A NEW SHELVING UNIT FOR THE STUDIO A big clear-out At the moment I am having a blitz on the studio and getting ruthless. I've got far too much stuff and it's high time I went through everything and got rid of a lot of the excess. I'll do another post about that,…
GILDED BACKGROUND FOR A CALLIGRAPHY PROJECT As part of the Domestika course on English Calligraphy, we are to make an imaginary invitation. In the course, the teacher recommended some calligraphers she admires, for inspiration and to broaden our knowledge. One of these is the Irish calligrapher Denis Brown, who has completely blown me…
EASEL CARD FOR A 90th BIRTHDAY We have been invited to a 90th birthday tea party on Sunday, and I have made a special card for this very special lady. I am not generally speaking a card maker at all these days, as I have branched out into other creative activities which I…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - ALTERNATIVE LETTERS, NUMBERS AND COMPOSITION A couple of not terribly successful sessions - a mixed bag, really. Alternative letters This was quite a short lesson, and not very exciting. It was really about different entry and exit strokes on various lowercase letters for variety, and also for…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAHY - CONNECTING, AND ALTERNATIVE FORMS Another successful session in the studio today as I completed another module in this course. Warm-Up Just one line of boxes today, as I wanted to get on. My favourite this time is the one second from the right. Here is the complete…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - COMPLETING THE CAPITAL LETTERS Today, after a couple of days' break due to busy-ness and fatigue, I was back in the studio again, completing the capital letters. I still need to do a lot of practice before moving on. Warm-Up A few pattern variations today, just to…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - SHOSHI ON THE GGs AND NOT WINNING! No, don't worry, I'm not a betting lass... just had a rather unsuccessful session in the studio! Warm-up A few variations of spirals and beauty lines today. This warm-up was the most successful outcome of today's session. Aternative G The…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - PRACTICE AND CONSOLIDATION Another afternoon session in the studio today, practising the capital letters and consolidating what I've already learnt. Capital letters group 4 I began my session by following our teacher's advice to "warm my hand" with a few exercises. I think these spirals and long…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - CAPITAL LETTERS I was too busy and then too tired to do anything in my studio over the past couple of days, but this afternoon I had another session. After practising the strokes for the capital letters and doing some consolidation practice, I was ready to start…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - CONSOLIDATION Today, rather than moving on with the unit on capital letters, I decided to have a practice session and consolidte what I learned yesterday. For the text page, I used the smaller layout grid for the first time. I didn't notice much difference in difficulty. You…
