My Calligraphy Project

This year I started learning calligraphy. My first lesson was difficult to say the least - I seriously thought that we were just going to spend the next 2 years doing mathematics!! Yes, calligraphy does require angles and distance to perfect the craft, but I soon learnt that my initial fear was uncalled for. After each lesson we were given a 'project' to complete, using the lessons learnt to date. This project was to write on vellum so that a light could shine through, and the writing would be visible. I made this little luminar with a removeable lid. I think it came out OK, although I probably spent more time making the luminar than doing the actual calligraphy!

 Colouring in a Digistamp

This was my first class teaching students how to colour in, using aqua pencils and Odourless Mineral Spirits (OMS). After completing the colouring in, we made up a card with the image. The digistamp was one of Digistamps4Joy's images, drawn by me.

The use of OMS makes the pencil lines blend into one another, creating a smoother look. The OMS dries up fairly quickly, with no evidence of having been used on the paper. We added a few gems and white pen lines to create highlilghts.