One of my favourite calligraphers...

Salaams! Just wanted to share with you images from an amazing calligrapher, the one who inspired to take up the qalam, get the ink out and give it a go. Hassan Massoudy is a renowned Iraqi artist, now based in Paris, and who has a very distinctive, colourful style. His work is based on traditional calligraphy techniques, yet it looks very modern. I love how spontaneous his work looks, while so precise and so reflective. He usually uses proverbs and quotes from poems to get his audience thinking... Here are a couple of images of his work, I hope you will love him as much as I do!