Illuminated Y - You Have To Think

 

Today was supposed to be day 2 for our Uncial class with Barb Fuller... but we had a dump of over a foot of snow with frigid temps... and the roads needless to say were not good, so I cancelled going to class - sigh. Instead I created my version of an illuminated letter picking a "Y" for my name and than getting a quote to fit the oversize letter.
size: 8.5"w x 5.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the large "Y" and then the autumn leaves around it in an oval shape using a brand new Sharpie fine tip pen. Painted with watercolors and Kuretake Mica Gold ink. I doodled into the letter before painting using a small balled stylus.

I left the Madagascar style lettering plain.

words: You have to think anyway so why not think big. Donald Trump

Glittering Vines - Pink Floral

I'm taking a 2 day workshop with Heather Victoria Held, hosted by the Edmonton Calligraphy Society - Glittering Vines. I decided to make a finished piece with one of my practice pieces...

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PS someone asked me to post a pic of the glue I used which was Instacoll (for raised gilding) which I purchased from John Neal Books (in their current catalogue on page 45). See below

 

 

 

ATC Exchange Nov 2021 _ Holiday Theme

Julie Wildman has organized an ATC exchange for every other month ending in September 2022. We're 10 players, so a bit of work BIG GRIN.

Here is what I created for November including the envelopes done in Weaver style writing.

 

 

Pencil To Paper - Illumination - JOY Card

And the "JOY" card I mentioned in my ATC post recently. Since the "J" on it's own didn't make a great card... I created the "O&Y" and cut them out and pasted them to the Illuminated piece. The card is a beautiful off white pearlized cardstock. I'm happy with the way it turned out...

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Pencil To Paper & Illumination Triptych ATC's

Further to the class I took on the weekend with Ann Purdy "Pencil To Paper" I had created a "J" that was too large for an ATC - sigh, so that one became a greeting card which you'll see in another post...

So then I created the "O" the right size...

I also caught part of Cheryl Tefft's Illumination ZOOM class held by the Edmonton Calligraphy Society - it was held during my in person class... so couldn't really catch it till I got home and watched the last hour. So decided to combine the 2 techniques. I really like the results of this set of triptychs.

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