Calligraphy Flourish Friday - Mother & Child Reunion

My apologies to Paul Simon, but I am very excited to see my kids for a late Mother's Day reunion. Safe travels Rachel and Matthew! 

Wishing all the wonderful mothers out there a Happy Mother's Day...including Marjorie Ann...I miss you and love you mom!

Go forth and flourish!

xo

Jane

Photoshop for Calligraphers - Flourish Friday

Image and permission for use provided by Harvest Crittenden

Next month Harvest Crittenden is launching an online class entitled Photoshop for Calligraphers. I have never taken an online class before, and I am really excited about it. You're tired of hearing me yap about my Photoshop frustrations aren't you?  Although I did learn a great deal in the Photoshop Elements class I took in 2010 at the Indianapolis Art Center, the class was full of people interested in working with....photos! (Imagine that!)  Now, there's a Photoshop class created especially for calligraphers. Yippee! 

The class will consist of 12 parts using video lessons. A great thing is that you can view the videos at a time that works best for you.  Harvest has priced the workshop very reasonably.  If you sign up by May 15th the price is $65.  On May 16th, the price goes up to $75.

What are you waiting for?!  Go check out the course description and sign up by clicking this link to Harvest's Acorn Arts Website:  CLICK HERE

Thank you Harvest for understanding the need and developing a class specifically for calligraphers!

©Jane Farr Calligraphy & Design LLC

Here is a little Mother's Day flourish for you. Matt finishes his freshman year at Purdue tomorrow. I cannot wait to have kids in the house again! Rachel has been studying abroad this semester. I miss her so much. Although she won't be here for Mother's Day, she is coming home on the 14th (for a few weeks anyway).  I'm thinking I can stretch Mother's Day into a week long celebration! :)

Happy Flourish Friday!
Enjoy your weekend!!

Angela Cartwright & Sarah Fishburn - Pasticcio Quartz Flourish Friday

Last November the amazing Angela Cartwright contacted me to see if I would be interested in having my work featured in the "Focus On" section of her and Sarah Fishburn's zine. Angela had seen a piece I had done for Connie Freedman as part of an art swap that Renee Troy had organized. (It is a World Wide Art Web, isn't it?)  Of course I was extremely flattered, and above is the page of my work they designed.

Angela and Sarah publish this magazine ( or "zine") called Pasticcio Quartz (QUality ART Zine). It's a 8.5 x 8.5 high quality glossy book they self publish 3 times a year. Issue 9 focused on Adornments. For the link to Pasticcio Quartz click HERE.

Visit Angela's main website by clicking HERE.

Visit Sarah's main website by clicking HERE.

**Warning: allow plenty of time to enjoy the labryinth of the art and talent you'll find at their sites.**

This is a close up of a Mother's Day mandala I did. I used a Hiro 700 nib and gouache.

For all you moms out there, Happy Mother's Day!  I hope Sunday is a celebration of you. For many, Mother's Day can be a bittersweet day, and I think of you and know better days lie ahead.

The text around the mandala reads:

Mother's write on the hearts of their children what the world's rough hand cannot erase.

Go forth and flourish!