Book Description
This is the perfect introductory kit for anyone who wants to learn the captivating art of calligraphy. Inside is everything needed to get started, including a 32-page project book filled with inspiring ideas. Written by well-known calligraphers Arthur Newall and Eugene Metcalf, the project book contains step-by-step instructions, helpful tips, and easy-to-follow illustrations. It clearly explains the basics of lettering--pen styles, angles, and hand positions; letter heights and spacing; and practice strokes--and then offers advanced techniques for rendering several calligraphic alphabets, such as Sans Serif, Roman, Chancery Cursive, Uncial, Black Letter, and Batarde. The book concludes with tips on how to use size, weight, form, and direction for lettering design. This kit makes an ideal gift. All the supplies are safe and easy to use, and the book teaches skills that can be applied for a lifetime. Kit contains: o 32-page project book o Cartridge calligraphy pen o 3 nibs (medium, broad, extra broad) o 8 ink cartridges (colors vary) o Felt-tip calligraphy pen o Calligraphy paper o Practice paper pad o Guideline sheet

About the Author
Arthur Newhall had a unique and a varied background in the lettering and graphic design field. His work included theater lobby displays, movie titles, sign painting, advertising art, lettering for reproduction, type designing, and art for screen printing. In addition, Art worked as an art director for an advertising agency. All of these disciplines added to the refinement of his calligraphy skills. Art was one of the innovators of the Cartoon Casual letter style, a modern script style of the 40s and 50s. A stickler for precision and style, Art was also known for always being ready to help and guide the novice as well as the professional. He and his wife, Emma, made their home in Sedona--northern Arizona’s beautiful red rock country and a renowned artists’ colony. Artist-designer Eugene Metcalf’s career has been punctuated with national and international awards. Metcalf’s natural talent in the various art fields has established him as atop calligrapher and designer. Lettering design became a specialty leading him to the creation of logs with a variety of commercial applications. Of his more than 30 years in the commercial art industry, almost half of them were spent as art director and top designer for major outdoor advertising companies in the Los Angeles area. In the past several years, Metcalf has been a freelance artist in the full spectrum of commercial art, including national magazine covers. He has another book in Walter Foster’s Artist’s Library series tiled Calligraphy Techniques and Uses for intermediate and advanced artists.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This is the perfect introductory kit for anyone who wants tolearn the captivating art of calligraphy. Inside is everything needed to get started, including a 32-page project book filled with inspiring ideas.

Written by well-known calligraphers Arthur Newall and Eugene Metcalf, the project book contains step-by-step instructions, helpful tips, and easy-to-follow illustrations. It clearly explains the basics of lettering--pen styles, angles, and hand positions; letter heights and spacing; and practice strokes--and then offers advanced techniques for rendering several calligraphic alphabets, such as Sans Serif, Roman, Chancery Cursive, Uncial, Black Letter, and Batarde. The book concludes with tips on how to use size, weight, form, and direction for lettering design.