Learn World Calligraphy

Author : Molly Suber Thorpe
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250271606
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mastering Modern Calligraphy written by Molly Suber Thorpe and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mastering Modern Calligraphy is a comprehensive guide to taking your pointed pen calligraphy skills to the next level and developing your very own modern style. Following up and building on Molly’s popular beginner's guide, Modern Calligraphy, Mastering Modern Calligraphy is the perfect companion for pointed pen and digital calligraphers alike. It is aimed at those with some calligraphy experience, presenting more than 2,700 letterforms and ligatures, targeted exercises, stroke drills, flourishes, and phrases, which emphasize experimentation and fun, rather than rigid uniformity. This beautiful, in-depth guide to modern calligraphy emphasizes experimentation and fun, rather than rigid uniformity. With targeted exercises and lessons aimed at pushing you out of your calligraphy comfort zone, Mastering Modern Calligraphy will not only help you master tricks of the trade, but develop your very own modern calligraphy style, too.

Author : Margaret Shepherd
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
ISBN 13 : 0770434592
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learn Calligraphy written by Margaret Shepherd and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age of myriad computer fonts and instant communication, your handwriting style is increasingly a very personal creation. In this book, Margaret Shepherd, America's premier calligrapher, shows you that calligraphy is not simply a craft you can learn, but an elegant art form that you can make your own. Calligraphy remains perennially popular, often adorning wedding invitations, diplomas, and commercial signs. Whether it is Roman, Gothic, Celtic, Bookhand, or Italic style, calligraphy conveys class and elegance. Margaret Shepherd makes this ancient art form accessible in a completely hand-lettered technical guide that will: * Provide context for calligraphy as an art, exploring the rich tradition of hand-lettering and mapping the evolution of the most popular styles. * Give detailed technical advice on choosing pens, paper, and inks, setting up your workspace, mastering various pen angles, along with step-by-step illustrations to guide you as you practice. * Explain which alphabets are appropriate for different forms of writing. For example, the Roman alphabet works well for short, unpunctuated passages, while the Italic alphabet is more suited to informal everyday communication. * Encourage you to personalize your lettering by using variant strokes and interpreting how you would like the words to look on the page. * Inspire you with carefully chosen illustrations and examples, which bring letters to life. In Margaret Shepherd's own words, "Calligraphy trains not only your eye and hand, but your mind as well." Learn Calligraphy is the authoritative primer for this age-old craft, and will help develop a new appreciation for lettering as you discover your creative personality.

Author : Margaret Shepherd
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
ISBN 13 : 082308230X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learn World Calligraphy written by Margaret Shepherd and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn World Calligraphy has something for everyone. Whether you want scholarly insight, artistic inspiration, classroom projects, or a theme for your next party, this comprehensive, unparalleled full-color book will guide you on a virtual trip around the globe. Covering nearly all of the world’s writing systems—from African to Arabic, Chinese to Greek, Hebrew to Russian, and beyond—Learn World Calligraphy offers a unique glimpse of scripts worldwide and the calligraphers who write them. Lushly illustrated with gorgeous examples of both historical and modern calligraphic designs, this book is filled with practical instruction for how key aspects of each exotic script can be applied to the English alphabet, generating calligraphic hybrids with a distinctly foreign flair. Like a new cuisine that you can’t wait to cook at home, the scripts you meet in this book are sure to infuse your own calligraphy with the flavor of abroad. Bon voyage!

Author : Molly Suber Thorpe
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1250152453
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Calligraphy written by Molly Suber Thorpe and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perfect gift for anyone who wants to learn the "write" way to craft calligraphy. Calligraphy is about creating something uniquely beautiful, whether to celebrate a special occasion like marriage or to use every day in the form of stationery. Author Molly Suber Thorpe, an award-winning wedding invitation designer and calligrapher based in Los Angeles, works closely with her international clients to give them the distinctive products they're looking for. In Modern Calligraphy, you can learn from this experienced expert how to master this fresh modern lettering style. The first book to teach this bold new style breaks the calligraphy process down into simple steps so anyone can learn to create their own stunning wedding invitations, thank you cards, gift tags, and more. Starting with an overview of the supplies—from paper to ink to pens—you will learn how to form letters, words, and then phrases by following Molly's clear step-by-step instructions, and by practicing with the provided templates. After mastering letter forms using a pointed pen and ink you can take it to the next level by learning how to use watercolor and gouache, or how to digitize your calligraphy. The twenty projects in the book provide lots of inspiration for making your own and are grouped into three sections: weddings, entertainment, and personal stationery. With loads of ideas, practice exercises, and helpful tips, soon you will be turning out gorgeous script calligraphy pieces like the ones featured in wedding magazines and popular websites like Pinterest.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Calligraphy Today written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Margaret Shepherd
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780833534507
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calligraphy Alphabets Made Easy written by Margaret Shepherd and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1986-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For beginning calligraphers, this book presents a new lettering challenge for each day of the year, 365 in all (plus a bonus for Leap Day). In addition to daily practice, a practical lettering project is provided for each week--52 in all, ranging from wholly creative projects such as designing an award to money-makers like wedding invitations and greeting cards.

Author : Gaynor Goffe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904594833
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calligraphy school : guide to the fine art of lettering] : [a step-by-step written by Gaynor Goffe and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Calderhead
Publisher : Sterling
ISBN 13 : 9781454930389
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World Encyclopedia of Calligraphy written by Christopher Calderhead and published by Sterling. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking international tour of calligraphy now features a sumptuous new foil-stamped cover. Showcasing the work of a roster of artists, it features more than 60 scripts drawn by experts from America to Tibet. Reflecting the diversity of contemporary calligraphy, it includes lessons and exercises that teach 28 alphabets, including Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, and Roman. This unique volume explores each script's history, while beautiful step-by-step instructions and examples offer inspiration and guidance.

Author : Margaret Shepherd
Publisher : Perigee Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Margaret Shepherd's Calligraphy Projects for Pleasure and Profit written by Margaret Shepherd and published by Perigee Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains two dozen lettering projects, numerous 'how-to' illustrations, and over a hundred examples of finished designs as an idea source - plus 800 monograms for every combination of initials.

Author : Margaret Shepherd
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510777865
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learn American Calligraphy written by Margaret Shepherd and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a visual trip around the United States, with stop-offs in many locations and insights on every page, and illuminate the past and future of American calligraphy. For centuries, American calligraphers have accepted the legacy of the classic Roman, Gothic, and Italic calligraphy they inherited from Europe without realizing that there are more alphabet treasures to be found in a larger pool of uniquely American alphabet designs. Wild West, New Deal, Prairie—all were made in America, and they express ideas that reveal national character. These styles come from here and nowhere else. Much like American music, language, fashion, and philosophy, calligraphy has matured, moved on from its origins, and become, in the words of the man who created Spencerian handwriting, “even more American.” Learn American Calligraphy is the latest book from Margaret Shepherd, author of one of the all-time bestselling books on calligraphy, Learn Calligraphy. This new book focuses on American calligraphy, which has its own identity, distinct from the alphabets inherited from Europe. As a lifelong calligrapher, Shepherd surveys the landscape of unique styles and describes how two dozen alphabets originated and what shaped them. Simple diagrams and exercises help you try out the styles for yourself. Some letters represent a region or a major era of art; some bear witness to social upheaval or culture change; many are accessible to beginners; and a few contradict the established view of American history.