More from Island Magic conference

"Developing Expression in Calligraphy" was just that...The normal upright Roman & Italic alphabets distorted; condensed, oblique, twist upward, fit into rectangular, parallelogram, trapezoid shapes, to bring movement & energy.

TOP: Instructor Denis Brown's in-class example of lettering and the spacing between & within letters was done quickly and with borrowed tools.

There was such creativity in our class!

PIECE with 3 dark areas and

TAKE STRANDS by Suzie Beringer

LEFT

wonderfully shaped letters by Susan Richardson


Also by Suzie Beringer, prolific and precise!

You really need to click on these to enlarge & appreciate them.

The rhythm of calligraphy

Mono-rhythmic has equal positive and negative spaces. Duo or Polyrhythm are more organic and add excitement, and some options to break the rhythm are counter-filled “a & o’s”, elongated ascenders & descenders, thicks & thins, extended strokes and harmony of direction and proportion.

Baby Piece, Kersals based initials

Just finished up a piece for a friend's grand-daughter. This little 8x10 is lettered with metallic gel pens; the letter interiors are watercolor pencil. For a little pizazz I added gold thermal embossing powder, so they're raised. It's such fun to go wild with the initals to make them unique.The initials are beased on an alphabet I created called Kersals.

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Happy Thanksgiving & Halowe'en Everyone!

OK, the art is not exactly "Thanksgiving " looking, but it is time to clean the crap out so those creepy crawlies don't find a place to overwinter! Now I'm outta here- it's a balmy 18C & time to clean up the outdoor patio pots!


My Artist Trading Card for the ECS exchange,3.5"x2.5" Background-Black FW Acrylic Ink on Tobacco Mi-Tientes card stock. Fly-traced from wrapping paper with Pitt artist pen, colored with Sakura Glaze pens; Wings-Winsor Newton Liquid Iridescent, Eyes-Iridescent Pearl Paint Dimensional Fabric & Craft Paint pen. Ribbon-Textured stuff found when cleaning out my Mom's house. Lettering-orange Permapaque marker & Black Pitt artist pen. Other eyes are iridescent green beads.


EASY PAINT SPLATTER BACKGROUND
For 10 ATC's start with an 8.5"x11" sheet of card stock. Using a pipette, drip black ink across card stock. Blow through a straw held perpendicular .5" above an ink drop & the ink will splatter.

FOR VARIETY:

-vary the size of ink drops & space between

-hold straw at an angle then blow

-vary direction of straw

-wiggle straw while blowing

-exchange ink for watercolor or other liquid media

TEMPLATE to cut 10 ATC's from 8.5"x11"

Measure carefully, & draw the lines on tracing paper, then run clear tape around the edge of the sheet to protect it. Now you can play with which direction will be most pleasing before you cut the actual card stock into 3.5"x2.5" cards which you can then continue to decorate.

I've just been tagged,
which means I'm supposed to name 7 little known things about myself...

I don't think there are any.
I know how to fly.
I have a husband who keeps a pet seagull in our travel trailer.
(not a real seagull though; that'd be cruel)
I'm afraid of being homeless.
I have a childhood secret only my husband, my sister & a friend know.
I could live on popcorn & Pepsi.
I don't play tag.

Oops...it's supposed to be RANDOM things...now I have to add "don't read very well".
Happy Nadia?