Day 29 - Milan Alessandro

Day 28 - Jacob Matthew James

Day 27 - A little Funky

Day 26 - Sketches

Day 25 - Jacob, the process

Day 24 - Jon, even further

I am interested in adding color to the background of some of these. And also in making the letters with more movement, dynamic.

Day 23 - Jon, a bit further

Spent the day with my foot up again due to edema, pooling of fluids around my ankle.

I am not uncomfortable walking but it looks real bad. Anyway, I'm thankful it isn't any worse. As I worked on Jon's name, I couldn't help but wonder how he's doing at basic training. Love you, son.

Day 22 - Jon

Day 21 - Lydia & Sprained Ankle

I sprained my ankle first thing this morning, but my daughter in law came over and spent the whole day taking care of me. I am so thankful for her help. By the evening I was able to walk on it again, very slowly and gingerly, but it's getting better. I created and colored this design for Lydia's name while watching a movie with my ankle on ice.

Day 20 - Cole

Day 19 - Brysen

Day 18 - Jacob Steps to Adding Color

Day 17 - Jacob outline

Day 16 - Monoline Fun and Stretched Cursive

Day 15 - A Little Color Goes A Long Way

Day 14 - Gabriel Graffiti Style

I LOVE graffiti! I like studying the letters, which too often are unreadable. I prefer to be able to read them, but don't mind if I have to work a little bit at "getting it." My personal style when I try to create graffiti is still too "tight" and predictable. I need to loosen up and to work at designing the letters to be intertwined more. I really like it when they do. It's more intriguing to look at.

Day 13 - Tracie Lee, Stretched Cursive

Day 12 - Birth Announcement Practice

Day 11 - Italic practice with a cartridge pen

When I practice with a cartidge pen, I like to use spiral notebooks because they are already lined. For italic, the lower case letters are 5 pen-widths high. A Shaeffer Broad nib fits just right in the Wide Ruled spiral and notebook paper.

Another thing that is good about notebook paper is that it has a nice smooth surface; the ink-filled nib glides nicely over the surface without feathering.

Whenever you letter, put a piece of paper under your hand. It will protect your writing surface and keep it clean. You'd be surprised how sliding a hand back and forth on the paper, even a very clean hand, deposits oils from your skin and prevents the ink from laying down properly; it'll skip and spoil your lettering.

Day 10 - Cynthia

Day 9 - Hannah Rose, Larkin Renee & Heidi Finleigh