JOY OF MODERN CALLIGRAPHY

Inside the elasticated folder is a large envelope containing 20 photocopiable practice sheets and a highly instructive and stylish guide. Discover the joy of calligraphy and creating beautifully formed characters using pen and ink. The renowned calligraphy expert Joyce Lee helps us flex your nib to discover old-fashioned cursive writing by simply varying the pressure exerted on your pen. She presents a 30 day challenge to motivate you to practice daily covering the basic strokes like the compound curve and oval, ascender and descender loops, and exceptions, then covering lower case and upper case and tips on stringing letter together into words to make simple banners, name cards, DIY plant labels, a digital monogram, a colourful splash artwork, glamorous gold acrylic gift tags, gold rings on handwritten envelopes, invitations from formal to varying your style and the use of coloured paper and elegantly handwritten envelopes. 'I found the movement of writing in cursive enchanting.' 128 page very large softback, colour photos.