Foundations of Calligraphy by Sheila Waters, 2023 Edition

Excellent

Beautiful book with a lot of detailed information, including illustrations of common errors and what to do to correct them.

I am very, very pleased with this book. The diagrams make things abundantly clear. She provides exactly the right balance of written instruction, written background, close studies of letters (like ductus), and finished exemplar works. I find her writing style very pleasing - down-to-earth but not condescending or simplistic, thorough but not tedious or overly technical.I should note that I'm a beginner. While my knowledge of calligraphy is certainly limited at present, I have been browsing a lot of books and other resources as I get my start, so when I say this book is excellent, I'm basing that on having read a little bit of quite a few different calligraphers recently.

Wonderful book for practitioners and all who are interested in history, writing, letters, and literacy. Beautifully presented, clear information, in a format that is useable and a pleasure to read.

I treasure my copy.

Beautifully bound book, they really thought ahead with this one with the convenience of opening the pages fully for reference and practice. My only suggestion would be to increase the width of the spiral so the pages can turn more easily. Otherwise, thank you!!

I Love this book and am glad I got her to sign my copy. A precious possession.

What a wonderful instruction book it is. Now, with it, I don't have to pull out those Instructional articles in various back issues of Letter Arts Review that Sheila did so long ago. Also, I still have my class notes and instructions from our workshop with her teaching italic to our guild, and pictures of her sitting with me for some personal instruction time. Blessed are we to have had Sheila and her teaching in our life.

It's the BEST!!

This is a wonderful book for anyone just starting their calligraphic journey and a great resource for those already on the path.