Learn Calligraphy: The Complete Book of Lettering and Design
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (664 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00DK8L9BI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 539 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Margaret Shepherd makes this ancient art form accessible in a completely hand-lettered technical guide that will: * Provide context for calligraphy as an art, exploring the rich tradition of hand-lettering and mapping the evolution of the most popular styles. * Give detailed technical advice on choosing pens, paper, and inks, setting up your workspace, mastering various pen angles, along with step-by-step illustrations to guide you as you practice. In Margaret Shepherd's own words, "Calligraphy trains not only your eye and hand, but your mind as well." Learn Calligraphy is the authoritative primer for this age-old craft, and will help develop a new appreciation for lettering as you discover yourcreative personality. . For example, the Roman alphabet works well for short, unpunctuated passages, while the Italic alphabet is more suited to informal everyday communication. Calligraphy remai
She has published thirteen instruction books for calligraphers of all levels. She lives in Boston. v . She has researched, taught, written, and freelanced extensively, and has exhibited her work in many museum and gallery exhibitions. Margaret Shepherd is a noted calligrapher and author, with an impressive roster of high-profile clients. All her books, including the bests
A Very Complete Book J. White This book is very complete in that it provides some history to the art of calligraphy, and some history behind the various alphabets covered.. Calligraphy Course In a Book Good book for illustrating different writing styles. Also includes lined page that you can use to practice with (copy page and magnify or reduce the page to fit your needs). I am just trying this again after using calligraphy to address 500 wedding invitations. 30 years ago, I used a calligraphy pen that gave out long. Excellent starting point for the beginner. jackel88 I'm quite pleased with this book. One thing that I really liked was she gives tips for a left handed person. Being left handed, I find very few books dealing with drawing arts and such that have advice for leftys.The text was a little difficult to follow at first, but it wasn't that big a problem.Highly recommended.
* Inspire you with carefully chosen illustrations and examples, which bring letters to life. * Encourage you to personalize your lettering by using variant strokes and interpreting how you would like the words to look on the page. For example, the Roman alphabet works well for short, unpunctuated passages, while the Italic alphabet is more suited to informal everyday communication. * Explain which alphabets are appropriate for different forms of writing. Margaret Shepherd makes this ancient art form accessible in a completely hand-lettered technical guide that will: * Provide context for calligraphy as an art, exploring the rich tradition of hand-lettering and mapping the evolution of the most popular styles. Calligraphy remains perennially popular, often adorning wedding invitations, diplomas, and commercial signs. In an age of myriad computer fonts and instant communication, your handwriting style is increasingly a very personal creation. In Margaret Shepherd's own words, "C