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Brause 66EF 56 Turned Wood Oblique Holder (H115) Zanerian Principal Ornamental Ebony Nikko G (B4087) (B4090) Angie Vangalis and Randall Hasson Vangalis Angie Jan Pickett 13 2 QUICK INDEX Easels 29 Inks & Ink Sticks 41, 43-46, 48-49 Pens: Automatic & Ruling 31, 32 Artists’ Books & Journals, Fine Papers 24-25 Inkwells, Dappen Dishes 42, 57 Quills 40 Suede 32 Bookbinding Books 59-66 Fountain Pens 34-36, 58 Left-handers 18, 35, 38, 39 Pilot Parallel & Plumix Pens 34, 35 Bookbinding Supplies 59-61 Gilding 50, 51 Letter Arts Review 67 Spencerian 27, 37, 43, 54-58 Bound & Lettered 64 Gouache 46, 47, 49 Lettercarving 17 Saint John’s Bible 15 Brush Lettering Books 2, 17 Guidelines, Rulers, Erasers Light Pads 29 Vellum 50 Brush Pens & Waterbrushes 36, 3, 28 Markers & Pens: Monoline 39, 41 37, 47 Handwriting 18, 53 Markers: Chisel edge 18, 38, 39 Weddings (Books) 8, 18 Brushes 23, 24 Hebrew 8, 12 Metallics 38, 39, 46-49, 61, 68 Zentangle 19, 66 Brush Markers 37 Holders (straight) 32, 33, 40 Nibs: Broad edge 30 Calligraphy Books 2-13, 68 Holders (oblique) 56, 57 Nibs: Pointed 55-57 Copperplate/Spencerian 52-58 Illumination Books 14-16 Pads 26, 27, 49 ORDER NOW! toll free: 800-369-9598 v web: www.JohnNealBooks.com TOLL FREE: 800-369-9598 v WEB: www.JOHNNEALBOOKS.com ❧ 69 CALLIGRAPHY B3962. Happy Lettering with B4023. Calligraphy: A the Right Complete Course with Pointed Tools by Pencil, Pen, and Brush Marika by Barbara Calzolari and Koskimäki- Alessandro Salice. 2016. 255pp. Ketelä. 2013. 5.75"x7.75". Concealed-spiral 48pp. Paper hardcover $24.95. This book is $22.50 not yet available. You are This enthusiastic book provides instruction on encouraged to order now. Your lettering with ruling pens – traditional ones and the card will not be charged for the newer ones made specifically for lettering. The author book until shortly before it ships. Free media mail shipping includes how-to make a folded pen from an aluminum (USA only) on pre-publication orders. can, which she calls Can Pens (they are also called Cola A new instructional book for lettering with Pens). Some instruction is also included for Automatic pencil (monoline Roman majuscules), gel pen Pens and Suede Pens. (monoline script), pointed pen (Copperplate), and brush B4081. Heart of the Brush: (Barbara’s brush script). Warm up exercises, exemplar The Splendor of East Asian alphabets, letter-by-letter instruction, and writing Calligraphy by Kazuaki exercises are included. Text is in English. Tanahashi. 2016. 390pp. 7"x10". B4089. The ABC of Custom Paper $27.95. JNB $24.95 Lettering by Ivan Castro. 2016. This comprehensive 176 pages. 8.5"x10.25". $29.95 and accessible (and This practical beautiful) intro to the history and and inspirational art of Asian calligraphy presents workbook features easy-to- 150 characters, each in three follow, step-by-step instructions different styles. The examples are chosen for their for hand-drawing a range of beauty and are by a variety of masters. For each letterforms, from Modern Roman character, stroke order is shown along with the and Gothic to Latin, Script, and Interlocked. Offering meaning, etymology, and source pictograph. On the traditional instruction methods with a modern twist, facing page is Kaz’s interpretation of the character, this reference also comes with gallery sections for full page. inspiration and accompanying projects to practice B4077. Learn to Draw your technique. Calligraphy Nature B4091. Simply Calligraphy: A by Andrew Fox. 2016. 76pp. Beginner's Guide to Elegant 6.25"x8.25". Hardcover $14.99 Lettering by Judy Detrick. 2016. In his first book, 96pp. 7-3/8"x9". Paper $14.99 Andrew Fox showed us This is a great how to make animals with just a teach-yourself few strokes of a calligraphy pen. introduction to calligraphy (and a Now he shares again, this time with a fun series of great beginners’ class textbook). minimalistic nature drawings. From acorns, beetles, The book keeps it simple, focusing on only one daffodils, and hedgehogs to snowflakes and clouds, the alphabet, Italic. This user-friendly guide presents the drawings are simple to create and easily recognizable basics in an easy-to-understand way. (some more than others). For children of all ages; good for entry-level artists. Includes pad and calligraphy B4090. Decorated Lettering by marker. Jan Pickett. 2016. 128pp. 8"x10". Paper $21.95. Available June 2016. A highly visual guide S963 to the techniques and materials for decorated calligra- phy with a strong contemporary feel. The variety of colorful exercises and projects provide a fresh, modern look, but are still grounded with traditional letterforms. Inspiration abounds, and each chapter is accompanied by a wave of ideas for using techniques from embossing to watercolor. Jan is a Fellow of the SSI. B4084. Art and Text by Aimee S963. Fine Leather Roll-up. Slide your pens, brushes, Selby. 