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
Calligraphy Homework, Uncial
I’m taking another class with Barbara Close as instructor. This 10-week class will cover Uncial and Gothic forms. The text above used a 5th century form of Uncial (pronounced un-shul). The text is taken from Isaiah 53:3-5a, which prophetically speaks … Continue reading
Practicing my Handwriting
Ames’ Guide to Self-Instruction in Practical and Artistic Penmanship, Daniel T. Ames, Author and Pulisher, 1884. I’m following the above lessons to get better handwriting. I’ve been working on my lowercase letters for the last few days. I normally scribble … Continue reading
Phantom-line 100 Lettering Guide video
My son and I created this simple video to show how to use the calligrapher’s tool for making guidelines. When you have a small project, like an envelope, and don’t want to rule guidelines yourself, use this see-through tool for … Continue reading
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See Spiritual Calligraphy in Video
I uploaded a video of my book, Spiritual Calligraphy. Take a tour of the book online! Spiritual Calligraphy, by Steve Husting
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Calligraphy prints and book now available!
After seeing my book Spiritual Calligraphy, several people wondered where to get prints of the artwork. I opened up a shop on Etsy at http://www.etsy.com/shop/stevehusting and prepared several artworks for selling online. It is now open, so please come in … Continue reading
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Spiritual Calligraphy book almost ready
I finally finished my last calligraphy project for the devotional, Spiritual Calligraphy. Here’s the front cover. Just waiting for my copy to arrive so I can examine its quality.
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Calligraphy based on Mark 5:19
Here is my latest calligraphy piece added to my series on Mark. Lettering was created with a Pilot Parallel pen on Strathmore 11 x 15″ watercolor paper. The background was created with a Letraset LetraJet Air Marker with various colors, … Continue reading
Calligraphy for Mark 10:27
I created this piece for my devotional app, Steps of a Disciple. I have four more to go before the series of 16 is complete. I used heavy Strathmore watercolor paper. I first tore painter’s tape in half lengthwise and … Continue reading
Calligraphy for Mark 6:51
I just completed another calligraphy piece for my iPhone app, Steps of a Disciple, where I cam creating one calligraphic work for each chapter, featuring a verse from that chapter. This one is for Mark chapter 6. I used watercolor … Continue reading