Sketching calligraphically with a highlighter pen for enhancing visual intelligence

15 September, 2012

For sketching calligraphically, one requires a broad-tip writing pen with stub nibs, flat lead pencil or a highlighter pen.

THOUGH CALLIGRAPHY is a type of visual art related to writing with a broad tip instrument and ink but it can be converted into an art by giving the ink strokes an expressive and harmonious tilt.

By bringing lettering strokes and come together, one can create beautiful pictures for special occasions that can be both a delight to the eye and an inspiration to the spirit.

In this technological age, deliberate efforts need to be made for the appreciation for the art of calligraphy. Both calligraphy and sketches made of broad tips can be a fun hobby, and a creative art.

To begin with, one can use a highlighter with a slant tip to the writing stokes, and then move over to drawing sketches. In the inset picture, the sketch of Lord Ganesha has make with highlights with the help of lettering strokes.

Many educators recommend calligraphy and calligraphic-stroke sketches for personality development, as a hobby and as pedagogical tool to develop the visual intelligence of people.