Meant to post the photo of these envelopes sooner but I forgot until last night when the internet was down. lol
January Envelope Exchange
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Category Archives: Calligraphy
December Envelope Exchange
Signed up for the 3×3 envelope exchange at SACG for December through February. I was afraid to do a longer one or later one since we’re hoping to get our son in the Spring.
These I did with a white gel pen and colored pencils for the drawings. I tried to keep with the theme of the stamp for the drawings.
Carolingian workshop
Looking at what I produced (above) after a weekend workshop, it doesn’t look like I accomplished much! Even though it doesn’t look it, I did learn a ton from Reggie Ezell and am looking forward to when he comes back to San Antonio in 2013 to teach his year long course, 26 Seeds to Grow. Over just this weekend we learned about Carolingian and possible variations including pressurized variations, how to load a nib with a brush, taking care of nibs, different brands of nibs, fixing a too sharp or rough nib, mixing paint thin enough to flow through a nib, using a Linex or Ames lining tool, and a variety of papers. His pleasant personality made the weekend pass so quickly even with the extra hour!
October Envelope Exchange
This is the last envelope in the Capital City Scribes envelope exchange for this year. Whew! It was quite a long exchange in terms of length of time but I only had to send out one per month. It’s hard to tell with this photo (taken with my phone) that the name is in a dark purple and the address is in a dark brown colored pencil. This one had some of my favorite vintage stamps.
September Envelope Exchange
Did send this on time, but forgot to post it until October. I love using colored pencils on non-white paper!
