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Art Answers: Calligraphy
by Maryanne Grebenstein

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9781844487974

Practical advice from the experts to your questions about different scripts and using calligraphy for creative projects. Here are the reliable answers you need to build confidence and produce rewarding results. Step-by-step tips and techniques help you learn and improve important skills. Questions include:Why do I need to measure the angle of pen strokes accurately? Does copperplate hand use a different technique to traditional western styles? I want to write my own wedding invitations – are there some guidelines about layout and style? Includes chapters on: tools and equipment, organising your workspace, basic strokes, calligraphy styles, flourishes and swashes, composition and layout, using colour free-form lettering, embellishments and borders and designing and finishing.

Price: £9.99

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Calligraphy in 24 One-Hour Lessons
by Veiko Kespersaks

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9781844486137

Calligraphy in 24 Hours is a carefully structured beginner's course where readers will quickly learn the basic principles and then go on to learn beautiful calligraphy in a series of 24 one-hour tutorials. Written by an expert in the field who is also a seasoned teacher, the book aims to do the job of a series of night school lessons – but for a fraction of the price. The book teaches 15 alphabets letter-by-letter, stroke-by-stroke, with clearly annotated step-by-step sequences. You will also learn how to create beautiful illuminated letters. Special exercises will help to build up speed and confidence, helping you learn the different calligraphy alphabets and enabling you to reproduce them with accuracy and consistency. A series of practical projects will get readers to put their calligraphy and illumination skills into action – designing greetings cards, wall hangings, place settings, and more.

Price: £12.99

Calligraphy for the Beginner
by Tom Gourdie

Publisher A&C Black
Edition Paperback

This classic book is the ideal introduction to calligraphy for the beginner. Calligraphy is a fascinating art and it doesn't require expensive equipment or much space. In this book, Tom Gourdie, himself a past master of the art, supplies the reader with a wealth of different alphabets and shows how each alphabet may be applied by drawing, painting, carving or writing with a broad lettering pen. He also gives guidance as to what materials and equipment are most suitable for both the beginner and the rapidly improving student. All in all, this is the perfect handbook for those wanting to develop their skill in the fascinating art of lettering.
Price: £7.99

Beginner's Guide to Calligraphy
by Janet Mehigan and Mary Noble

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback

Discover how to achieve perfect calligraphy using this ingenious 'three-stage' workbook for beginners. The first stage demonstrates the basic letter formation techniques behind each alphabet, then the second stage asks readers to practise writing the letters and simple sentences using the pre-ruled guide sheets at the back of the pack. The final stage is a series of attractive useful projects, which also introduces some more advanced practices and techniques. With step-by-step instructions and photographs, this book will teach all beginners to produce beautiful works of calligraphy every time.
Price: £12.99

Calligraphy for Beginners
by Tom Gourdie

Publisher A & C Black
Edition Paperback

As an introduction to calligraphy, the author, himself a past master of the art, supplies many different alphabets and shows how each may be applied by drawing, painting, carving or writing with a broad lettering pen. He also gives advice on materials that are most suitable. This is one of the classic books in the field.
Price: £7.99

Chinese Calligraphy Made Easy
by Rebecca Yue

Publisher Collins & Brown
Edition Paperback

Rebecca Yue’s unique approach to calligraphy comes from years of teaching this ancient art. Whilst teaching new brushstrokes, 'Chinese Calligraphy Made Easy' allows the reader to practise them, and brushstrokes learnt previously, by writing Chinese words. As the lessons progress, the words introduced become more complicated. When there are enough words to form phrases, projects are introduced. These include painting Chinese characters onto a bonsai pot, a t-shirt, a vase and making personalised greeting cards.
Price: £14.99

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