How To Set Up An Easel

Hi, I'm Veiko from the Calligraphy Studio in London. I am going to show you how to set up your working space and start writing. Friday you need a board. You can use books to make the angle flatter or steeper.
The best angle is 45 degrees. It will allow your hand to rest when you are writing. I have here books which I have used to create the angle or I have here an easel which I can set up for 45 degrees.
You can buy different easels or you can make the easel yourself. This is a very simple easel made specially for use with calligraphy. Now, I have an angle of 45 degrees which allows me to begin writing.
Now if I take any pen, it is the correct angle to begin writing. You can use the same easel as a light box if you want. You will need, a glass or plastic board and a light underneath and you will now have a light box.
I have used skin to cover my easel to make my writing surface softer. If I take paper and a pen, and start to write, the surface is much softer and my pen and paper are in full contact with each other making the ink flow much smoother.
All I need now is some ink I'm ready to start writing.