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ABC Uncials – teaching children calligraphy
I used to run an annual holiday course teaching children uncials. Title page for ABC Uncials And now I have just about completed a little book aimed at 10-year olds and upwards. This little 16-page...
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Balsa pens
This is a fantastic home-made pen that can do lettering from a 5mm stroke width to 5cm stroke width. Buy some balsa that is 5mm in thickness. It is usually in a plank approx. 45cm long and 7.5cm wide...
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Rule of the last Inch – ABC Uncials
I spoke about moving the goalposts in writing my little book ABC Uncials for 10 year olds and upwards. Well I am now enetering the Realm of the Last inch… Now listen to the rule of the last inch. The...
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ABC Uncials: Teaching Children Calligraphy – what style and what age?
My background as children’s teacher and my interest in children’s handwriting I used to run holiday courses in winter in my Cape Town studio. We had a large studio surrounded by trees and it rained...
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Give them real ink! – Teaching Children Calligraphy
There are a few reasons for giving children real ink. Below is a drawing of a house that Hattie (6) did using black waterproof ink and a bamboo pen that I made. I’m showing this picture because I don’t...
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Walnut Ink – ABC Uncials – Teaching Children Calligraphy
Walnut Ink is part of ABC Uncials mini-kit Walnut ink is a warm brown colour, inexpensive and really pleasant to use. It is supplied in a little sachet containing 1 tsp of cystals so that you can mix...
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