Calligraphy Flourish Friday - Thank You!

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You guys are the absolute best!

Thank you for all the emails and comments with suggestions for wide format printers!!

Your advice has been very helpful.  Once I have purchased the printer and have it set up, I will do a follow-up blog post.

Enjoy your weekend everyone.

Go Forth and Flourish!

((Hugs))

Jane

Calligraphy Flourish Friday - Mandala and Bible Verses

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I made a few cards this week. The above mandala was done with Moon Palace Sumi and a Zebra G. I wanted to add some corner flourishes. I'm not in love with these corners, but there are parts I'm in like with. :)  More practice and refinement is needed.

For the Psalm 23:4 card I used gouache, a flat brush, and a Hiro 700 nib. I went back over parts of the flower with the same color gouache mixed with Peal Ex powder.  It still need something, so I added some touches of Dr. Martin's Bleedproof White to the center of the flower.

 I am trying to be more disciplined about lettering bible verses.  During my quiet time, I'm always jotting down scripture references which I intend to letter "someday."  For this week at least, I actually followed through on a couple.  Both Isaiah 54:10 and Hebrews 6:19 were done with Moon Palace Sumi and a Zebra G comic nib.
***Update:  If you are interested in prints of any of my work, please contact me. You can find my email above on the right. Thank you! Unless otherwise noted, all work on this site is ©Jane Farr Calligraphy & Design LLC. All Rights Reserved.***

Thank you all for your continued support of A Place to Flourish.

I appreciate your comments and emails.  I enjoy my wedding calligraphy business very much, but your support spurs me on to include other types of lettering in my daily life.

Enjoy your weekend!

xo

Jane

Flourish Friday - Zentangle Christmas and Erika Woods

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I will show you our 2010 Christmas card next week, but this is our family Christmas card from 2008.  The front (above) was inspired by Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts' Liberty's Light piece which you can see by clicking here.  (Maria and Rick our the founders of Zentangle.)

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This is the inside. For years, all four of us have signed our Christmas card.  Not this year. The kids were home at Thanksgiving, but I wasn't even close to having our Christmas card designed and ready for signing at that time.

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This was the front of our 2005 Christmas card. Those compound strokes make me cringe now, but I was thrilled with it back then. haha. I was in full mandala mania mode after my guild's workshop with Pat Blair. :)  (and you regular readers know I'm still a mandala maniac!)

This is the lovely Erika Woods. She is one of the pillars of the Calligraphy Guild of Indiana.  Erika is a gifted artist, calligrapher, teacher and is a champion for the lettering arts.  She was named the Indianapolis Art Center's Faculty of the Year for 2010. As a celebration of that award, the IAC wanted to honor Erika with a special exhibit of her work.

The opening reception for Erika's exhibit was this past Friday.  Many of Erika's new works are based on Jean Shinoda Bolen's book, "Urgent Message from Mother."

It is a wonderful exhibit! If you are in the Indianapolis area anytime between now and January 30th - treat yourself - go see it!

Gallery Hours are: 

Monday through Friday: 9am - 10pm

Saturday: 9am - 6pm

Sunday: Noon - 6pm

The Indianapolis Art Center is located at 67th Street and College Avenue (in Broadripple).

Congratulations Erika!

Visit Erika's website here.

Erika is also one of the talented artists of ArtSplash in the Arts & Design District of Carmel. 

Visit the ArtSplash website here.

Go put some flourish in your Friday!