January
I’ve decided to make a calendar for each month in an effort to light a fire under myself to boost production. I’ll be using a square format for the art content, and hoping to learn/try something new with each month’s calendar. January’s used new (to me) lettering and a cosmos motif inspired by thepostmansknock.com. This is where I am learning calligraphy, and also where I’m being delightfully bombarded with new ideas and inspiration.
Lemon tree "wallpaper" page in travel sketchbook, Florence section. There seemed to be potted lemon trees everywhere in Florence.
(Unfinished) Bell tower in Piazza del Duomo, center of Florence (also the "F" for section opening in sketchbook)
"Stitches" font practice, a lovely font for an old quilter like me! I was refocusing on meditation at the same time, hence the content.
I promised myself I would go slowly and properly through this book and the lesson exercises when I retired...
Drawing upside-down (one of those exercises)
Medallions are another fun calligraphy thing to do! This was the back of an envelope.