Hand Lettering
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Long shut down Marshall Hotel; old & weathered hand lettering, "FULL" ('BAR')
Marshall, Tomales Bay, West Marin County, Northern California, USA.
“By changing the way we focus our attention—even just a bit—it’s amazing how much more we can discover around us, says writer and artist Jenny Odell.”
—Interview Sjoukje van de Kolk Hand-Lettering Valerie McKeehan, Flow Magazine, Issue 39
Always on the look out for hand painted letters and handmade signs. I have heard there is a documentary in production about sign painters. Taken with iPhone 3Gs
I just finished this one, on a nice panel. Its super wet looking from the varnish spray I just threw on it.
Former Santa Fe #1528 started life in 1952 working for "Chico" in black and silver stripes. After being retired in 1974 by the Santa Fe, the unit was sold to Continental Grain. Here we see her for "Switcher Sunday", having just been repainted red/white/blue for the bicentennial. She had just been repainted and is not yet lettered. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, the unit would get lettered in time but it was a very half baked hand lettering job with a hand painted herald, that I'm not sure looked so hot. In time a nice Continental Grain herald would be added on a steel plate, but the poor lettering also remained.
Most interestingly she worked (wearing a later solid black paint) at Gilman until 2015, and was subsequently sold to the Arizona State Railroad Museum. Currently the unit is stored at Williams while the ASRM get's underway, with a planned opening to take place in 2024. Intentions are to put the unit back to it's Santa Fe look.
Amy Sonnie – Revolutionary voices
Nancy Rubin – Ask me if I care /voices from an American high school
Annie Thoms – With their eyes
Mary McCarthy & Philip Manna - Making books by hand
Alexandra Johnson – Leaving a trace
Tristine Rainer – Your life as story
Holly Harrison – Altered books, collaborative journals and other adventures in
bookmaking
Corey Moortgat – The art of personal imagery
Sabrina Ward Harrison – Spilling open the art of becoming yourself
Sue Doggett – Bookworks
D. Price – How to make a journal of your life
Annie Cicale – The art & craft of hand lettering
Terry Taylor – The artful storybook
Betsy Franco – You hear me?
Sheila Bender – Writing personal essays: how to shape your life experiences
for the page
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg – Write where you are
Joan R. Neubauer – Dear diary
Julie Tallard Johnson – Spiritual Journaling
500 Handmade books
Betsy Franco – Things I have to tell you
Yesterdays post showed a very shiny car. This old truck was anything but shiny. Still it had some great colour and even textures. I especially liked this hand lettering. Farmers are known to be resourceful and to do many things themselves. No doubt the lettering was not painted by a bonafide professional.
Gotta love that two-digit telephone number.
hand painted sign. acrylic on canvas board...
this is the first stage, and I plan on throwing a character over the top-ish of all of these.
It's never too early for Halloween :-)!
watercolors, pencils, photoshop and ink for hand-lettering
See all the monsters 'up-close' here: www.behance.net/gallery/28283609/Happy-Halloween
Thanks!
Gearing up for Renegade Craft Fair ATX! Trying out some new stuff. Mrs. Fancy Pants is going to help me sew these tonight.
Inspired by my little dog Boris, a newspaper column by Ben Hur Lampman, and a misquote of Death from the Sandman comics.
Doubleday Crime Club Selection Book Jacket (circa 1960s) designed and illustrated by Emanuel Schongut. The book is titled The Reluctant Medium. Author L.P. Davies.
Mixed Media on paper. A preparatory work for the collage version of this. This is mostly watercolour with some oil pastel. It does give the piece a different feel. If anything, the later collage was easier because you can continue working on the composition by adding more elements. In the watercolour you get to the point where you can't easily add any more.
I've been meaning to put this up for a while. A little something for Underground Art School magazine :)
So, my word for this year was CREATE. I think I've been doing pretty well so far, but a friend of mine has invited me to join her on a journey of learning hand lettering! There is so much more involved than I thought. Which is the correct writing implement? Should I draw in pencil first and then erase the errant lines after the ink is done? What paper is best - is it smooth enough, do I need lines or grids or just plain? How much design is too much? Or not enough? I think you get the idea! But I'm totally hooked and can't wait to find ways to put it to practical use!
I finally finished the watercolor version of "Love the body you're in" and the exciting news is that I created a wall calendar with it! Blogged here