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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Anniversary and Mother’s Day fell on the same day!
My wedding anniversary and Mother’s Day both fell on the same day this year — May 11, 2014. I used the double occasion to practice offhand flourishing around the lettering I that learned in this year’s Letters CA class with … Continue reading
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Letters California Style 2014
This calligraphy conference was held February 2014. I was a student in Carl Rohrs’s class (my work in two of the styles, folded pen and pointed brush pen, are shown in the photos). Below is a report on my class … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day card, 2014
I had fun designing this Valentine’s Day card for my wife. I had been practicing Copperplate calligraphy, getting ready for a new calligraphy how-to video app, and decided to do more modern-style lettering to loosen up This was the result. … Continue reading
Playing with Uncial
I had a great two “Uncialicious” classes with Jane Shibata, who taught several varieties of the Uncial lettering style to our monthly Orange County Society for Calligraphy members. Here are several in-class work and homework projects.
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Tagged calligraphy, Jabberwocky, quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, Uncial
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Pointed Pen: Square and rounded downstroke tops
When you make a thick (“shaded”) Copperplate downstroke, don’t you hate it when they are rounded at the top and not square? I made a video showing how the flat top is made. I show both stroke tops so you … Continue reading
Feel like giving up?
Do you feel like you’ve hit a brick wall with your calligraphy? You feel like you’re never going to be good enough? Then read this: http://zenpencils.com/comic/90-ira-glass-advice-for-beginners/
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Calligraphy Certificate Received
Barbara Close presented her students with this wonderful certificate, which started out as a blank piece of paper. She gave it to her students who had taken all four of her classes throughout the year. She used the pointed pen, … Continue reading
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Calligraphy by Design: Generating ideas using design principles
In the past, I let my spiritual side lead me and waited for inspiration to strike before I started on a calligraphy project. But that way was hit-and-miss, and led to long stretches of time between projects. Now that I’m … Continue reading
Christian Hymn Calligraphy
As soon as we finished singing this song in church this morning, I was inspired with the design and jotted it down in my notes, then came home and created it. All the designs were hand drawn/written with parallel pens … Continue reading
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Video of My Calligraphy Process when Creating John 1:14
I videotaped the creation of a calligraphy piece over the weekend. I used John 1:14 for my inspiration. calligraphy-john-1-14b from Steve Husting on Vimeo.