We had a great, though all-too-short, visit with Diana on Thursday for dinner. She was in El Dorado Hills (southeast of Sacramento) for a conference, which we discovered was only an hour-and-twenty distant, a pleasant drive away. Lots of family stuff to catch up on. Her drive back and forth to Santa Barbara, though-8 hours each way--not so easy. Still, we're glad she wandered close enough that we could grab a little time together...I didn't get a photo, unfortunately. Thought I'd left the camera in the car, only to find out that it was in my purse the whole time. Typical.
Continuing on with the recent calligraphy pieces (from the last entry), I don't think I've posted this "winter" quote by Andrew Wyeth, yet. My sentiments exactly. Remember, you can click to see them larger. I used transparent watercolor for the background and gouache for the lettering.
"Be the change" is the simplest of statements. One must include a Ghandi quote somewhere, so this works for me. Looking for movement in the background to contrast with a spare treatment of the lettering. Acrylic and ink.
I love this Allen K. Chalmers quote. Found it on Tom Bodett's blog. He's a fave, too, by the by. Not as happy with the treatment of the quote, though, and think I'll try another approach. That's a colored-pencil background with gouache lettering.
Here is a piece that uses a lettering style that I'm playing with. I like white-on-black and this was the perfect quote for it. Kind of a fuzzy photo, though. This is white gouache.
The last one for today is from Lord Byron, of whose poetry I've read too little, I'm sure. I really prefer Billy Collins, truth be told. But I like this quote from Lord B about the power of the written word, even for me, a radio addict. It's all done in black ink.
I'll post a few more next time. Meanwhile, check this out--who knew pen-spinning was an "art form"? You can imagine how calligraphers can always use a bit of splash in their demos. Turns out it's kinda tricky. Next time I need to twirl a banana...
http://penpoints.com/2009/03/pen-spinning/
