Calligraphy Workbook for Beginners
Published on 31. October 2017
160 pages
978-0-8117-6610-4 (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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
1900 Color Photos
File size
62,89 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8117-6610-4 (9780811766104)
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Maureen Peters
Calligraphy Workbook for Beginners
Book
10/2017
Stackpole Books
€38.56
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Person
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.
Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- TOOLS AND MATERIALS
- DIP PENS
- CARE OF NIBS AND TOOLS
- ERASERS
- FOUNTAIN PENS AND MARKERS
- INKS AND COLOR FOR DIP PENS
- BRUSHES
- PAPER
- LINING PAPERS
- THE HANDS
- Uncial
- Gothic
- Foundational
- Italic
- Casual Pointed Pen
- THE PROJECTS
- Knotwork
- An Irish Blessing
- Seasons Greetings
- Noel Ornament
- Leaf with Verse
- Accordion Book
- Sunflower
- Watercolor Backgrounds
- Pangrams for Practice
- Sources
- Glossary
- Practice Pages
