Spiritual Calligraphy book
See God’s Word glorified in these 16 passages from the Gospel of Mark, each one beautifully illustrated with stunning calligraphy paired with an insightful meditation. Full color throughout. Also includes information and photos about the calligrapher’s tools used throughout the book.
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Author Archives: Steve Husting
“Psalm 148” artwork process
This project began as a homework assignment in which we were to put text in a circle using Copperplate. I drew a couple of circles for the baseline and x-height that would fit neatly on 11 x 14″. I drew … Continue reading
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What is an Artist?
People have wondered when they can call themselves an artist, singer, dancer, writer, or whatever. At what point can you say you have finally arrived, and call yourself an artist? There are different answers to this question, and they depend … Continue reading
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The “Our Father” prayer artwork process
This project began as a homework assignment in Barbara Close’s workshop at her studio space in Costa Mesa, California. We were to do a piece with Fraktur or Gothic lettering paired with gold gilding. I settled on this text because … Continue reading
Making of the Life of Christ artist’s book
One assignment we had for our class with Barbara Close was to make an artist’s book of painted paste paper. We brought in Arches Text Wove paper for the pages. The benefit of using paste takes place when we mix acrylic … Continue reading
Artwork process: “Bless the Lord”
Our class assignment, given by Barbara Close, was to do a piece in Italic in two nib sizes and two colors. I had the idea of doing Psalm 103 after my pastor spoke on it the following Sunday. With Psalm … Continue reading
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Artwork process: “Rushing Mighty Wind”
For this class assignment, we were asked to create a work combining Gothic and swashes, an example being a large initial cap with swashes. However, I challenged myself to think of a reason for them to appear together. In what way … Continue reading
Book with embossed pages
In our class in Uncial lettering, we wre to create a book of 5-6 pages, including a colophon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colophon_(publishing)). Its size was to be half a page with wide orientation. The paper was to be folded in half with the … Continue reading
Android version of Learn Italic Calligraphy has been released
You can see a sample of the updated content here. The app has been available on the iOS (Apple devices) platform since 2011 when I restarted my calligraphy efforts. I’ve improved over the last five years, and re-did all the lowercase … Continue reading
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Starting a Calligraphy Business?
How do you get started in a calligraphy business? I don’t have all the details, but I do know that you’ll need to determine exactly what you want to do with your skills. I thought I’d jot down the different … Continue reading
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Calligraphy Museum — just dreaming
What would I like to see in a U.S.A. museum dedicated to calligraphy? Here are some ideas. Displays that change art monthly to show us the great diversity in art styles. Show old and new works, and at other times, … Continue reading