Calligraphy Made Easy

by Gaynor Goffe (Author)

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  Paperback
  1994

  $3.60

  Calligraphy as a functional and artistic way of letter-forming offers wide-ranging possibilities for personal creativity and requires only a few basic tools and materials to get started. This guide was written and designed for the calligraphy beginner, providing letter-form instruction information describing how to apply it in a series of projects. Each letter-form is detailed for the beginner in step-by-step order. It contains information on the tools, materials and paper required, the letter forms, use of the pen, spacing, general principles of layout, analyzing a historical script, useful processes, writing over coloured backgrounds, resist technique, the versatility of letter-form and experimenting with weight and texture, an alphabet section and projects.