Calligraphy Books

This 22 page small book shows you how to produce a stylish Italic Alphabet with your Zig Calligraphy Pens. The guide shows you how to produce a capital and lower case letters.

The second section shows examples of work using Zig pens. The final section shows you how to blend colours and flourish letters.

The book also includes 4 guideline sheets More...

Wallet of 9 classic lettering styles cards.

For each alphabet, arrows show the order and direction of the pen strokes. A sketch indicates the correct pen angle required for each script.

With these cards you can practice by tracing the letters on a range of papers including layout paper.

The lettering styles are Carolingian Script, Modern Sans Serif, Gothic, Gothic Black Letter, Gothic Fraktur, Chancery Cursive, Italic Script, Roam Alphabet and Uncial.

Can you really learn the ancient art of calligraphy in just 24 hours?

Just get started on the first of the 24 one-hour lessons contained in this book, follow the suggestions for practicing your new skills at the end of one lesson before going on to the next, and then continue this process right through to the end.

Calligraphy in 24 Hours is a carefully structured beginner's course where readers will quickly learn the basic principles and then go on to learn beautiful calligraphy in a series of 24 one-hour tutorials. Written by an expert in the field who is also a seasoned teacher.

Paperback, 246 x 190 mm ; 160 pages

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An ideal introduction to the traditional art of calligraphy.

Maureen Sullivan has produced a great handbook for helping you to develop and create your own original calligraphic style, and to enjoy the art of 'beautiful writing'.The book begins with the historical background to calligraphy; the materials and equipment you need; and basic techniques, including ruling the paper, basic strokes, pen angles and basic letters.

The six most common writing styles ('hands') are explained clearly through step-by-step photographs - uncial, foundation, gothic, italic, sharpened italic and copperplate. Every letter of every hand is drawn out in stroke order and there is advice on letter and word spacing, all shown in clear, step-by-step photographs.

Paperback, 210 x 148 mm ; 96 pages

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