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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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11

Feb

Holiday Projects-Valentine’s Day

Posted by Edna  Published in projects

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and this year Chinese New Year begins at the same time.  2010 will be the Year of the Tiger.  I’ll have to incorporate the tiger theme into a future post, because tigers are one of my favorite animals.  In fact, I have a beautiful hand-painted stuffed tiger on a wicker [...]

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Tags: bone folder, calligraphy in a box, calligraphy project, colored pencils, flourishes, gouache, greeting card, learning calligraphy, pen-play, Valentine's Day

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23

Sep

Gina’s Workshop – “Living Letters”

Posted by Edna  Published in Calligraphy Books, Calligraphy Conventions and Classes, Workshops

I recently had the opportunity to attend a workshop with Gina Jonas, a wonderful Seattle calligrapher and instructor.  Our guild, Windwriters, sponsored Gina, who presented “Living Letters”.  This was the first time Gina has given this particular workshop, and it was such a great privilege to be part of the “test group”.
Several years ago, Gina [...]

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Tags: awareness, finding the flow, freedom of movement, living letters, pen-play

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