
Calligraphy Workbook for Beginners
Maureen Peters(Author)
Stackpole Books (Publisher)
Published on 31. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-8117-1995-7 (ISBN)
Description
Try your hand at a beautiful, classic and modern style of writing!
A basic, how-to book for beginners featuring 5 popular fonts or hands, Italic, Uncial, Foundational, Gothic, and Casual Pointed Pen, shown in step-by-step detail. The author, an experienced teacher of calligraphy, builds the letters, numbers, and punctuation, giving over 300 photos for each style, so beginners can see the strokes, how the pen is held, and how the characters take form. Pens, papers, inks-all the tools are covered along with necessary techniques, so beginners can use this workbook approach to build mastery of a full range of hands-from the oldest, most traditional to contemporary-quickly and confidently.
A basic, how-to book for beginners featuring 5 popular fonts or hands, Italic, Uncial, Foundational, Gothic, and Casual Pointed Pen, shown in step-by-step detail. The author, an experienced teacher of calligraphy, builds the letters, numbers, and punctuation, giving over 300 photos for each style, so beginners can see the strokes, how the pen is held, and how the characters take form. Pens, papers, inks-all the tools are covered along with necessary techniques, so beginners can use this workbook approach to build mastery of a full range of hands-from the oldest, most traditional to contemporary-quickly and confidently.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
689 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8117-1995-7 (9780811719957)
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Calligraphy Workbook for Beginners
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Author Maureen Peters is a member of the Philadelphia Calligraphy Guild and teaches calligraphy at Letterworks Studio. She has been instrumental in developing art curriculum for the New Jersey schools and lives in Woodbury, NJ.