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THE FIRST ALL-IN-ONE EDITION OF P.R. SPENCER'S CLASSIC PENMANSHIP PRIMER INCLUDING STEP-BY-STEP LESSONS AND PAGES FOR PRACTICING
Easy to understand yet challenging to perfect, the Spencerian system was the standard for all personal and business correspondence in the 1800s. While modern students are barely taught cursive, for more than a century schoolchildren were dutifully drilled in intricate penmanship using this original primer.
Now you...
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Paint the classic subjects that inspired ancient Chinese masters.
This book introduces the venerable art of painting with ink on rice paper using traditional techniques developed over a thousand years ago. It is ideal for a beginner hoping to practice a large variety of techniques and subjects.
With this practical guide, you will learn to paint:
• Towering landscapes
• The elegant Four Gentlemen
• Plants like bamboo, orchids, plum blossoms,...
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A treasure trove of lettering styles and decorative elements, this handy reference offers an abundance of eye-catching alphabets, numerals, ribbons, borders, flowers, banners, and other easy-to-trace embellishments. With this guide, it's easy to add a personal touch-humorous, dramatic, or romantic-to any handwritten message or meditative journal.
Hundreds of ornaments, all of them hand-drawn by the author, include dozens of alphabets and numerals....
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Practice makes perfect!It's no secret that improving your Spencerian penmanship requires practice. Unfortunately, Platt Rogers Spencer published less than 30 Spencerian practice sentences. That's why this helpful workbook offers over 180 pages of all-new phrases and sentences for you to refine your lettering.Across the top of each page is carefully composed Spencerian lettering by penman Schin Loong. Below the sample sentence is line after line of...
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A Beginner's Guide to Chinese Brush Painting teaches this ancient art form in an easy-to-understand way-no prior experience necessary!
As one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world, Chinese brush painting has been used for thousands of years to create images that harness the imagination, and capture the inner spirit of a subject-be it an animal, landscape or tree. All you need for this simple, but beautiful, art form is black watercolor...
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Learn or improve your pointed pen calligraphy with this easy-to-use workbook. This workbook is a great way to practice muscle memory of this script. Copperplate Calligraphy, a traditional pointed pen script developed in 16th century England, is what modern calligraphy is based on. This workbook contains traditional calligraphy guidelines that includes; ascender lines, waistlines, baselines, X-height, descender depth lines and slant lines. Each letter...
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This step-by-step Japanese calligraphy book explains the systems of Japanese language and delves into details of written Japanese characters and techniques of kanji calligraphy. The word calligraphy literally means "beautiful writing." It is an art form that can be found in most civilizations with a written script. Originally developed to stress the importance of culture, religion and philosophy, over time calligraphy in most languages has developed...
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Initiation à la calligraphie, du Moyen-ge à nos jours.
Savez-vous que vous pouvez transformer votre vie grâce à la belle écriture ?
Depuis les débuts de l'écriture, l'art de la calligraphie s'est invité dans la culture des peuples du monde entier. Chaque civilisation a trouvé ses lettres de noblesse dans la magie de la belle écriture, quelle que soit sa religion, pour honorer les Dieux.
La calligraphie est telle une respiration méditative,...
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Spark Your Creativity with Calligraphy
Lettering artist Phawnda Moore has been teaching calligraphy and design for 25 years. An award-winning author, she steps into beginning students' shoes to select content, address anticipated questions, and offer solutions to the unexpected yet inevitable problems that are encountered in hand lettering.
"Lettering from A to Z . . ." stands out from the crowd! It was written for all levels of experience and nourishes...
91) Calligraphy kit
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This complete kit makes it easy to start exploring the exciting art form of calligraphy because it comes with everything a beginning artists needs.