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A Balancing Act-Neuland with Script
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Judy Melvin
(Th—Sa) Level: Intermediate
A Balancing Act—Neuland with Script
Judy Melvin: C-JM - A Balancing Act: Neuland with Script
Judy will take part in the Signing Party if convenient with the other programs going on in the evenings.
Recommended Books
Most don't directly pertain to my Brush and Neuland classes, but these books inspire me to create and stretch myself.
ART & TECHNIQUES
B3044. Art Expose by Judy Melvin. 2008. 20pp. $14.95
Judy has put her workshop notes into book form. It's a book of how to make beautiful artwork using the techniques for creative expression that she teaches. Full color.
B1866. Creative Collage Techniques by Nena Leland & Virginia Lee Williams. Paper $22.99. Pre-Order Price $20.69
B2945. Celebrate Your Creative Self by Mary Todd Beam. Spiral $29.99. Pre-Order Price $26.99
B3037. The Zen of Creative Painting: An Elegant Design for Revealing Your Muse by Jeanne Carbonetti. Paper $19.95
B3180. Watercolor Tricks and Techniques by Cathy Johnson (new edition). Paper $29.95
LETTERING & DESIGN.
Lettering as Drawing by Nicolette Gray. (out of print)
The Splendor of Islamic Calligraphy.
I would also recommend the book Calligraphy by Denise Lach (B3244, $39.33) and the book Rudolf Koch (B2383, $50.00. JNB $25.00)
and when it is available, John Stevens SCRIBE: Calligraphy, Design, Lettering Art. (B2982, Pre-pub price $34.95).
POETRY
B2946. Honey and Salt by Carl Sandburg. Paper $13.95
B2864. The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda, translated by Wm. O'Daly. Paper $14.00
LR25-4. Letter Arts Review 25.4. This issue has a fully illustrated, 16-page Mike Gold & Judy Melvin article. $14.50
Supply List:
Sumi ink 6 oz (not the green bottle sumi) (I70)
• layout paper 11x14 or printer paper (P11)
• a half sheet of Arches Text Wove (PS01)
• colored paper (Canson or Bugra) (PS05)
• black paper 11x14 or larger (PS22, PS90)
• large Automatic pen ¾" or 1" (required) (N27)
• square edge nibs (favorite sizes) or brushes (plastic handled one) (BR01, N04, N02, N09, N05, N06, N10)
• old credit card or piece of mat board for large letters
• pointed pen nibs (N70, N113, N120, H95)
• fine line markers (M17)
• ruling pens or whatever tools you normally use for script (N22, N30)
• glue stick (S391)
• PVA (S340)
• Xacto knife (S417, S129, S130)
• ruler (S271)
• water containers (S784)
• small palette (S679)
• favorite gouache or watercolor (several colors) (WNGPDP-S, WNGDP-S)
• Dr. Martin's Bleed Proof White or Pro White or Zinc White (I38, I62)
• gold gouache (HG641, WNG283)
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B3044. Art Expose/Judy Melvin
Art Expose: A Collection of Techniques for Creative Expression by Judy Melvin. 2008. 20pp. 8.25"x8.25". Paper.
Judy has put her workshop notes into book form. It's a book of how to make beautiful artwork using the techniques for creative expression that she teaches. Full color. Includes:
Sumi Ink & Sink Art, Sumi Ink & TECH Ink, Gesso, Pastels & Stencils, Bleach & Pastels, and Walnut Ink.
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B1866. Creative Collage Techniques/Leland
Creative Collage Techniques
By Nita Leland & Virginia Lee Williams. 1994. 134pp.
This is good introduction to the wide range of collage techniques for the artist. Step-by-step instructions for the techniques and nearly 50 projects. Often recommended by instructors at the summer calligraphy conferences.
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B2945. Celebrate your Creative Self / Beam
Celebrate your Creative Self. By Mary Todd Beam. 2001. 144pp. 9.5"x11.25". Hardcover hidden spiral.
