This is my fifth calligraphy heart and I’m enjoying doing them. They take time to prepare, but I don’t mind, they’re a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle. All of them to date have been in black and white, so the obvious thing to do now is to work a bit of colour into them [...]
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Another Calligraphy Heart….!
Posted by Scarlet on April 10, 2012
http://www.scarlet-blue.co.uk/calligraphy/2012/04/another-calligraphy-heart/
Calligraphy – Poems and Illustration
My Calligraphy commissions pop up out of the blue. Literally.
I wasn’t quite sure how successful having a website for my work was going to be, I still get most referrals word of mouth, but it has introduced me to a couple of new clients. One of my first new clients contacted me whilst I was wandering around the grounds of Exeter Cathedral licking an ice-cream.Read More…
Posted by Scarlet on September 9, 2011
http://www.scarlet-blue.co.uk/calligraphy/2011/09/calligraphy-poems-and-illustration/
Calligraphy for Poetry
This is a snippet of Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare [Let me not to the marriage of true minds] that I’ve been working on. I’ve been doing a lot of copperplate lately and I’ve found that when I go back to my Italic nibs that I automatically try to incorporate inappropriate flourishes! It’s something I [...]
Posted by Scarlet on July 17, 2011
http://www.scarlet-blue.co.uk/calligraphy/2011/07/calligraphy-for-poetry/