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basically worked with a full series of Mitchell nibs, practicing on Non
Repro Blue 8 square to the inch pads. I then worked on some Genoa Bond
(another type of calligraphy practice paper), Arches Text Wove & Full
Spectrum cardstock in Black. At the end of the 2nd day, we were all given
a beautiful cardstock (matches a grey creamy toned parchment paper) to
make an accordion, portrait style, type booklet, were we would paste our
artwork, and the cardstock wrapped around to create a cover. I have the
cardstock, but I didn't create the same booklet like everyone else.... OK,
so you're groaning... do I ever create what everyone else is??
So instead I cut my covers (8"w x 4.25"h) from a faux linen mat board. Used the black full spectrum cardstock (which has a nice feel to it without being too thick), to create 1/2" accordion folds to attach my pages to. I keep the booklet closed with a slotted black alpha piece of cardstock which slides off and I slide it onto the cover only to prevent me from loosing it. Some of the pages are wider than the book, so I folded them in. Unless otherwise mentioned the pages are 7.5"w x 4"h I left a few of the accordions empty so I can add a few more pages eventually |
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ID: Book standing open |
Closed (to see Closure) |
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ID: P1 - Exemplar (10.5" w) One of the exemplars where I used various pen widths but using the same x-height (line spacing) Used Parallel Pens 1.5, 2.4, 3.8 & Mitchell #4 on 1/4" lines |
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ID: P2 Long Way (14"w) I picked up these Mitchell scroll writer nibs from Suzanne at Quietfire Design and really love them. I figured I'd try them out with this Bookhand lettering using black Moon Palace sumi ink. I then colored them in with Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils and moved the color around with my waterbrush. |
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ID: P3 Laugh |
ID: P4 Garlic |
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This was done on Text Wove. I free hand drew the large letters then outlined them in black and then in colored pencils. I also colored them with colored pencils. The "out loud" is done with a 1.5 parallel pen and a press-release-press action to get thicker and thinner areas. Not easy. |
Text wove again. Used the 1.5 Parallel nib and the scroll nib. "Garlic" was colored in with Derwent Graphitint pencils and the "insanity" I used Inktense. |
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ID: P5 Snow I used the full spectrum cardstock for this one. Mixed my Gouache and added some Neuberg E Ebel Gold powder. The only problem is that it smears and definitely needs spraying with a fixative. The white is Dr Martin's Bleed Proof white mixed with water. Words: And the day came without snow... |
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ID: Garlic Detail 1a
ID: Garlic Detail 1b
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ID: P6 Exemplar (10.5"w) This exemplar was done using the same nib size but varying the ascender/descender height |
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