2016. 288pp. 9"x11". & holders into the compartments, roll up and secure Paper $29.95 with the straps, and you’re on your way. 13 slots for 17 or Explores the use of more items. The top flap folds over to hold and protect text in modern your writing tools in style. Finely crafted with top grain artworks through a series of Serengeti™ cowhide in a warm, chestnut brown tone three essays and a lavishly with contrasting waxed linen stitching. Approximately illustrated survey of artists who 11" x 20" flat, rolls to around 4". Slots are each approxi- use text as an artistic medium mately 3.75" deep x 1.5" wide. $110.00 and for whom it constitutes a major aspect of their work. 2 ❧ EMAIL: [email protected] v www.JOHNNEALBOOKS.com Denise Lach B4083. Journeys B3244. Calligraphy in Calligraphy: by Denise Lach. Inspiring Scripts 2009. 192pp. from Around the 9.25"x10.25". World by Denise Paper $22.50 Lach. 2015. 192pp. Now available in 9.25"x10.2". paperback. Hardcover $37.50 This striking and Alphabets original book is a are the gallery of Denise perfect springboard Lach's calligraphic for calligraphic work and tech- experimentation. From India to Ethiopia, Tibet and niques. She presents the tools she uses in her work, beyond, Lach has travelled widely in the world of each with illustrative examples: broad edge nibs, script. Here, she documents complex and simple Automatic pens, Pilot Parallel pen, and music nib characters, playful shapes and vibrant colors, which (for writing the notes, not the 5-line staff the notes she then translates into her own visual art. She are placed on), plus reed pens & bamboo pens, demonstrates the exciting design possibilities offered felt-tip pens, and brushes. There are multi-page by script: you can repeat, turn, mirror, and rotate sections on using the ruling pen, cola pen (made letters; you can also experiment with rhythms, from an aluminum soda can), and pipettes as contrasts, colors, and line widths. lettering tools. Reggie Ezell B4070. Reggie Ezell Instructional Portfolios. Reggie has Calligraphy DVDs created four from Reggie Ezell for beginning different and intermediate students. Each instructional packets, video is approximately 60 minutes to use alone or as (except as noted) and covers “all accompaniments to his aspects” of the topic. Reggie has instructional DVDs. taught calligraphy for over 30 years, Included in each packet and his yearlong courses have been are color exemplars, a among the most highly color transparency, guidelines for several size nibs, regarded and sought after in the stroke sequence page, pages of instructions, and a Nib U.S. and Canada. These DVDs Equivalency Guide – all enclosed in heavy weight card are formatted for North portfolio. Choose: Italic, Carolingian, Basic Romans, American DVD players. Basic Blackletter. $12.95 each $15.00 each GL08. Guidelines for Calligraphy SPECIAL OFFER: by Reggie Ezell. Contains Order four or more of Reggie’s 42 pages of writing lines, new instructional DVDs (in any slant lines, instruction, and more. assortment) and the price is only Sheets are all 8.5"x11". These $12.00 each. guidelines are unique because they DVD59. Basic Blackletter are printed in a specific percentage of gray, which allows (approx 70 min.). the user to copy them for themselves at any darker or DVD55. Italic Minuscules. lighter setting, as individual projects may require. The DVD56. Carolingian paper itself is a high quality and heavier weight that Minuscules (approx 30 min.). should hold up through years of handling. $17.95 DVD57. Pointed Brush Basics. DVD58. Basic Romans. See page 28 for more guidelines. DVD63. Drawn Romans (3hrs). B4028. 100 New York Calligraphers by Cynthia Maris Dantzic. 2015. 238pp. 9"x12". Hardcover $50.00. SALE $42.23. Free media mail shipping (USA only). Encompassing a wide range of calligraphy in many languages and hands or styles, this book presents a visual treasury of works by 100 contemporary scribes, all of whom were either born in New York or studied or worked in the city. From English and its related Romance languages to a wide range of Asian and Middle Eastern alphabets and non-alphabetic characters, the more than 550 examples of beautiful writing create a rich visual smorgasbord. Traditional uses of hand-lettered calligraphy are shown, including event invitations and envelopes, certificates and awards, and quotes and sayings framed as artwork. The examples also include contemporary applications and nontraditional forms, such as graffiti and experimental calligraphy that is not formed from readable characters. All are hand-wrought and human-made, using pointed or broad-edged pens, whether quill or steel, or a brush or other simple tool.