Calligraphy Made Easy

by Gaynor Goffe

Calligraphy as a functional and artistic way of letter-forming offers wide-ranging possibilities for personal creativity and requires only a few basic tools and materials to get started. This guide was written and designed for the calligraphy beginner, providing letter-form instruction information describing how to apply it in a series of projects. Each letter-form is detailed for the beginner in step-by-step order. It contains information on the tools, materials and paper required, the letter forms, use of the pen, spacing, general principles of layout, analyzing a historical script, useful processes, writing over coloured backgrounds, resist technique, the versatility of letter-form and experimenting with weight and texture, an alphabet section and projects.

Genres: Crafts

127 pages, Hardcover

First published August 8, 1994

Reviews

[Ann L. · Rating 3 out of 5]

A rating of 3.5 is what I would really give this book. This book focuses on the classical calligraphy styles, and features some projects you can use with it. A lot of the projects are outdated as the age of computers have taken over in that area, especially in regards to mass invitations, and other projects of that nature. Because computers offer some beautiful typography and software that allows you to still be creative, calligraphy is probably the more archaic way of performing those particular services; but in the art of scrapbooking, card making and in making individual pieces of art, calligraphy can be kept alive, and so this book will give you the basics of learning those basic skills.