From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V2 #175 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Monday, July 20 1998 Volume 02 : Number 175 In this issue: [scribes]: Homestudy courses in Calligraphy??? Re: [scribes]: Homestudy courses in Calligraphy??? Re: Re: [scribes]: Gold leaf for flames? Re: [scribes]: Dirty Tricks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 06:35:46 -0400 From: "John M. Nielsen" Subject: [scribes]: Homestudy courses in Calligraphy??? Are there such things as home-study courses in Calligraphy by recognized and qualified calligraphers? Teaching yourself leaves a lot to be desired as you may not even recognize the errors you are making. A qualified teacher setting assignments and offering a critique of the lesson would be great for those of us who find it hard to attend classes. Thanks for any information. Anna ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 08:38:51 -0500 From: "Helen Schultz (KHvS)" Subject: Re: [scribes]: Homestudy courses in Calligraphy??? Greetings Anna, There are a couple good books out that you "could" use for home study, but sometimes having an instructor at your side to tell you when you need to change the angle of approach, etc. does help. I'm currently at work so I don't have my references (the details of them) with me, but you might try looking for Marc Drogin's "Medieval Calligraphy" and David Harris' "The Art of Calligraphy." Both of these books have excellent examples to show you how each stroke should be accomplished. Where are you located? Are you in the SCA or just someone who chanced upon this list (not a bad thing, just curious). If you are SCA, there are several people and groups where you could just get some one-on-one instruction to get you started. By the way, welcome to the list. Meisterin Katarina Helene von Schoenborn (also known in the current era as Helen Schultz) Middle Kingdom (SCA) -- Peru, Indiana (current era) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 09:46:42 EDT From: Luiseach@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: [scribes]: Gold leaf for flames? In a message dated 07/19/98 22:33:01, ickessler@hotmail.com wrote: <<>I'm doing a scroll that has a couple of cooking fires in the marginalia, and I thought of a trick to make them seem to glow: put down gold leaf for the tongues of flame, then paint over it in red (I've been told you can paint over real gold; is that right?), leaving gaps for the gold to shine through. Does anybody have an opinion on this?<>> I rhink this sounds like a situation where JimBear's technique of mixing garlic juice into the paint would be good, but I'll let him explain it. Luighseach whose air conditioner died over the weekend and it's already 72 and humid at 6:00 in the morning. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 09:46:44 EDT From: Luiseach@aol.com Subject: Re: [scribes]: Dirty Tricks OK, here's my dirty trick: if I need to use line guides behind translucent paper (the light box routine) I make them up using my computer and a drawing program. I can get very precise spacing and don't have to worry about the ruler slipping etc. Luighseach ------------------------------ End of scribes digest V2 #175 *****************************