Posts Tagged ‘calligraphy’

Calligraphy & Digitization Workshop in SLC

June 14th, 2013

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It’s time for another workshop, but I’m adding more to it! The Write Image in Salt Lake City will be hosting my two-part calligraphy workshop. YES. Two days!

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We will be covering a lot of material over the two-day workshop, you don’t want to miss it. The workshop is perfect for designers, illustrators, photographers, hobbyists and DIY brides.

Day one will cover:

calligraphy tools and beginnings
learning the pointed pen
figuring out flourishes
making it your own
a basic calligraphy kit for you to keep

Day two will cover:

tools for digitizing your work
how to scan your work
how to photoshop your lettering
how to vectorize your lettering

The workshop will be at The Write Image at 2205 East 2100 South in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 28th and Saturday, June 29th. Instruction will start promptly at 6:45pm.

Click here to sign up!

Not in Salt Lake? There’s always my online class! If you’re in the San Francisco or Denver areas keep on the lookout for a workshop near you this summer. We’ll be taking the show on the road soon!

All Kids Are Artists

June 5th, 2013

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Penelope’s really come into a creative grove since she got her new studio. What’s even more awesome/remarkable is how all of the neighbor kids congregate in the tiny hallway to create artwork with her.

We’ve got quite a few budding artists on our street, including a 6 year old girl whom I’m convinced could be a fantastic calligrapher.

So I’m going to start a series. A virtual gallery stroll, if you will.

These kids are really inspiring to me, especially how they just freely create without any rules.

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Penelope drew this bee for her aunt B. Get it? Adorable. She’s always creating little pictures and sculptures.

On the first Wednesday of each month, I’m going to be posting her creative endeavors and maybe a couple from the neighbor kids as well. I would love to see you participate! Use the banner above and post your kid’s creative endeavors on your blog on the first Wednesday of each month. We’ll link up for a virtual gallery stroll. For this month, feel free to link up in the comments to any artwork your child has done. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to submit your child’s work to me before the first Wednesday (July 3) and I’ll publish it here. I hope you’ll participate with me! See below for submission requirements.

Artwork must be 100% done by your child 18 years and younger. Photo must be taken in natural light and image must be at least 550px wide.

Calligraphy: Elijah Fox

May 29th, 2013

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I haven’t done any lettered names for baby boys yet. It was fun to letter the name Elijah Fox over the weekend.

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This is a slightly different style than I normally use, I made really thick downstrokes. So thick that I doubled back after I penned each word.

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The cobalt blue is classic in my opinion. I really hope the new parents are as excited about how this turned out as I am.

Return Address Stamp for Writing Pen Pals

May 15th, 2013

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For nearly a year now I’ve meant to make a return address stamp for our address! We’re SO permanent now, so why the delay?

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I made the stamp in a mono-line so it would coordinate better with my various styles of addressing. Chris says that it’s girly, but it’s not nearly as girly as most of my lettering styles.

I wish I could show you the whole address, the numbers and letters do fun things together with little flourished details. You’ll just have to give me an excuse to send you something in the mail if you really want to see the whole thing.

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I write to 4 pen pals these days. It’s so much fun to get fun mail each week and to get to know someone in a neighboring state or half way around the world. I love writing pen pals!

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Pauline is one of my pen pals, isn’t that a fun letter? I was just over the moon to get this in the mail.

Tattoo Design

May 8th, 2013

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It’s not april fools. This is a real tattoo, but it’s not for me. I designed this tattoo for a client last year right after my little hoax and I’m just now getting around to sharing it with you.

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Kim wanted her daughter’s name scribed on her upper shoulder and I think that’s sweet. Our children are already metaphorically tattooed onto our hearts forever anyway.

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In church on Sunday we talked about relationships with our children and how they learn so much by our example alone.

I often wonder what kind of example I’m setting for my kids. What kinds of things will she learn from my example? I’ve been stewing over it a lot lately, and I’m afraid of all the things I haven’t taught her. There are so many. I’m an incredibly flawed person, but I know that Chris and Penelope’s grandparents will pick up the slack where I fall short.

I’ll be going to Listen to Your Mother to hear my sister-in-law and a few friends talk about motherhood. I have a feeling it’ll be equal parts awesome and fun. Maybe I’ll learn a thing or two about how to be a better mom from them.

Thank heavens for awesome families.

And thanks for indulging my meandering thoughts.