Turn letters into art with The Complete Photo Guide To Hand Lettering & Calligraphy by Abbey Sy. Her book is suitable for those new to hand lettering and calligraphy, or those seeking to improve current skills. It covers the basics, traditional calligraphy, modern hand lettering, decorative lettering and digital lettering. See a detailed table of contents below. You get over 30 large practice sheets. There are exercises and creative projects throughout. The author encourages you to read and take notes, learn the terminology, use the practice sheets for application of skills and experiment and have fun. Several Philippines based artists are introduced and share their work. This 192 page paperback was released June 12, 2018 by Publisher: Quarry Books. It's part of the Complete Photo Guide Series: The Essential Reference for Novice and Expert. A Kindle edition is also available. Get your copy below!
Contents
Preface
How to Use This Book
Tools and Materials
Traditional Tools
Modern Tools
Digital Tools
Other Tools for Lettering
Surfaces
Lettering and Primer
Anatomy Lesson
Alphabet Characteristics
Forming Letters
Adding Weight Lines
Connecting Letterforms
Classic Calligraphy
Using Traditional Tools
Using Modern Tools
Italic Calligraphy
Copperplate Calligraphy
Spencerian Calligraphy
Blackletter Calligraphy
Roman Calligraphy
Offhand Flourishes
Project
Modern Hand Lettering
Using Traditional Tools
Using Modern Tools
Basic Script
Adding Bounce
Flourishes
Flowers and Leaves
Projects
Decorative Lettering
Using Liners
Serif
Sans Serif
Letters and Layouts
Creating Illustrations Within Letterforms
Projects
Digital Lettering
Getting Started
Tools
Scanning and Basic Editing
Drawing Letterforms
Creating Special Effects
Adding Dimension
Projects
Practice Sheets
Resources
Glossary
Contributors
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Index
Hand Lettering & Calligraphy is available worldwide at Quarry Books, a division of the Quarto Publishing Group USA. Check out their unique catalog at Quarry Books. Quarto has generously offered to giveaway a copy! One winner will be selected at random. Open until February 12, 2019. Canada & the USA only. Good luck!
When I was a teenager, I had a calligraphy kit, I never really got the hang of it. I would love to give it another try. ;-)
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