ECS Env Exchange - May 2025 - Donna Bereska

I used a piece of Edge Mixed Media heavy paper for both the env and card trying out different powders to create her name done in Lisa Engelbrechts funky lettering style. For the envelope I used Bister powders (Yellow, Red and Blue), a 3.0 Parallel pen dipped in water and when dry, shadowed with a Juice Up pen. Adhered the artwork to a plain envelope and added a geli print border.

For the card (7"w x 5"h) I used Brusho Powders (yellow , red & ost Blue) and shadowed with a Caran d'Ache B pencil and paper stump. Mounted on a yellow cardstock card base.

Scribbled Lives - wk 18 - Malapropism - Shakespeare

wk 18 -  Malapropism - Shakespeare
Size: 5.5"sq
On Canson Marker paper wrote out the text in a Black Letter style using a 2.4 Parallel pen dipped into Daniel Smith Phthalo Blue (Green Shade) watercolor. Author written with a med toned Blue Juice Up pen.

words: Our watch, sir, have comprehended two auspicious persons. Shakespeare "Much Ado About Nothing"

ECS Env Exchange - Jan 2025 - Barbara Keir

For the envie I used a heavy weight (unknown brand) of text paper. I adhered the design done on Canson Mixed Media paper to the front and camouflaged it with the red border... For the lettering used 2 (3.8) parallel pens, one filled with Ecoline Scarlet ink the other with deAtramantis pearlescent (Cyan/Copper) ink in a funky style lettering, graphite/paper stump shadow. Address with 2 colors of Juice Up pen.
Card was something I created last year.

Wk 3 - Emotions - Freedom

wk 3 - Emotion - Freedoms
Size: 8"w x 7.5"h
On Canson Marker paper wrote out the words with 2 sizes of Parallel pens (3.8 & 3.0) and a Juice Up pen in a funky style. Large pen with de'Atramentis Cyan Blue/Copper ink, smaller letters with a  Pilot black cartridge and a Juice up pen for the tiny letters...

words: Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose. Kris Kristofferson

BVCG Env Exchange - Dec 2024 - Laurie Broadhurst

ID: Laurie Broadhurst (Dec 2024)
Envie made with Canson Mixed Media paper. Cadel style initial using a 3.4 parallel pen and 2 brushes, one loaded with water and the other 2 with a green and blue watercolor (Holbien Permanent Green #1 & Peacock Blue) dropped into the wetness. Thin lines with a pointed nib.
The card: Wax seal turtle and Dot lettering

Uncial - Abracadabra & ABCDE

 

 

On Canson Pro Marker paper was playing with the word "Abracadabra" in various size nibs (2.4 & 3.8) and then one in a different Ecoline ink for each letter...

 

The Alphabet This Is:  Using a yellow Ecoline ink and shadowed with a Zig Writer.

 

Uncials - The Impossible - Ghandi

size: 6.5"w x 4"h
Thought I'd try out a quote. A 2.4 parallel pen and a crazy brownish mix.
I goofed a word... and camouflaged it with those big black boxes... then wrote the author into one of them. (problem fixed...)

Yes & Maybe

At my recent BVCG Play Day I created these 2 pieces playing with my Copic Marker.
size: 9"w x 7"h (both approx)
YES: On Genoa Bond Calligraphy Paper double dipped my wide Copic marker into a blue and magenta gouache and wrote out the letters for "yes" in a funky style. Shadowed the right edge with a Caran d'Ache B pencil and paper stump. Added the text with the smaller tip of a Zig Calligraphy pen.
words: Yes is a positive word.

MAYBE: same as "YES" except for using 3 colors (olive green, Magenta and Gold). Shadowed with the Zig Writer. Same text style.
words: Maybe or maybe not.

Funky Uncial, Yes, No

 

I'm taking a 2 day class with Barb Fuller (a BVCG Guild Member) in Uncials. It's one of my favorite hands... but does take up a lot of room especially since I don't like using small nibs...
On Canson Pro Marker paper.
The Uncial word was written with a 3.8 and a 2.4 empty Parallel pen using a crazy mix of Ecoline ink I had in a jar (the brownish color) and a reddish. Graphite shadowing.
The Yes and No  were also done with some crazy mixes... shadowed and doodled with a white or gold gel pen.

Scribbled Lives 2024 - Wk 44 - 1 Word 5 Ways- Color

Oh this was a fun exercise Beth Lee. Thanks. Couldn't resist using the word "Color" Big Grin
Size: 7.5"sq
On Canson Mixed Media used some gouache I had laying around from a project a while back... It's extremely rare I use gouache I prefer watercolors...
1: Copic wide 1st double dipping into 2 colors. When dry outlined with a med blue Juice up pen.
2: Pointed pen, Zebra nib into Kuretake Gold Mica ink.
3: Blue Parallel pen into the darkest of the 4 colors I had mixed.
4: Zig Writer in the multi colored work in one of Violet Smythe's funky styles and painted with the gouache.
5: Pointed pen in Dot Lettering as taught by Mina Taylor and dots created with the embossing tool into the rusty orange gouache.

Wk 12 - Guidelines - Work Straight

wk 12 - Guidelines - Work Straight
Size: 5.5"w x 3.75"h (artwork only)
On Canson Mixed Media paper sprinkled with Bister powders (yellow, red & blue). Used a 2.4 Parallel pen dipped in water to activate the powder. When dry outlined the rectangular shapes with a Juice Up pen.

Image is superimposed on a bunch of guidelines I've made. I don't normally put guidelines onto my good paper. I use an (A5 I-Pad) light box. actually I have 4 light box/pads of different sizes... but love the A5 one the best 

Die Before I'm Dead

I'm loving these sayings that I found in a Beth Wiseman book. There were 3 on the same page... This is one of them...
size: 5.5"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper wrote out the quote using a 2.4 Parallel pen dipped in Sumi ink. Added the thin line with a black Juice Up pen

Mandatory - Optional

Came across this in my list of things I wanted to write...
 

size: 8.5"w x 5.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper, sprinkling with Brusho powders (Yellow, Brilliant Red, Ost Blue) and using an empty 6.0Parallel Pen dipped in water, wrote out the main words. With a medium tip calligraphy brush pen wrote out the balance of the text.

Words: growing old is MANDATORY
growing up is OPTIONAL

Nola's Lettering Challenge - Day 1-6

I came across this challenge and it hit my funny bone... so I decided to play along. I had just finished a Slip Knot bound little booklet and it had the exact amount of pages needed. Serendipity....

Here is the booklet and Days 1 to 6. (it's every 2 days a new funny line of text)

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Misc Lettering Challenge - Day 28 - 31

Misc Lettering Challenge - Day 28 - 31, Palindrome and continuing with city names.

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Misc Lettering Challenge - Day 22 - 27

Misc Lettering Challenge - Day 22 - 27. This week I'm working on the Palindrome city names...

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