Calligraphy (A Comprehensive Guide to Beautiful Lettering)
Discover the timeless art of beautiful writing! This introduction to creating calligraphy combines beginner-friendly clarity with thorough guidance and gorgeous examples.
Woodburning with Style: Pyrography Lessons, Patterns, and Projects with a Modern Flair
Informative and inspirational, this manual teaches the craft of pyrography—the art of decorating wood with the use of a burning tool. Each chapter presents a specific skill that culminates in a finished project, such as decorated napkin rings, coasters, bookmarks, trinket boxes, and frames. From making basic marks to creating intricate designs, this guide offers step-by-step instruction, helpful photographs, and dozens of patterns, including alphabet fonts. Additional chapters on lettering, projects for children, realistic portraits, personalized gifts, and color integration are also included.
Mark Chiarello and Todd Klein demonstrate dozens of surefire strategies, practical techniques, and professional secrets for dynamic comic book coloring and lettering. They use DC's world-famous characters to demonstrate an array of techniques, covering such topics as the pros and cons of lettering by hand or by computer, creating balloons and fonts, logo designs, working with color, and creating special effects. The animated step-by-step instructions are informative, stimulating, and clear enough for even beginners to follow.
