A Beginner's Guide to Modern Calligraphy & Brush Pen Lettering

Learn to Create Beautiful Hand Lettering for Invitations, Cards, Journals and More! (400 Step-by-Step Examples)

Maki Shimano (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2024
Tuttle Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-8048-5771-0 (ISBN)

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Create beautiful hand-lettered journals, invitations, cards, menus and more with convenient brush pens!

Master calligrapher Maki Shimano shows you all the techniques and provides hundreds of colorful examples to inspire you. Creating your own calligraphy is very easy using Shimano's time-tested method of breaking down each letter into a small number of strokes. And she provides dozens of ideas for decorative motifs such as wreaths, balloons, birthday cakes—and so much more!

This easy step-by-step guide by an experienced calligraphy teacher allows you to develop your skills quickly.

Start with the basic tools and techniques of hand lettering
Learn to draw 8 elegant typefaces with just 2 or 3 simple strokes
Create compositions with fancy flourishes, "bounce" and rhythm
Design a planner, journal, place cards, greeting cards, gift tags, invitations, etc.
And much more!

Maki Shimano began learning calligraphy at an early age and has become the preeminent teacher and practitioner of modern calligraphy in Japan. She is an author, typographer and freelance artist who works in the bridal industry as a wedding planner. She creates traditional Japanese calligraphy as well as modern English calligraphy for a wide variety of clients and applications.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.05.2024
Zusatzinfo	550 color photos and illustrations
Verlagsort	Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	191 x 254 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-8048-5771-7 / 0804857717
ISBN-13	978-0-8048-5771-0 / 9780804857710
Zustand	Neuware