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B19. Drawing for Calligraphers -- Book List
Recommended Books:
B3030. The Drawing Book: Materials and Techniques for Today's Artist by Richard McDaniel. $19.95
B3031. Keys to Drawing With Imagination by Bert Dodson $29.95.
B2859. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. $16.95
B2860. How to Draw What You See by Rudy De Reyna Paper $17.95
Kristen: Other calligraphy books I recommend to students, even though the class I'm teaching at Letters Mingle Souls is not a lettering class.
B039. The Speedball Textbook by Joanne Fink & Judy Kastin. $9.99.
B2811. The Art & Craft of Hand Lettering by Annie Cicale. $17.95. JNB Pre-order price $16.95
B2769. Foundations of Calligraphy by Sheila Waters. $35.00
Kristen often teaches watercolor workshops & classes at conferences. She recommends these two books:
B2598. The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook by Gordon MacKenzie. $24.95
B2861. Exploring Color by Nita Leland. $24.99
B19. Drawing for Calligraphers -- Supplies
NEED TO BRING: Basic Tool Kit; woodless graphite pencils: HB, 2B,
4B, 6B (Pentalic Graphite 8911); other graphite drawing pencils you
have: 2H, HB, 2B, etc.; white charcoal pencil; colored pencils: artist
quality - Prismacolor (set of 12 or more—at least one blue, red
and yellow); Pentel Clic eraser; folded ruling pen and holder and/
or other ruling pens you have; flexible pointed nib and holder (not
too sharp—Brause Steno Pen No. 361); drawing pad: Strathmore
Series 400 (regular surface, not smooth, 11"x14"); sketchbook:
spiral bound (paper with a little tooth is nice, 11" x 14"); fine art
papers: one black and one medium colored (e.g., Canson Mi-
Teintes); stylus or embossing tool.
OPTIONAL: Walnut ink; Pigma
Micron markers; Speedball "B"nibs; mechanical pencil: .5mm HB or
B; watercolor colored pencils.
MATERIALS FEE: $15-17 [includes
fresh fruit and flower models, drawing kit, and miscellaneous items].
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B2859. New Drawing on Right Side of Brain
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in EnhancingCreativity and the Artistic Confidence
By Betty Edwards. Paper
A new editon of this classic instructional book on drawing.
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B2860. How to Draw What you See / De Reyna
How to Draw What You See. By Rudy De Reyna. 1970. 175pp. 7"x10" Paper
This instructional book shows artists how to recognize the basic shape of an object-cube, cylinder, cone, or sphere-and use that shape to draw the object, no matter how much detail it contains. Part One discusses the fundamentals of drawing with the pencil and includes a series of projects that start at the basic and become more complex as you learn. In Part Two, the author explains how to use wash, opaque, watercolor, and acrylic while providing exercises for you to become proficient in their use. For 35 years artists have learned to draw what they see, to capture the world around them, using de Reyna's methods.
Recommended by Kristen Doty for her Drawing for Calligraphers class at Letters Mingles Souls.
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B039. Speedball Textbook: 23d Edition
The Speedball Textbook
Edited by Joanne Fink & Judy Kastin. 23rd ed. 1999. 96pp. 5.75"x8.5". Paper
A worthy manual with alphabets and examples by leading calligraphers. Includes monoline roman, edged pen roman (S.Waters), foundational (Winters), versals (Wronker), knotted letters (Van Stone), uncial, Carolingian (S.Waters), blackletter (Dunham), gothicized italic (Marcy Robinson,
Morentz), italic (Sheila & Julian Waters), copperplate (Caroline Paget Leake), Spencerian, Neuland, flat brush, pointed brush (Holliday & Reaves), italic handwriting, and Hebrew.Many examples of calligraphy and its uses. 16 full-color pages! For beginner through advanced.
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B2811. Art & Craft of Hand Lettering /Cicale
The Art & Craft of Hand Lettering by Annie Cicale. Revised 2011. 192pp. 10x10. Paper $19.95
To be available again October 2011, perhaps sooner. Place your order now. Your card will not be charged before the book ships.
Annie Cicale is well-known to calligraphers throughout the USA and Canada from the many workshops and classes she has taught for guilds and at many of the summer conferences. The new printing has the same fine alphabets and good instruction, but now with larger reproductions of the historical manuscripts. Exemplars include foundational, italic, Roman, black letter, uncial, italic handwriting, pointed pen, brush lettering and ruling pen alphabets. She covers design and includes a generous gallery. Color throughout. Our most highly recommended instructional book for broad-edged calligraphy. Great for classes or self-study.
Take a peek at the cover, title page, and table of contents of the new printing!
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B2769. Foundations of Calligraphy
By Sheila Waters. 2006. 126pp. 9"x11.25". Concealed spiral binding. Now in its second printing. Hardcover.
In the 110 pages of exemplar alphabets, instruction, and hints, Sheila shares with you the knowledge she has gathered over her decades of study and practice. She provides insightful analysis of forms and constructions and helps you learn and work toward mastery of the alphabets. The presentation is honed by her vast experience teaching calligraphers how to advance their skills and art. Sheila Waters is not only a master scribe, but a master teacher. She has made both her life's work.
Chapters include Basics & Beyond, Analysis & Practice, Design & Layout, Conception to Completion, and Applying Design Principles. Foundational, Blackletter, Gothic Cursives, Uncial & Half Uncial, Carolingian, Italic, and Italic Variations are covered with thorough instruction for each. Foundational and Italic receive particular attention.**
Reviews & Comments
Read more about Sheila and her work, courtesy of The Gettysburg Companion.
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B2598. Watercolorist's Essential Notebook
Watercolorist's Essential Notebook
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B2861. Exploring Color / Leland
Exploring Color: How to use and control color in your painting. By Nita Leland. 1998. 144pp. 8.5"x11". Paper.
In this classic book, popular workshop instructor Nita Leland illustrates the principles of color with step-by-step demonstrations and finished paintings. You'll find 87 exercises that help you apply this information in your own work. Chapters include information on the history of color and how it has been used, charts that show how the colors appear and how you can mix colors to create your own, how to use compatible colors and colors that contrast, ways to use light and shadow to make your art come alive, and learn how to unify color and design to create a well-planned composition.
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S142. Design Drawing Pencils
Design Drawing Pencils
Design 3800.
"6H" is hardest lead. "5B" is softest lead, Specify 6H, 5H, 4H, 3H, 2H, HB, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B.
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S471. Verithin 24 color pack
These quality colored pencils feature a high strength lead
that won’t snap under normal writing pressure. Dense structure of pigments provide vivid colors that won’t smear or fade. Takes a fine point in any sharpener every time.
Good for lettering.
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S472. Verithin 36 color pack
These quality colored pencils feature a high strength lead
that won’t snap under normal writing pressure. Dense structure of pigments provide vivid colors that won’t smear or fade. Takes a fine point in any sharpener every time.
Good for lettering.
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