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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: Vol 7, No 2
More on Book Jacket Design
by Irving Bogen
Jiun Sonja: Master Calligrapher in Japanese, Chinese and Sanskrit
by Stephen Addiss
Adolf Bernd
by Kurt Eitelbach
Movie Sign Art in Taiwan
by Keith W Strandberg
The Housekeeping Book
by Linda Lanza
A Sign and a Witness: 2,000 Years of Hebrew Books and Illuminated Manuscripts
by Leila Avrin
Book Reviews: Calligraphy Today
Words of Risk: The Art of Thomas Ingmire
Basics of Lefthanded Calligraphy
Paper Pleasures: The creative guide to papercraft
Cover Artist: Arne Wolf
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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
The Art Spirit: Notes, Articles, Fragments of Letters and Talks to Students, Bearing on the Concept and Technique of Picture Making, the Study of Art Generally, and on Appreciation.
By Robert Henri. (1923) 2007. 284pp. Paper
This collection of Robert Henri's words, teachings and letters is a must-read for all aspiring artists. It is a classic work is filled with valuable advice and wisdom about the place of art and artist in American society. Recommended by Ieuan Rees and others.
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