calligraphy, illuminating, etching, engraving, anything that comes to my mind & gets done by my hands
Our letter J illuminated colouring page has a lovely 'botanical' feel to it - perfect for displaying as a piece of art once coloured in! We've included two different designs below, one quite detailed and one more simple...
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A decorative initial “L” taken from a late 15th century alphabet . You could use it as a drop capital, an avatar, or something to colour in. If you use it, let me know what you did! A B
i 'm doing a small series of filigree letters again, a little bigger than usual and with some gilded dots. This is the occasion to announce 2 online courses on filigree. The first one, in English, will take place on September 25 and 26, it is the first course of the series. The second one, in French, will take place on October 9 and 10, 2021, it is called filigree 2 but can be taken without having done the first one, they are 2 courses of the same level. You will find more information and links for registration on this page. And I leave you with my last creations, have a nice sunday :-)
Hello Everyone, my name is Sue Higginson, and I am a calligrapher from the UK. I'm going to be talking you through the process of creating a beautiful illuminated letter from scratch using real gold. These letters are such fun to make, and the techniques of painting and gilding can…
I currently run Neuland Calligraphy Workshops at Rotson Studios in Melbourne. These below are my ongoing calligraphic exercises.
Repetición de A. Inspiración de Yukimi Annand.
De Tombow Brush pen Fudenosuke Hard is erg geschikt voor het maken van prachtige sierlijke letters en tekeningen. Of je nu kalligrafie, schoonschrijven, handlettering, schetsen, doodling of tekenen, met deze Tombow pen kun je alle kanten op!De inkt ruikt niet, droogt snel en is watervast waardoor de Fudenosuke pennen ook goed te gebruiken zijn in combinatie aquarel verf. Daarnaast zijn deze pennen door hun flexibele punt ook erg geschikt voor brush lettering.Let op: je kunt een losse pen of een pen in verpakking ontvangen. Hangt af van wat er binnenkomt.
If you want me to draw an initial or to write a text for this Xmas, it's too late. I just finished the last commission & will not be able to do anything else before Xmas (you can still buy some of my older works ;-) ). Here are some pics of the different steps of the work. The instructions were a blue R and something about the sea. I looked at some old medieval maps and let my nib ramble on the paper. gilding & painting of the letter. Drawing of the structure of the filigrees and first pattern End of the cobalt blue filigree End of the end of the final thing I used prussian blue & colbalt blue (watercolor), gilding is done with gold leaf over acrylic gesso as usual, the whole thing has been made on Arches watercolor paper.
Test for new work
I'm back to my obsession and present you with the latest one, a Payne grey initial I with a Prussian blue filigree and a few gold dots on the leaf. And I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you that there are still a few places left for the Filigree 2 course in English on April 10th and 11th (registration and information here). The letter is 3 centimetres high, a little bit more than my usual small initials.
Tired of only doing small letters, I asked the help of my friend Pascal Aussi to create a primer. So he selected words that appeared in his songs, and I' m in charge of putting them on the page. Today, the first letter with the word "Arbre" (Tree). As usual, the initial is about 2 cm high.
After about twenty hours of work on the final version and almost half for the preparatory work, I finished the fragment of the play "SEP en scène" (Multiple Sclerosis on Stage) by Isabelle Janier. The piece chosen is the end of the play, a message of hope for all those affected by this disease, which is still incurable today. Above all, the culmination of a life is to live. I would like to thank Ms. Janier for entrusting me with the script of her play and I hope that she will enjoy what I have done with it.
A short quote from Pascal Quignard to start the year. It is taken from his novel Les escaliers de Chambord. Made with walnut stain on paper, the composition is 9cm wide and about 22cm high. a detail from the beginning a detail of the end and the full version And I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy 2019!
Back from Belgium where I spent an excellent time teaching courses on Celtic decoration, I return to another obsessive practice... the filigrees of course! A little K to thank a friend for her help. The letter is about 3.5cm high and is made with a blend of Prussian blue and cobalt blue.
calligraphy, illuminating, etching, engraving, anything that comes to my mind & gets done by my hands
