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B15. Written, Drawn & Decorated Letters
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B15. Written, Drawn & Decorated Letters -- Book List
Recommended:
B1672. Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green by Michael Wilcox. $24.95Helpful, if heavy on text.
Peter uses the painted initials of Adolf Bernd as inspiration for this class.
CR7.2 Calligraphy Review 7.2 $11.00. Has a 8-page article with 5 examples in color on Bernd.
B2081.Uncommon Numbers: A Sourcebook for Artists.$14.95 A Bernd piece is reproduced on the front and the back.
Peter recommends this book to all his students. However, it does not apply directly to this class.
B2052. Art Spirit $19.95
While it doesn't apply directly to his classes at Letters Mingle Souls, Peter also recommends Libres & egaux by Denis Lach (B2915, $55.00) for her varied layouts and refined color palette. This French published book has been difficult to come by.
B15. Written, Drawn and Decorated Letters -- Supplies
NEED TO BRING: Basic Tool Kit; good quality watercolors: 2
reds, 2 blues and 2 yellows: one red biased toward orange and
one biased toward violet; one blue biased toward violet and one
biased toward green; one yellow biased toward green and one
biased toward orange (e.g., cad. red and quin. violet or magenta;
ultramarine blue and cerulean blue; hansa yellow and cad. yellow);
good medium weight watercolor paper (Arches MBM is excellent,
the heavier of the two); fine pointed brushes, sizes 2 and 4; any
natural object or photo of same (e.g., flower, stone, leaf, bark or
fruit).
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B1672. Blue & Yellow Don't Make Green/Wilcox
Blue and Yellow Don’t Make Green
By Michael Wilcox. 2002. 200pp. 8.5"x10.75". Paper. Retail Price $26.99.
This essential guide presents an easy to follow,
step-by-step format for perfecting the art of color mixing.Uses a double primary set, including warm and cool shades of blue, yellow and red. 480 color illustrations.
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CR7-2. Calligraphy Review:Vol 7, No 2
Calligraphy Review 7-2
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B2081. Uncommon Numbers: A Source Book...
Uncommon Numbers: A Source Book for Artists
Edited by Brenda Casey and Barbara Brandt. 1996. 64pp. 8.5"x5.5". Paperback.
This source book on numerals has exemplar pages, compositions, commercial pieces using numbers, and typefaces that could inspire calligraphic numerals. Provides much inspiration and source material to help you.
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B2052. Art Spirit,The/Henri,Robert
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B2915. Libres & Egaux/Lach
Libres & égaux
2001. 8"x12". 128pp. Paper.
Calligrapher Denise Lach provides over 50 calligraphic compositions to accompany parts of the UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights. Her varied layouts and refined color palette are worthy of study. Highly recommended by Peter Thornton.
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MW040. MG Watercolor: Cadmium Red
M. Graham Watercolor: Cadmium Red
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MW158. MG Watercolor: Quinacridone Violet
M. Graham Watercolor: Quinacridone Violet
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MW190. MG Watercolor: Ultramarine Blue
M. Graham Watercolor: Ultramarine Blue
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MW080. MG Watercolor: Cerulean Blue
M. Graham Watercolor: Cerulean Blue
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MW060. MG Watercolor: Cadmium Yellow
M. Graham Watercolor: Cadmium Yellow
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