JUST ARRIVED! NEW NEW NEW!

Now on our shelves!

Don't miss Annie Cicale's new book, The Art & Craft of Hand Lettering. The contemporary work that she has included is worth the price alone, and then there's Annie's instruction! You'll get to see the beautiful lettering on Carol Dubosch's garden deck, books by Jean Formo and Linda Renc, a tablecloth lettered by Eliza Holliday, a ceramic bowl by Marcia Smith, a library wall frieze, and work by Carol Pallesen, Lisa Engelbrecht, Julie Gray, Liz Simmons, Jean Larcher, Sharon Zeugin, Judy Melvin, Sherrie Lovler, Kirsten Horel and Nancy Levitt. That's just a partial list!                                                                        160pp, 10"x10", hb. Color throughout.                                                                                                           CICALE Art & Craft of Hand Lettering $24.95. (See page 49 of our catalog for more details)

Water-soluble, Metallic Pencils (Classicolor Series) from Caran D’ache. Wow! This is the first set of water-soluble, metallic pencils I’ve seen in the marketplace.                     PNCLMT Set of 12 Pencils: Gold, dark gold, green gold, silver, bronze, scarlet, pink, violet, phthalo blue, grey, phthalo green, silver blue. $13.50.

Metallic Crayons (NeoColor1) from Caran D’ache. Same rich colors you expect from Caran D’ache now in luscious metallics. Burnish with a paper towel for a smooth, shiny finish.                                                                                                                             CRAYMT Set of 10 metallic crayons includes gold, dark gold, silver, bronze, and metallic scarlet, pink violet, phthalo blue, grey, phthalo green. $14.00.

Museum Watercolor Leads Set from Caran D’ache.                                                This assortment of eighteen 3.8mm colored leads are instantly and totally water-soluble; any line drawn with these leads is completely water soluble.  The highly saturated pigments are permanent when dry which means additional layers of Museum colors can be added without activating the underlayers. Other mediums such as gouache can be used on top of the colors. The colors are exceptionally lightfast in dry or wet use. This remarkable set features all the characteristics of the highest grade professional watercolor with the control of a sharpenable lead. Suggested techniques include watercolor painting, washes, crosshatching, unlimited blending possibilities, mixed media, dry or wet drawing on all paper or canvas. Metal box set includes three lead holders with integrated sharpener, a small squirrel hair brush, eraser, tube of white gouache, glass tube for transporting leads, a mixing pan, two water-soluble graphite pencils (B & 3B) and a brochure describing techniques.                                                                                                              MUSEUM $150.00. Special Introductory price until June 15- $135.00.

NEW POINTED WATERBRUSHES FROM PENTEL                                                         First time available in the US – The Pentel Aquash Waterbrush is a pointed,  nylon filament brush very similar to the Pentel Colorbrush but you fill its barrel with your choice of water (to use with watercolor or gouache), water soluble ink, liquid watercolor or gouache. You choose your colors and lightfastness. (Acrylic inks not recommended.) Available in three sizes.                                                                                                                         AQUASH - $6.50 each. State size: Fine (brush is 10mm long), Medium (13mm) or Broad (18mm).                                                                                                                          AQUAS3 - Set of all 3-$5.95 each -$17.85. (Save $1.65)

NEW BOOK!!! Calligraphy for Kids by Eleanor Winters. An easy to follow basic instruction book for grown-ups disguised as a book for kids!  Eleanor covers Italic, Gothic, Uncial, Roman and numbers & punctuation showing correct examples as well as some “not like this” examples for basics. This makes it easy to correct early errors in slant and spacing. Excellent use of color in the book and Eleanor’s “Basic Rules of Calligraphy” make for a lively format and reinforce basic ideas.  A final section on “Using Your Calligraphy” includes writing smaller, border designs, greeting cards and party invitations. Thirteen guideline pages for the different hands in different sizes are included. Highly recommended for ages 9 and up, including beginning adults. 8.25x11.75”, hb, 128 pp.                             CALKID Calligraphy for Kids $14.95 hb.

Judy Melvin Papers. Make cards, add lettering, or create a scrapbook. Judy’s 12”x12”sheets are soft pastels-blues, greens, lilac and  peach. Four feature Judy’s lettering as well as her watercolor backgrounds; others have lovely botanicals.                                JUDY12  Twelve full color 12”x12” sheets $7.20.

Vibrant, Glossy, 3-D Glaze Pens are here!
Brand new Gelly Roll Glaze Pens give a glossy, raised effect on paper, plastic (including CDs), ceramic or metal surfaces. Closed surface (vellum or coated) papers work best so that the ink sits on the paper rather than being absorbed. They are also glossy on other papers but with less raised effect. Water-resistant Glaze acts like a resist to create the look of batik; use the clear pen to add shine or create a secret message which is revealed when chalk or watercolor is applied over Glaze. Highlight rubber stamp projects or write & decorate cards with the look of embossing without powders or heat tool. 
Gelly Roll Glaze Pens are available in sets of 9 bright colors plus clear: golden yellow, orange, red, bright pink, magenta rose, violet, green, blue, and black.
GLAZEP - Set of all 10- $19.80. Includes tips & techniques idea sheet.

