Crowded Head (italic)

Flashback Friday:  Did this piece in 2006

I love Collective Soul, and I liked the idea of writing in a circle. Challenging but cool.

Gouache and italic lettering.

Close up. Not bad!

Misc. Pointed Pen

from 2019. (When I started getting back into my lettering daily, I tried messing with my pp again.)

For HLC on IG.

For this next grouping: *All these are cropped, so they're very enlarged. 

Will try to find original.

For not using my pp in years, I gotta say, I'm very proud of how they turned out!

Happy World Calligraphy Day!

This is actually from November (my Art Center class)

I was just playing with italic and tried to emulate this word. Not bad! (as I'm not a fan of my own italic)

Anyhoo...

Happy World Calligraphy Day! #keeplettering

More Balsa lettering

 Was playing with my balsa wood, and here are a few letters...

Some of the alphabet

At first, I lettered "feelin' good", but then changed to "groovy"

 I may cut it out and paste in my Joy Journal.

Alternating uncial & gestural

Another from my Redos Challenge 2021: 100 Days of Redos 

(I should have titled, Inspo/Redos Challenge

Exemplar I saw on Pinterest (I believe it's Amity Parks? -- https://www.pinterest.com/pin/284993482656217988/ ) 

Decided to try it 3 diff. ways:  walnut ink with drop in gold, b&w and in color.

For the color one: I like most all of it, except for the tail of the X, and the Y (too big?)

B&W:  again, the X (on the right, tail) and my P is a bit crooked.

There are errors in each piece, but it was still fun to create. (I love the altered uncial, or whatever it's called -- "La Quadrata"?)

Salvaged Page (jrnl)

A failed, then salvaged page from my Healing Journal.

This started out as an alpha page with each letter representing a word that has to do with emotional trauma healing. (you can barely make out some words and letters:  the orange E, and blue W both stand out). I didn't like it/my lettering, so I washed over the black lettering (ink was non-waterproof), and added some w/c swashes. Then, I tried script lettering with a black Posca marker, but it was too dark, so then I tried going over with a white Posca.

Although I love how the background turned out, I'm bummed you really can't read the lettering. But overall, I still like.

Maybe I'll try to redo/replicate.

Quote: "If you find yourself walking a path alone, it does not mean you are going the wrong way."

Brush Trees (Cmas in July!)

It's Cmas in July! So, am sharing some abstract trees (non-trad. colors)

*These were done in early 2022 for the Progress Lettering Challenge on IG.

(Had fun with this challenge, as it was redoing past creations to compare with current skill level. It was a month-long challenge, and almost a continuation of my Redos Challenge.)

This first tree was an experimental piece for my 100 Days of Neon Challenge. I think I used a Q-tip, but not sure what white ink. Then, I used my neon paints for the "lights" (end of Qtip to make the dots). Touched up with gel markers.

For these next 2, I used a white Zig Fudebiyori brush marker. 

Primary colors

back to trad. colors w/not-so-green ink

Love how they turned out.