Brush Instruction

Brush Lettering: An Instructional Manual of Western Brush Lettering

An Instructional Manual of Western Brush Lettering by Marilyn Reeves and Eliza Schulte. Brush Lettering provides practical instruction in lettering with both the pointed and the chisel-edged brush. Beautifully illustrated, it covers the selection and care of brushes, the techniques of making the strokes, and applications in specialty areas such as lettering on fabrics, advertising and package design, and ?ne art. The authors, both expert calligraphers, offer a wealth of advice on media and methods and a variety of model alphabets for readers to copy or use in creating their own designs. 8.5" x 11", 128 pp. (8 in color), paperback. 200 line drawings and examples.

Brush Lettering: An Instructional Manual of Western Brush Lettering (BRUSHL)

The Simple Art of Japanese Calligraphy

By Yoko Takenami. Not simply an art in itself, Japanese calligraphy includes the strengths of religion, philosophy, literature, and history. In this glorious instruction, Yoko Takenami shows how to create kanji characters representing entire words and two phonetic alphabets along with 15-beautiful paper, ceramic and fabric projects including making a signature seal, writing on pebbles, a Zen T-shirt, evening fan, a haiku hanging. Information on ink sticks, stones and brushes precedes the instruction.128 color page, 7.5"x 10.5", hb.

The Simple Art of Japanese Calligraphy (JAPANC)