CREATESPACE Arabic Calligraphy Mastery Series - THULUTH: A comprehensive step-by-step study of the Thuluth script

I am new to Arabic calligraphy. Took a basic 4 hour introductory course on Tuluth by another calligrapher that gave me some basic understanding of the Arabic calligraphy. Got this book a few weeks ago .It's an amazing book for beginners. Very well illustrated and has easy to follow instructions. I practice only 15 minutes a day and have already made significant progress. I strongly recommend this book to anyone looking for a beginner's book. The price is a bit steep, which is understandable as there are not too people reading this kind of books . I wish the book was hardbound . A soft cover doesn't do justice to a book that is meant to be used as a text book on a daily basis.

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I've bought several books on calligraphy, for both Arabic/Persian and Latin alphabets, and this is by far the best one of the lot. It may seem a little pricey, but it's worth every penny. Every single stroke for every letter is drawn with metrics and described in detail, along with many alternate forms that allow for considerable creativity. Many more advanced examples are provided, with guidance on maintaining readability. Neither beginner nor expert can go wrong with this book by Omar Uddin. I hope we see more volumes soon in this "Arabic Calligraphy Mastery Series," giving us more beautiful Arabic scripts to try our hand at.

Clear-concise-methodical approach-with excellent easy to follow steps that are clearly illustrated-Impressive gallery depicting authors' sampling of professional client based work-highly recommended for all beginners to advanced students-