Funky Lettering with Christine Ahmad - alphabet

ID: Funky Lettering with Shading
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Calligraphy weekend class with my Guild BVCG

This was a 2 day lettering class. This was the 2nd style with shading and protrusions on the letters. I really like this style...

Christine Ahmad - Day 1 - believe

ID: Believe
size: 6"w x 3"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper drew out my word and colored with Prisma colored pencils adding white gel pen dots and a shadow with Tombow N75
words: believe and you're halfway there

Abstract Doodle - Crazy Is As

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the doodle design and painted with various w/c.
Drew out the words with a ZIG Writer in a funky block style and painted with w/c.
words: Crazy is as crazy does!

Patchwork Quilt

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Mixed Media paper and painted the patchwork and lettering design using various w/c.
Monoline lettering with a ZIG Writer and a gelly Roll white pen
words: Sleeping under a patchwork quilt

Floral - Throw The Pot With It

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Mixed Media paper and painted the floral design using various w/c.
Monoline serif lettering with a Juice Up pen
words: If someone throws a stone at you, throw a flower at them, but remember to throw the pot with it...

Scribbled Lives - wk 46 - Mr Rogers - IPOY

wk 46 - Mr Rogers - IPOY
Size: 8"w x 5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the bow and painted with Kuretake gold & copper metallic w/c. Added white gel pen stitching and graphite shadow.
Text in a serif style with a ZIG Writer.
words: The ribbons! The wrappings! The tags! and the tinsel! the trimmings! the trappings! Dr Seuss

Candle In Your Heart - Rumi

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen & Ink paper created the candle, then doodled it using Kuretake Gem colors and some reg w/c.
Funky lettering  hand drawn and t
words: There is a candle in your heart ready to be kindled. Rumi

BVCG Env Exc - Laurie Broadhurst - Nov 2025

ID: Laurie Bradhurst (Nov 2025)
Env created on Canson Mixed Media paper. Drew out some circles and with a broad edge red ZIG Calligraphy pen wrote out Laurie's name. Painted with Kuretake Yellow Gold paint between the letters. Added "Laurie with a black ZIG Writer. Edged a border on the envie with the same gold

The card is a funky center fold. Wrote out the AUTUMN word with various colors of the Calligraphy markers. The "vibes" word doodled with a black ZIG Writer. The leaf created with various scraps of paper glued to another sheet and die cut with Tim's "Layered Leaf" Sizzix Bigs die.

Circles - Your Thoughts Are

Size: 9"w x 5" h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper drew out the rock and painted with w/c. Text in an extended monoline style
words: You must become the rock the river cannot wash away.
Richard J Mayne

Orange - Color Me Orange

size: 2.25"h x 3.5"w
I came across something in my stash while I was looking for something else... I didn't have a date on it so have no idea when I actually created it... but it must have been eons ago since I don't remember it. Anyway liked it so created this piece.
On Canson Pen & Ink paper kind of drew out the letters then went over them with a ZIG Calligraphy marker (small edge). Colored the internal areas using Prisma colored pencils. Then decided to add the image of an orange.
I'm pleased with the results.
words: Color Me Orange

Swirly Border - On A Cold Night

 size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen and Ink paper created the swirly border and painted the outer edge with Kuretake blue Gem color. Text with a misc pointed nib in my script style.
words: a career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night. Marilyn Monroe

Black White Doodle - Leave A Trail

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen & Ink paper started with the bands of doodles but got lazy... and didn't do doodles in the middle, just decided to add my text there. Added some graphite shading.
Quote written in funky monoline.
words: Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Scribbled Lives 2025 - Wk 45 - Courage - Irish Blessing

Size: 5.25"w x 6.5"h
Cut my card, folded and edged the front with a couple green Zig Calligraphy markers then punched the corners with a decorative punch. Text written with a Staedtler 3002 Calligraphy duo pen in my funky style...
words: May you always have the courage to spread your wings & fly. Irish Blessing

Practice Makes Perfect Sometimes

size: 5.5"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen & Ink paper drew out the quote with a ZIG Writer and tidied up the corners... Painted the background leaving a white edge around the letters.
I had written the first 3 words and then thought better about the quote and added the sub-text...
words: Practice Makes perfect sometimes.

