Calligraphy for the Beginner [Paperback]

Tom Gourdie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1981

As an introduction to calligraphy, the author, himself a past master of the art, supplies many different alphabets and shows how each may be applied by drawing, painting, carving or writing with a broad lettering pen. He also gives advice on materials that are most suitable. This is one of the classic books in the field.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Tom Gourdie was one of the leading British calligraphers for many years. He wrote many books on lettering and calligraphy over the years, and this book has been a standard in the field for more than three decades.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 60 pages
• Publisher: Taplinger Publishing Company (August 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800811887
• ISBN-13: 978-0800811884
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 7.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,602,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Arts & Photography > Graphic Design > Calligraphy
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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Calligraphy --- This One's a Winner!, May 2, 2002

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LukeR (Tampa, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calligraphy for the Beginner (Paperback)

Tom Gourdie's Calligraphy for the Beginner will make you a Calligraphic Winner! You heard it here. I bought this book with hopes of learning how to create some simple calligraphic techniques to write love letters to my girlfriend. After a couple weeks of practicing I felt I was a master. Gourdie lists easy excercises that you can do to teach yourself the basics, then he gives you more ways to improve. If you already know quite a bit about calligraphy, you might want to skip ahead and get a more advanced book, but if you've never tried it before and are interested in learning and making yourself a calligraphy wiz, then this book is for you. I was having so much fun writing the letters that I didn't even care when my girlfriend broke up with me! Seriously, I'm still using the book to perfect my technique and wouldn't trade it for anything!