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Mar

Tracking a Project

Posted by Edna  Published in Tools and Tips, organization, projects

This week I started tracking all the steps I am taking on a project I am working on as an Easter gift.  A lot of times a small project can be completed start to finish in one session, but a more complicated project can take several sessions to complete.
The piece I started is a rather [...]

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Tags: beginning calligrapher, complicated project, designing on paper, manageable steps, silver leaf, watercolor

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24

Mar

Papers for Calligraphy

Posted by Edna  Published in Tools and Tips

Let’s assume for a moment that you’ve been studying calligraphy for a while, and doing a lot of practice and writing on your Westwind Pad.  Maybe you’ve tried some of the projects in your Calligraphy in a Box kit, using the papers provided in the kit, and now you need to find more papers for [...]

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18

Mar

Holiday Projects – Easter

Posted by Edna  Published in projects

Easter is fast approaching, and while I’m working on a larger project to share with you, I thought it might be a good idea to put out a simpler project as well, one that packs a lot of punch for it’s size and ease of accomplishment.
A  single-word project with a large decorated first letter and [...]

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Tags: built-up letter, Cadeaux, Cadel, calligraphy in a box, decorated letter, flourish, fun!, learning calligraphy, pen angle, pen-play, Prismacolor pencils, Westwind Pad

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