Illuminated Letters Sketchbook (Interactive Journal, Notebook)

Illuminated Letters Sketchbook (Interactive Journal, Notebook)
Author: Inc Peter Pauper Press
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781441319494

Learn how to illuminate your writing like the scribes of the past, bringing letters to life with plant and animal motifs, swirling vines and leaves, graceful arabesques and flourishes, fantastical imagery, and more. Draw creatures cavorting across the page as Gothic illuminators did, or create the knotwork seen in famous Celtic manuscripts. Step-by-step tutorials, tips for creating striking effects, and blank letterforms you can illuminate yourself make this the perfect modern-day guide to the medieval art of beautiful writing. 160 pages. 6-1/4" wide x 8-1/4" high (15.9 cm wide x 21 cm high). Rights: World (English)

Illuminated Manuscripts Coloring Book

Illuminated Manuscripts Coloring Book
Author: Marty Noble
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2013-05-22
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0486488756

Recapture the historic grandeur of medieval art with lovingly detailed reproductions ranging from the creation of Eve to the Hundred Years' War. Thirty images include Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and secular sources.

The Illuminated Alphabet

The Illuminated Alphabet
Author: Timothy Noad
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2017-12-12
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0785835679

An inspirational introduction to creating decorative calligraphy.

The Joy of Lettering

The Joy of Lettering
Author: Gabri Kirkendall
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2016-09-30
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1633223264

With more than 50 tips, techniques, and lessons for creating beautiful illuminated letters and sophisticated lettering projects, The Joy of Lettering takes hand lettering to a whole new level. Gabri Joy Kirkendall (Creative Lettering & Beyond) and Jaclyn Escalera guide readers through a dynamic exploration of the craft, focusing on typography and illuminated letters and numbers using pencil, ink, and marker in a variety of styles and themes. From there, artists will learn how to create letters using a variety of alternative materials and media, such as watercolor, gouache, and wood. Easily customized DIY projects invite artists to finesse their skills as they learn to letter on different types of surfaces while creating lettered murals, stationery, and signage. Packed with creative techniques and easy-to-follow lessons, this all-inclusive resource is a must??have for anyone who wants to learn or grow their expertise in the art of hand lettering.

Illuminating the Middle Ages

Illuminating the Middle Ages
Author: Laura Cleaver
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 503
Release: 2020-03-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004422331

The twenty-eight essays in this collection showcase cutting-edge research in manuscript studies, encompassing material from late antiquity to the Renaissance. The volume celebrates the exceptional contribution of John Lowden to the study of medieval books. The authors explore some of the themes and questions raised in John’s work, tackling issues of meaning, making, patronage, the book as an object, relationships between text and image, and the transmission of ideas. They combine John’s commitment to the close scrutiny of manuscripts with an interrogation of what the books meant in their own time and what they mean to us now.

Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green

Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green
Author: Michael Wilcox
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1994
Genre: Color
ISBN: 9780958789196

For more than 200 years the world has accepted that red, yellow and blue - the artists primaries - give new colours when mised. And for more than 200 years artists have been struggling to mix colours on this basis. In this exciting new book, Michael Wilcox offers a total reassessment of the principles underlying colour mixing. It is the first major break-away from the traditional and limited concepts that have caused painters and others who work with colour so many problems. Back Cover.

Illuminated Alphabets

Illuminated Alphabets
Author: Patricia Carter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991
Genre: Alphabets
ISBN: 9780855327101

Patricia Carter has again created a stunning collection of decorative design ideas, this time to illuminate lettering. There are nine complete alphabets offered, including Parchment, Classical Collection and Entwined Roses.

Above Us the Milky Way

Above Us the Milky Way
Author: Fowzia Karimi
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1646050037

Debut novel about a young family forced to flee their war-ravaged homeland, forced to leave behind everything & everyone beloved & familiar. Old family photographs & lush watercolor paintings based on medieval illuminated manuscripts interweave with remembrances, ghost stories/stories of the war dead, & fairy tales to conjure a story of war, of emigration & immigration, the remarkable human capacity to experience love & wonder amidst destruction & loss, & how to create beauty out of horror.