Aaaaah - the weekend is finally here! It has been a long week, and I am looking forward to relaxing over the next few days.
I love this time of year. The light is returning, the weather WILL warm up (I am optimistic!), and I am inspired to try new things. This weekend, for the first time in ages, I am going to practice my calligraphy skills. I was that kid in school who wrote c-o-n-s-t-a-n-t-l-y in class... and I am not referring to academic note-taking. I was always writing my name, my address, different words... just to play and see how lovely I could make them look. Curly letter 'A's' and fancy letter 'Z's, it didn't matter, I just had to write. I adored calligraphy - I got my first set of pens and inks when I was 13 years old - though, for whatever reason, my set ended up in the back of a drawer.
Not anymore! I am challenging myself to work at it again this weekend! I grabbed a calligraphy practice pad and some ink on Thursday and I am excited to play with things. Its a little scary since I have put it out there now - to the universe - that I am going write again, and I vow to show you my results on Monday; the good, the bad and the ugly.
The Calligraphy Bible: A Complete Guide to More Than 100 Essential Projects and Techniques, edited by Maryanne Grebenstein. And some 'Winsor Yellow' calligraphy ink from Winsor & Newton. I love these Renaissance letters!
Strathmore Parchment Paper Pad, random calligraphy nibs, Learn Calligraphy: The Complete Book of Lettering and Design by Margaret Shepherd, and the Calligraphy Bible.
A selection of Winsor & Newton calligraphy inks.
More ink!
Set up at home and ready to go!
Happy Weekend everyone! Tune in Monday to see the results!
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