Paper Delights Book by Cherryl Moote
Paper Delights is full of wonderful paper projects created to showcase special, beautiful Japanese papers.  The book is divided into three sections: card making, paper folding and bookbinding.  Clear instructions, simple diagrams and photos make it easy for beginners to experts to create these projects with ease. Here's a sampling of the projects: quilt inspired cards, rotating cards, iris (fan) cards, the bargello card (my favorite), kimono, Happi Coat cards, take-out style boxes, miniature accordion. The bargello instructions and the miniature book are personal favorites; bargello made with chiyogami paper is exquisite!
You can use your own favorite papers for any of the projects, of course, but Cherrie has assembled beautiful selections of Japanese papers to create rich and glorious finished projects.  See her website for 30+ examples in full color.
8.5"x5", 128 pp., spiral,
DELIGH Paper Delights Book by Cherryl Moote. $25.00

Paper Delights Video by Cherryl Moote A companion to the book Paper Delights, this 53 minute long video is full of great paper projects that showcase chiyogami and other special papers. On the video you will find demonstrations of card making, paper folding, and bookbinding projects. Techniques are shown clearly and simply to allow viewers with all levels of experience to learn and enjoy these projects. Techniques covered include: dry embossing, paper quilting, iris folding, bargello, origami, lotus books, takeout boxes, miniature libraries and more.                                            DELVID  Paper Delights Video by Cherryl Moote. $30.00

Japanese Paper Sets to go with Paper Delights Book
Each pack of Cherrie's Delightful Strips contains sixty-five 1"x7" strips of chiyogami, somegami and metallic papers from Japan. The strips are excellent for iris folding, bargello, paper quilts, paper weaving, paper beads, collage, scrapbooks, quilling and card decorating -- most of which are taught is Cherrie's book Paper Delights above. These papers were chose for discerning paper crafters who are looking for quality papers to use in their work. Japanese Chiyogami papers are silk screened with lovely designs mimicking kimono fabric patterns using pigment dyed, non fading colors.
Three color combination sets are available. Each pack is sixty-five 1x7" strips. $14.00 per pack. All three for $37.50 ($12.50 per pack).
PKDSSO reds, golds, black, greens, white. Mid-range colors.
PKDSRB reds, black, blue, silver, gold. Bold. Lots of reds, gold & black.
PKDSBG reds, pinks, blues, greens, a little black. Softer colors.

The Folded Delights Set includes paper to make several inkwell, kimono and Happi coat greeting cards.  See Paper Delights for full instructions for these projects using these high quality, fade-proof chiyogami papers.
PKFDVV Fold Delights Paper Set. $17.00

Miniature Library Set. Six glorious 4.5"x9.5" chiyogami for covers, six gold flecked text weight sheets for the accordion pages and a piece for the cover.  Follow the instructions in the Paper Delights book to make your beautiful, tiny library.
PKMLVV Mini Library Paper Set. $20.00

Washington Calligrapher's Guild Scripsit, January 2004. Vol. 26, No. 2. Edited by Michael Clark.
Twenty-eight renderings of "I am"; 28 pieces ranging in complexity from fine, delicate Roman caps to expressive brush to graceful pointed pens to exquisitely carved slate. Artists hail from international addresses. A sampling: Lipton, Lawler, von Hesse, Waters, Kecseg, Rapp, Thornton, Sull, Schneider, Rohrs, Melvin & Gold, Kecseg, Sull. 8.5"x11", 24 pages, black & white.
SCR262 I am Scripsit $15.00.

Koi Water Colors Pocket Field Sketch Box. This small (3"x4.5"), portable set has an excellent waterbrush, 12 watercolors, and a sponge in a clever white plastic box which features a 5 part palette in its lid. Koi paints are known for their vibrancy.
KOISET $25.95.

Wouldn’t you like to be able to pick up the right size pen without squinting at its number? Here’s an ingenious yet simple system devised by calligrapher Carole Taylor to color code your penholders AND your guide line sheets if you like so that you can easily identify your pens. SIZE-AT-A-GLANCE includes twelve 3” x 1/4” colored strips with peel off adhesive backs. Cut each strip in half and wrap a strip around each penholder (deep red for the smallest nib, red for the next size, red-orange for the next, then orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, etc.). Apply the second half of each color strip to lining sheets you may have so that you can easily pick out the size pen you want as well as its lining guide. Revolutionary and so simple, not to mention colorful! SIZE-AT-A-GLANCE Set- $3.25. Order code: GLANCE.

While traveling in California, I discovered a lovely new PEN OR BRUSH REST at Oriental Art Supply. This 5” long white porcelain rest features six spots for resting a tool and a fanciful brush painted design in blue. A graceful and balanced desk accessory. $9.95. Order code BLREST.