Calligraphy Project Book: A Complete Step-by-step Guide by Susan Hufton 1995

Calligraphy Project Book: A Complete Step-by-step Guide by Susan Hufton 1995.

Calligraphy - the art of beautiful

handwriting - has enjoyed an enormous

revival of interest in recent years and in this

comprehensive guide to the subject Susan

Hufton not only teaches you how to write

but also inspires you to make a host of

creative projects from a family tree or

displayed piece of poetry, to items you can

actually use, such as decorative labels and a

garden journal.

Like many artistic skills the importance

of establishing a solid technical base at the

beginning is crucial to successful results

and a section on Getting Started introduces

you to the dos and don'ts of good

calligraphy. Colour photographs illustrate

the essential equipment and materials and

advice is given on which pens, paper and

paints you will need and how to begin to

write. Next the six core alphabets are

clearly laid out for easy copying and each

accompanied by suggestions for technique

practice so that you can develop skills at

your own pace. These include sections on

capitals, Foundational and Italic

minuscules, Uncial and Versal hands as well

as special flourishes. Enlightening examples

of bad letterforms are also provided which

the author compares with correct ones so

that you can easily assess the quality of

your own work and see at a glance how to

improve it.

Equipped with the rudiments of good

letterforms you progress to exploring the

use of layout and margins, weight of letters

and interlinear spacing and how to prepare

for a finished piece.

The colourful step-by-step project

section offers an exciting range of fifteen

items to make ranging from simple to quite

challenging pieces and drawing on all the

skills acquired in Getting Started.

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