Sometimes a word comes along that has all the right letters: it can do no wrong. Rasputin may not have been a sweet guy, but I sure love his name. In theory I am breaking some rules of letterform design here. The R is supposed to be bold on the downstroke — but I ask myself, what would Rasputin do, and I think he would be confident enough to let momentum carry the day. This week’s new brush calligraphy, experimenting with new brushes in the studio:

Brush calligraphy by Iskra. See more brush calligraphy here.