In this video, I show to make a drawing instrument that was used by the old masters until the late nineteenth century: the quill. I discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this remarkable tool, talk about its history and demonstrate how to draw with it.

Here are some links to online resources used to make this video.

Writing & Illuminating & Lettering by Edward Johnston:
https://archive.org/details/writingil...

A detailed chart illustrating how to cut a quill from Regia Anglorum:
https://regia.org/research/church/qui...

A very detailed tutorial on cutting quills:
http://www.flick.com/~liralen/quills/...

An Article on Dutching by Marc Calderwood:
https://markcalderwood.wordpress.com/...