Monday, July 27, 2009

Calligra~Fun

I am having sooooo much fun!!! I signed up for a class called "Calligra~Fun with Martha Lever and it is a wonderful class. She is a fantastic teacher with a lovely southern drawl that I love to listen to. She has been a calligrapher for over 25 years and she does fantastic work. Over the years, I have tried to study calligraphy on my own. Bought books, pens, and lots of lined paper, but it seems that without some direction, my attempts were rather ugly. So when I found out that Martha was going to teach her fun, relaxed style of letter forms, I jumped on it. I am so glad that I did!!
Here are a few of my attempts at it. Now remember, I have just learned this and have lots and lots of practice to do to get better at it.

This is in a small altered book that I am working on. I was a little afraid to put it on something that was permanent, but I told myself....go for it!! There is always gesso.......lol!!! Page isn't finished quite yet, but I like it.



Just a little practice and play on this sheet.....



A quote that I found that I liked. I think I'll use this somewhere in the future on some other paper.

More playing......and doodling. Doodling is something I have done for years!!!!

On to more practice now......



3 comments:

Martha Lever said...

VERY VERY GOOD, Sue!!! I am so proud of you!!! This really looks great. It's fun to write with these pens isn't it?

Sue, do you make stamps of an original illustration---in other words, I really would like to make a rubber stamp of some of my calligraphy quotes that I have written out for mixed media pieces. Is that something you do? You can email me
marthalever@gmail.com

Thanks!! Keep up the good work!

lori vliegen said...

yes, there's always gesso, but you surely won't need it girlfriend!!! you are doing a fabulous job with your lettering....it already looks like you're a pro! and i'm so impressed with all of your beautiful "s'"....those aren't easy to do!! thanks for sharing your progress with us! :)

Fannie said...

Beautiful lettering!