Friday, March 26, 2010

A Little Calligraphy

Since I call myself a lettering artist, I guess it's time to produce some stuff to show. Recently I took a workshop with renowned calligrapher Peter Thornton, who taught us fun ways to utilize a very "blocky" hand called Neuland. Above is a quote I was playing with during the workshop. Below, he challenged us to create something that wasn't necessarily readable, but that would look like a very poorly knitted dishcloth! Both projects were fun, and now to keep those pens busy!


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Finally!

For several weeks, I've been having problems with Photoshop Elements on my computer, and corresponding with Adobe to try to work things out. While there are some things that still won't work, at least I am able to create again with it. Here's the result of my latest playtime: The second picture is a fun reminder of where my husband and I were a year ago. I took this picture on a little sunny terrace in Siena, Italy last March. I really want to go back again, but at least I had fun working with this picture!