Shawnigan Lake

Just got back from a week of lettering at Island Magic,
which was an international calligraphy conference that took place at Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island.

Stepped outside the class one day to hear something musical...
it begged me to follow













down the path
beside the pond

2 little sisters

My work in progress.

I'm still using up acrylic paints from the class.

A favorite is Luminescense Halo which is still viscous after a few weeks. FW Acrylics seemed to work well but the little samples dried up.

I've had to spray the fabric with workable fixative to prevent bleeding when using Rotring Transparents.

I don't like the results from the folk acrylic craft paints at all; just kind of sits there like a blob.

A 70's shot

Newly married...

we bought a piano for $300.00 at an auction and I played the pieces I used to play while mooning over Casey as a lonely teen... I used to dream about him.

Never had him, but still have the piano.

And the not-so-new husband.

ATC theme "Music" for Edmonton Calligraphic Society swap.

Words by Maya Angelou

Lettering on Fabric!

Fresh from a course with Lisa Engelbrecht from California, a super talented, vibrant artist; this is a piece in progress from the class. She came up to Alberta this month & taught at the 3 major calligraphic guilds in Alberta. The Lettering on Fabric in Edmonton was 2 days long.

It will no doubt sit here for months while i play with different transfer image possibilities to replace these color copies of my big sister & I. Working with acrylic is tricky; it doesn't flow through nibs with reservoirs.

It all started with a few words; I believe from Carly Simon "two little sisters gazing at the sea...wondering what their future will be".

I'd like to know more about the song.

Christmas Card 2006

My card this year was created around the 25' of purple star garland that I picked up last year post-season for pennies. The card stock was a freebie from my favorite (Taylor) Printing shop. Unfortunately the snowflakes weren't cheap.

Step1.I used a pointed pen style lettering (about 20 times to get it right) with Higgins Eternal ink on Paper For Pens. The fun is in getting the letters to bounce with even white spaces within. I gained a lot from taking a 3 dayMike Kecseg pointed pen course this fall.

2.Photocopied on 7"tall by 11"wide card stock (Printer off cuts)

3.Scored & folded in thirds

4.Cut window through top 2 layers

5.Cut & attached 3" star garland with double sided tape above & below window opening

6. Glued strip of lavender text weight paper with inside message, then glued inside front to middle layer to hide the garland edges

7. Used glue dots to attach iridescent star to 1" purple card stock to same size iridescent stock

I sometimes find it more difficult expressing myself verbally than creating art, especially when dealing with "meno" moments...what did I just read before...where did I read that....what was the computer terminology and what the heck is that supposed to mean?