Lettering Variations

 

Lettering for Love

 

The Westcoast Calligraphy Society's latest project is making bookmarks for residents and staff at one of the local care homes.

Participating is a chance to say hello, give thanks, and practice skills all at the same time!

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

Flip Flop Fly Card
Flat Brush Watercolour with Brush Lettering

Two for the Price of One

 

You can get two 6 1/2" x 5 1/2" flip flop fly cards from a single sheet of cardstock, so I made a second one.

Happy Holiday Art

Santa's elves have been busy making cards!  They all took Joanne Sharpe's Art Sparks 5:  Happy Holiday Art and made a selection of bright, cheerful cards.

Summer Breeze

 

Little Pockets

 

My book, Summer, includes some pockets.  This makes the book interactive - you can pull the flowers out.

The little black pot is a pocket too.

Summer

 

I have finished the book project from Joanne Sharp's "Art Sparks2" class.  This is the cover.  

The book form is a concertina or accordian book, and here is one side of the book opened completely.

This is the other side of the book.

I'll post some more pictures of each page separately - you can also turn the pages like a regular book.  It is a fun form, not one that I use a lot.  I'm really enjoying this one though!

The Golden Mean Works!

Watercolor, Traveler's Notebook

This journal page started with a not very good watercolor of some tacos, the #stillherestilllife challenge for Week 8.  I didn't know what to do with the rest of the page, when I stumbled upon an outstanding lesson on the Golden Mean.  Applying this concept of composition definitely saved this page.

Anyone who has studied art is familiar with the "rule of thirds", which is a rough approximation of The Golden Mean.  Lindsay's explanation, which includes several good examples for journal and book page layouts has given me a template to play with in all my journals!

Filling up the Card Box

The birthday card box was empty again so I made a few cards with a (handcarved) shadow stamp and an old flower stamp from Hero Arts.  The greeting is brush lettering.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Christmas Mail

One of the things I particularly enjoyed this Christmas was the overseas mail.  The cards we received from Britain and Wales are different than you get here in North America, and it is so special to touch base with family and friends from afar!

Lettering Lyrics - Part 4

Fintec Pearlescent Watercolor

It really is blue, as you can see in this little video:

Lettering Lyrics - Part 3

Pointed Pen calligraphy, stamp by Clearly Wordsworth

Brush Lettering with Finetec Pearlescent Colours

Lettering Lyrics - Part 2

Pointed Pen, Stamps by PSX

Pentel Touch Pen Brush Lettering

Akim Cursive, stamp by Rubbermoon

Westcoast Calligraphy Society Lettering Lyrics Challenge

The Westcoast Calligraphy Society is having an Instagram Challenge.  Each day there is a different Christmas carol to letter.  Because it is such a busy time of year, gift tags were suggested - quick and easy!  I forgot how much I love making tags!

Stamp by Magenta with Brush Lettering

Stamp by Coronado Island with Akim Cursive

I made a little video so you could see the tree tops glistening:

We Dream in Colors Borrowed from the Sea...

and then we throw them down in our journals!

Dale Chihuly - A Man After My Own Heart

Christmas Tree Lighting and Caroling

On Saturday our local merchants association lit the big Christmas tree on the church lawn.  I led the carol singing, and came home full of the Christmas spirit.  I was painting Christmas trees everywhere!

Old-Time Fruit Crate Label

Artist Loft paints

Down the Instagram Rabbit Hole

Do you ever go down that hole?