19th century roundhand. He proposes some form of combined movement. The instructions given in my native tongue plus your superb videos helped me overcome many bad habits. Funnily enough, videos on Russian cursive helped, too.
Since my original penhold was cramped and painful there was no reason to keep it and thus I aim for writing as true to the old masters as possible, so that in the end I'd be capable of a well rounded copyhand like yours (well maybe not THAT sophisticated) and a flowing running hand for alldaily purposes. And, of course, a nice Kurrent hand.
You write several decent hands. I like your approach of using different tools for different scripts. Perhaps I should follow this idea to avoid confusion when using distinct hands. But concerning different scripts, I remember, for instance, a video on a rather modern rhythmic cursive, you shared a few years ago. Although the resolution was quite low, I appreciated to see your technique on the task of simply penning words down.
I hope, once you are finished with your opus magnus, you will share some more down to earth approaches, be it a grocery list or a termination letter for your local power provider, since I believe calligraphy, in the sense of writing beautifully, is not limited to the fields of art, but should cover all aspects of handwriting.
Thank you PAScribe for your efforts in teaching these things.
Trying the explained technique I kinda succeed in producing rather big ellipses, but I start struggling as soon as I try making smaller ones like I would need for lowercase letters that contain an ellipse. Would you write these small ellipses with wrist movement?
And do you have any thoughts (or concerns) on writing in a standing position? I got a standing desk and so I am thinking about trying that.
Best to sit. It is the same moved for the smaller shapes. It just requires more control and practise to get there.
If you record in landscape mode, the video will be much better.
Hi I am new to your channel. I have been trying do these drills that are in my Tamblyn Business Penmanship Manual, but I was not getting it. Your explanation of whole arm movement coming from within the shoulder is a tremendous help. Is your book completed as of this date 6/23/19? I would love to obtain a copy. What is the title and would it be available on Amazon in the U. S.? Again thank you for the videos and I am also now following you on Instagram. Namaste 🙏🏽
Paris D Black I am glad it helped. The book is available at PAScribe.us
I want to ask two questions:
1.Is it possible to hold the whole hand suspended when drawing (creating) ovals?
2.That is not to touch with the wrist even with fingers?
Алексей Квасников good question. I would not advice it until you have exception control. The reason for RESTING THE ARM on the desk is for support. Holding the arm above and off the desk will immediately cause the neck and shoulder to engage in a tension struggle. This is something which can be overcome (and is not a problem when writing against a vertical surface), but it seems inbuilt in us to lift the shoulder to support the arm. If you want to attempt this I would suggest standing over your desk to do the writing/ellipses. I would still put my little finger on to assist in stability. Nothing is impossible but how does what you are asking affect your writing. Or how will it affect tension in the muscles, that is always the MOST important thing to remember. You never want to strain the muscles. Hope that helps
Only 6 minutes in and saw just about all my writing positions I've altered throughout the years....
I laugh when I catch myself leaning over to see the letters more than five times hard habit from grade school
This is an off-the-wall question, but do your rings serve a purpose in your calligraphy? I feel like the weight would help stabilize the pen.
Hi - do you recommend this technique for standard writing, or do you feel that it's a calligraphy-only technique?
Chris Bell for all writing
Thanks!
how can one focus (or learn to focus) on the nib with this speed of movement.
Ali Hammad Shah it is all about balance between focus and letting you mind free.
where did you get those print outs from? I tried the links but they aren't working. I could use them as a "training wheels" to help me get on the right track. Also where did you get the little card you hand rest on from?
The grids are in the PAScribe Scriptorium or PAScribe Shopify. The little card is a playing card.
was I the only one who noticed that when you actually started writing that your feet were in the exact opposite position that you suggested at the first? lol ....howdy, Paul : ) .....btw, wouldn't it be easier to drop the shoulder if your elbow wasn't actually on the table?
Hi PAScribe! is it better to use my finger or arm to write? Thanks!
Arm
Thanks! :)
Thank you so much, very helpful. would you mind putting a pdf of the sheet you are using.
Zakariyya Albrahim the pdf is at www.pascribe.us
Hi, As a newbie I find your videos very useful. Am waiting for the manual.
Digressing from the topic here wanted to know what would you recommend the grip size or rather the diameter of the grip portion of the pen holder to be. Because I find there various types some are slim and some are thick. It if difficult for a newbie like to choose online before procuring it
Tridib Biswas unfortunately that is a question only you can answer. I find it depends on how you hold the tool as well as other thinks like the script you are writing.
Thanks. This was with reference to Copperplate Script and a straight holder or an oblique holder. The reason I asked this I found some discussions round 9mm`~11 mm dia or some mentioning about 12.5~13 mm dia. So I was confused. I am aware though the size of the grip would to a large extent depend on the size of my hand
Tridib Biswas this all has to do with the hold, the type of hold and the lightness of the grip. Note I said the LIGHTNESS of grip not the tightness of the grip.
PaulAntonioScribe Thank you for explaining. At first I could not understand what you meant about the relation of the lightness of the grip size of the pen, but after trying it for few days now I realise how true you are about the lightness of grip is what determines the grip size.
Your explanations are awesome and so scientific
What about being 2.6 cm away? Just kidding. Im doing the Spencerian books, but my handwriting seems to have plateaued at a B- level. I cannot seem to get better, I wright nightly and upon awakening.
cliff cox stop writing so much and spend some time thinking about what you are doing with the writing. You must be able to deconstruct it in your head. Writing is 80% thinking and 20% writing.
Hmmm, interesting approach as many others stress volume, that is, literally writing. But I suppose you're right, Practices does not make perfect. Perfect practice, makes perfect.
make everything right before you write