Author: Peter E. Taylor
Publisher: GMC Publications
ISBN: 9781861088826
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
Teaches adults and older children the skills needed to write calligraphically in a range of modern and traditional styles, suitable for every greeting card and scrapbooking purposes. This title also explains embossing, printing with carved erasers, linocut lettering and other techniques for creative lettering.
Author: Eleanor Winters
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402718397
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Book Description
Kids everywhere will be grabbing their calligraphy pens, because this follow-up to the wildly successful Calligraphy for Kids offers them even more artful fun. Inside they'll find new alphabets--and new ways to render the alphabets they already know--as well as fresh techniques and projects. There's coverage of the basic rules of layout; a review of some of the fundamental skills; advice on changing the weight of italic letters and forming italic capitals; and an introduction to both Swing and Modern Gothic handwriting. With just a little practice, children can make eye-catching signs, design their own personal stationery, address colorful envelopes in elegant script, and create calligraphic pictures and other decorations to hang on the wall.
Author: Eleanor Winters
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 1454936541
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Book Description
For school, for art classes, for fun: this kid-friendly guide to the art of beautiful writing will be a hit anywhere. From the tools to the techniques to the fantastic projects, everything has been chosen specifically for children. Youngsters can use special, colorful, felt-tipped pens called chisel-edged markers to produce great-looking letters. The guidelines make it easier to get good results. Attractive pages, filled with brightly colored examples, get kids started with simple zigzags and then move on to small and large italics, gothic lettering, uncial, and Roman calligraphy. Children will enjoy using their new skills to write down favorite poems, fashion border designs, and create greeting cards and invitations.
Author: Maureen Peters
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811766101
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 209
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Book Description
Try your hand at a beautiful, classic and modern style of writing! A basic, how-to book for beginners featuring 5 popular fonts or hands, Italic, Uncial, Foundational, Gothic, and Casual Pointed Pen, shown in step-by-step detail. The author, an experienced teacher of calligraphy, builds the letters, numbers, and punctuation, giving over 300 photos for each style, so beginners can see the strokes, how the pen is held, and how the characters take form. Pens, papers, inks—all the tools are covered along with necessary techniques, so beginners can use this workbook approach to build mastery of a full range of hands—from the oldest, most traditional to contemporary—quickly and confidently.
Author: Sofija Stefanovic
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741845044
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 183
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Book Description
"Discover a world of new and not-so-new things to learn and do. With all sorts of practical and interesting activities ranging from making a scooter and learning to juggle to building an electromagnet and extracting DNA in your own kitchen, there's never an excuse to be bored!" -- cover.
Author: Peter Taylor
Publisher: Hinkler Books (AU)
ISBN: 9781741855630
Category : Calligraphy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
Introduction to calligraphy -- Five famous alphabets -- Scripts -- Creative & decorative letters -- Designing letters -- Using your calligraphy.
Author: Nita Leland
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440353999
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 609
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Book Description
Overcome your artist's block and explore what drives you artistically! Artist and teacher Nita Leland shows how to be creative in daily life to develop and strengthen your natural curiosity, flexibility, independence and playfulness--all with the end-goal of creating more inspired, unique personal artwork. Enjoy a variety of fun activities designed to exercise your creative muscle, including how to make an autobiographical collage, creating an idea jar for when you need a random jumpstart, and how to make "dull" subjects more interesting. Learn to push your creative boundaries by trying new methods in dozens of types of media including paper crafts, Japanese brush painting, creative quilting, inventive photography, grown-up finger painting, monotype and more. • 110+ activities that inspire creativity • Artists of all skill levels and mediums can tap into their creativity through exciting techniques and exercises • Inspirational tips and advice for taking creative risks to make more meaningful artistic statements • Inspiring art from 100 contributing fine artists and crafters in every medium coaching readers to creative success
Author: Peter E. Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781743467282
Category : Crocodiles
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Book Description
Once a creepy crocodile swam toward a riverbank, his eye on a very tasty brolga. When the croc invites the brolga to afternoon tea the brolga's friends raise the alarm that it's a trap and the croc must make do with a sneaky snake treat instead! Fun rhyming text based on the meter of the song Waltzing Matilda Bright, cheeky illustrations featuring an Australian cast of bush animals A fun sing-along CD sung by Rusty Berther of The Scared Weird Little Guys
Author: Veronica Halim
Publisher: Modern Books
ISBN: 9781911130512
Category : Calligraphy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
Calligraphy literally translates as 'beautiful writing'; it is a traditional skill in many countries around the world, and it has had a contemporary resurgence as a stylish medium for creating artwork. The book starts with the basic techniques and helps the reader progress th rough to 65 projects, including 18 practical step-by-steps and tips on the best materials to use and the stroke sequences for different scripts. Calligraphy Style guides the reader from the essential beginner's techniques through to applying handwriting skills to make personalised labels, invitations, menus, greeting cards and much more. Not only practical, Calligraphy Style is aspirational, inspirational and a true work of art.
Author: Heidi Swapp
Publisher: Creating Keepsakes Magazine
ISBN: 9781929180899
Category : Scrapbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
Heidi Swapp has charmed the scrapbooking community with her beautiful handwritten titles and journaling. Now, Heidi shares her secrets behind creating beautiful hand lettering and teaches you to love your own handwriting'no matter how you feel about it today. In Love Your Handwriting by Heidi Swapp, you'll receive: An instruction book featuring tips to improving and actually liking your handwriting. Dozens of Heidi's favorite scrapbook layouts and cards'great idea-starters for any scrapbooker or paper crafter. Plus, the basic tools you need to start improving your handwriting: a workbook, pencil, eraser, ruler and a ZIG? Memory System? Archival Marker from EK Success.