In this book, you explore various aspects of visual art, such as light, color, texture and design through a series of imaginative art projects. Step-by-step demos include how to:
- Capture and manipulate light in your work
- Experiment with new and unusual painting surfaces
- Break the "rules" of color composition that inhabit your creativity
- Create your own dynamic designs for paintings with more impact
- Add layers to your work with the symbolism inherent in both man-made objects and natural elements
- Move beyond traditional 2-D painting into 3-D reconstruction
Recommended by Judy Melvin for her Art & Techniques Improv Studio at Letters Mingle Souls, 2008.
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B3037. Zen of Creative Painting / Carbonetti
The Zen of Creative Painting: An Elegant Design for Revealing Your Muse. By Jeanne Carbonetti. 1998. 112pp. 9.5"x9.5". Paper.
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B3180. Watercolor Tricks & Techniques New Edition
Watercolor Tricks & Techniques: 75 New and Classic Painting Secrets by Cathy Johnson. 2010. 159pp. Paper
For this new edition, Johnson brings in new tools, surfaces, and materials. Tips and techniques include using liquid mask, inks and alcohol, gum Arabic, and soap as well as granulating, metallic and gel mediums. You learn how to use drafting and masking tape, tissues and paper towels, aluminum foil, waxed paper, & plastic wrap and how to use tools other than the brush.
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B3244. Calligraphy / Lach
Calligraphy by Denise Lach. 2009. 192pp. 9.25" x 10.25". Hardcover.
This striking and original book is a gallery of Lach’s calligraphic work and techniques. She presents the tools she uses in her work, each with illustrative examples: broad-edge nibs, automatic pens, Pilot Parallel Pens, music nibs (for writing the notes, not the 5-line staff the notes are placed on), plus reed pens & bamboo pens, felt tip pens, and brushes. There are multi-page sections on using the ruling pen, cola pen (made from an aluminum soda can), and pipettes as lettering tools. Lach briefly discusses - using visual examples - line weight, letter and line spacing, rotation, setting a rhythm, pen position & speed, variations on a theme, organic shapes, concentric compositions, serifs, and depth & density. Then you see how she creates letterforms using stamping with unconventional materials. Examples of stamping include a row of glue-together toothpicks, sharpened sticks, an ordinary cork, foam rubber and sponge. She shows examples of combining tools and techniques in one piece. Throughout the book, with calligraphic compositions from her hand and the photos that inspired them, she invites us to look closely at details and textures in nature, expand our powers of observation and find creative ideas in the world around us.
These books are imported from England. They will usually have a slightly bumped corner.
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B2383. Rudolf Koch/Cinamon
Rudolf Koch: Letterer Type Designer Teacher
By Gerald Cinamon. Forward by Hermann Zapf. 208pp. 8.5"x11.25"
An important biography of the life and work of Rudolf Koch, a leading calligraphy and typographer in Germany in the early 20th century. His bold, tightly spaced calligraphic works are still a major influence on lettering artists today. The book is well illustrated with hundreds of examples of Koch's lettering, fonts, typographical designs, and Koch's bold use of the wood-cut medium. Many illustrations are seen for the first time in an English language book. All illustrations in black and white only.
ON SALE! WAS $49.95 NOW $24.95!!!
limited supply of sale copies
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B2946. Honey & Salt
Honey & Salt. by Carl Sandberg. 1967. 132pp. 5.25x8.
Paper
An outstanding collection . In these seventy-seven poems, Sandburg eloquently celebrates life, love, and death. These lyrical poems present human courage, frailty, and tenderness as well as the wonders of nature. Recommeded by Judy Melvin
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B2864. Book of Questions / O'Daly
The Book of Questions, translated by William O'Daly. Second edition 2001. 78pp. 5.5" x 7.5".
This book of poems is recommended by instructors at the summer calligraphy conference. Bilingual edition.
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