Strawberry Fields Forever

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen & Ink paper drew out the strawberries from unripe to ripe on the vine and painted with w/c... Drew out the lettering in an exaggerated monoline adding dots for the min word.
words: Strawberry fields forever

Passing Through Gingko Leaf

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen & Ink paper drew out the gingko leaf & painted with w/c. Wrote out the funky lettering for "Gingko" and monoline for the rest adding w/c accents...
words: Peace is sunlight passing through a gingko leaf

Continuous Letters - Always Remember

size: 6.5"h x 7"w
Putting into practice what I learned in Julie Wildman "Continuous Line" thru Edmonton Calligraphy Society.
I came cross this quote and it spoke to me... so had to scribe it... and what better way to use Julie's continuous line lettering,
On Arches Text Wove paper (found a pad in my stash I bought from Quietfire Design eons ago...) Text in monoline with a ZIG Writer, various w/c.
words: Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.. Christopher Robin

Continuous Line - Fiskar Knife

size: 2.25"h x 3.5"w
I'm taking a 2 day class with Julie Wildman "Continuous Line" thru Edmonton Calligraphy Society. This was the first thing we did... Then we got into lettering stuff...
On Genoa Bond paper started with the tip and worked towards the handle including that cross hatching area...

Doodle Leaf Branch - Life Changes

 size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen and Ink paper created the leafy doodled branch and painted with various brands of w/c. Doodled with a ZIG Writer and Gelly Roll white gel pen. Text in a funky style with a ZIG Writer
words: Life changes like leaves drifting with the wind.

Scribbled Lives - wk 44 - RJMayne - Become The Rock

Size: 9"w x 5" h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the rock and painted with w/c. Text in an extended monoline style
words: You must become the rock the river cannot wash away.
Richard J Mayne

Xmas Bells - Hear The Bells Ring

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen and Ink paper created the bells and painted with w/c. Text with a ZIG Writer and Kuretake gold paint in Mykolas Saulytis style lettering.
words: Hear the bells ring

Water Splash Border - Or Go Insane

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen and Ink paper created the splash type border with a ZIG Writer and painted with w/c adding white gel pen highlights. Text with a Juice Up pen in a monoline style.
words: We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature or go insane. Charlie Chaplin

Doodling - Y

size: 5"sq
On Canson Black Drawing paper drew out the letter "Y" and then doodled around it adding Prisma colored pencil strokes and white Unibal gel pen doodles
words: Y

Metallic Paint Border - Don't Mind

size: 5.5"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Black Drawing painted the borer with a triple loaded flat brush using Kuretake Gem colors w/c. Went over it a bit to intensify the colors... Used a white Unibal gel pen for the leafy design. Added the text with a ZIG Writher, white gel pen and gold paint, paper drew out the letter "Y" and then
words: Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr Suess

Puzzle Pieces - Art Of Simplicity

size: 7"h x 5"w
On Canson Black Drawing paper drew out the puzzle frame, doodled in some with metallic gel pens and painted others with Kuretake Gem Colors. Text with the gel pen.
words: The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity. Douglas Horton

Doodle - Spontaneity

size: 6"h x 4.25"w
On Canson Pen And Ink paper drew out the abstract doodle design and painted with w/c. Text with a ZIG Writer.
words: Doodles: where creativity meets spontaneity.

Scribbled Lives - wk 43 - Quilting - Memories

 ID: wk 43 - Quilting - Memories
Size: 6"w x 5.5"h
Used  geli print done on Genoa Bond paper drew out the quilt squares and wrote out the quote in a funky style using a ZIG Writer. Added stitch marks and a solid border.
words: Memories R stitched with love.

BVCG Env Exc - Oct 2025 - Bev Duke

ID: Bev Duke (Oct 2025)
Env created on Genoa Bond paper. I decided to go with bit of Celtic... Created the grid layout and colored with various media and doodled with various tools. Bummer you can't see the lion stamp more clearly...

The insert (not a card) was something I created a long time ago creating faux coffee rings and my funky lettering.

Abstract Flower Doodle - First Attempt

size: 6"h x 4.25"w
On Canson Pen And Ink paper drew out the doodled florals and painted with w/c. Text with a ZIG Writer.
words: In drawing nothing is better than the first attempt. Pablo Picasso

Sponged Border - Just Absorbing

size: 6"h x 4.25"w
On Canson Pen And Ink paper. Found this sponge in my drawer and decided to cut of a piece 3/4"sq and dipped it into a couple colors of w/c (Holbien Peacock Blue & Permanent Green) then wrote ou the text with  pointed nib with the same colors adding weight to the main word.
words: I am more of a SPONGE, just absorbing whatever I see, whether it's in daily life or in art. Thomas A Edison

Unique Strand - Web Of Life

size: 4.25" w x 6" h
On Canson Mixed Media paper, created the web design, adding shadows and painted with various brands of w/c. Text with a Juice Up pen.
words: Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life.

Block Frame - Life Could Be Better

size: 6.5" sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper, created the square blocks frame, painted with various brands of w/c. Added gel pen doodles. Text written with a Pointed nib and a reddish/brown ink.

words: The thought that life could be better is woven into our hearts & brains. Paul Simon