1-2-3 calligraphy! : letters and projects for beginners and beyond /
Winters, Eleanor.
New York : Sterling Pub. Co. ; Lewes : GMC [distributors],
c2006.
Easy exercises to learn calligraphy. 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.
Includes index.
Let's begin: Back to the basics -- Calligraphy vocabulary -- Pens and pen positions -- Alphabets: Italic -- Quick review -- More italic--some new letters -- Brief pause for a math lesson -- Back to italic--Changing the weight of the letters -- Simple italic capitals -- Italic handwriting -- Swing gothic -- Modern gothic--alphabet with many names -- Modern gothic capitals -- Writing in capitals -- Creative projects: Writing larger -- Quotation or poem -- Stationery -- Envelopes -- Making signs -- Calligrams -- Using "real" pens -- Guide lines -- Index.
Easy exercises to learn calligraphy. 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.
Calligraphy
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