Friday, August 6, 2010

Calligraphy Flourish Friday - Greece



Yassas!
We returned last week from a wonderful trip to Greece. 
(I scheduled the past three Flourish Fridays to post automatically.)
Greece is a beautiful country - the people, the ancient sites, the sea - we enjoyed it all.
I took the above photo from the ferry on our way to Elafonisos, an island just off the coast of the Peloponnese.  I did the lettering with Moon Palace sumi and a Speedball C for the broad edge and a Hiro 700 for the script.  I tried to layer it in Photoshop Elements and change the lettering from black to white, but it's pretty rough.  

I'm trying not to be jealous of all you lucky souls that are packing up and heading to Orlando for IAMPETH.   I wish you safe travels and an amazing time.  I  hope you'll share your photos and experiences when you return.  I have enjoyed looking at all the pictures from my calligraphy friends on Facebook that were able to attend Odyssey in Boston.  It appears everyone had a terrific and creative conference.  We will be moving our son, Matt, up to university next week, so all you Orlando bound pointed pen folks will have to sling some ink for me!

I created a Greece album over at Flickr, and I'm slowly adding pictures to it.
If you'd like to take a peek, click here.
We had a great time, but it's good to be home!
Happy Flourish Friday!!

11 comments:

  1. What a wonderful trip for you!!
    I so want to go to Greece!! That photo is beautiful, look at that water!!!

    Glad you had a fantastic time, heading over to your flickr to see more photos!

    Welcome home!

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  2. What a beautiful photo! So glad to hear you had a wonderful and made it home safely. I look forward to viewing your photos.

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  3. welcome home, jane!!! it sounds like you had a fabulous trip!! and if it makes you feel any better, i'll be missing out on IAMPETH, too.....it's up to martha to have an ink-fest for all of us!!! good luck with getting matt moved!! xox, :))

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  4. Wow... how exciting to travel to such a beautiful place!! Love this photo and your letting! I am going to take a peek at your other photos too! :)

    ~Jennifer

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  5. Wow, Greece, how fantastic!! It must have been a great trip, your photo (and lettering of course) is stunning. I'm going to check out more of your photos. Welcome home!

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  6. It's been awhile since I've connected via online so I'm out of touch, but...

    Glad you had a great trip and brought home lots of inspiration.
    Hugs,

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  7. I just hopped over to Flickr and checked out your fabulous photos from your trip to Greece. I have been longing to go for years.

    I am missing Iampeth too -but would not mind had I just been to Greece! :) I am sure you will be inspired for quite a while.

    Have a lovely week~
    Dana

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  8. Hi Jane! I am in between classes now. I really have enjoyed the classes so far. This afternoon is Vertical Ornamental Penmanship with Bob Hurford. I am looking forward to it. I didn't win any of my bids but that's ok---more money for John Neal!

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  9. Greeece! lucky you Jane!
    Their script is very fascinating. I like this greece greeky experiment :)

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  10. Jane, what a trip that must have been! I checked out your photos and couldn't believe the beauty. I've never even thought of going to Greece, but now I'm moving it up to my "have to see before I die" list. (Thank you for your loving post the other day, by the way. I feel in you a kindred soul. :o))

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  11. Jane, if I don't vacuum at least every other day we are swimming in dog fur. I have a golden and we shaved her - twice this summer - but the fur still flies!!

    Thanks for the prayers!!

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