Symposium Practice #4

Pictured above is my first real attempt at Nas’taliq calligraphy. This is technically four attempts and provides a nice look at the progress I made, as well as the importance of following the measurement rules of the calligraphy. On the first attempt made, I neglected to follow the measurements of each character and results were disproportionate writing. For the second attempt I took the time make specific measurements with the tip of my qalam and the results were dramatically improved. The last two attempts followed the same measurements but I didn't not physically dot the widths onto the paper. This practice took about 1.5 hours.