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A complete calligraphy course in a beautifully styled hardcover book that teaches the five traditional hand lettering styles. Also includes free detachable Guide sheets for each "hand". A complete calligraphy course in an alluring notebook format!
Everyone wants to do calligraphy—here’s the perfect starter book .Calligraphy is popular as art form and form of relaxation. For anyone who’s ever been wowed by the writing on a wedding invitation rather than the reception...for anyone who’s ever studied the calligraphy on a wine list rather than the chianti...this is the ideal book! It’s a comprehensive calligraphy course between covers, taught by a distinguished calligrapher. From ninth-century Uncial to fifteenth-century Gothic to nineteenth-century Script, the book explains the development of the major “hands” and shows how to master the basics. Topics include supplies, strokes, pen angles, spacing, design and layout, italic lettering, Carolingian lettering, foundational lettering, plus much, much more. Therapeutic and rewarding, calligraphy is popular both as an art form and a form of relaxation—and here’s the perfect no-fuss, no-muss starter course!
Wire Book- 8 1/2x11". 144 pages -200 black and white illustrations 20 color illustrations
published September 2006 -Maryanne Grebenstein has taught introductory calligraphy for more than ten years. She is the owner of The Abbey Studio in Hingham, Massachusetts, where she lives
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Product Code: MPS8230
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