Sunday, November 14, 2010

calligraphy + watercolor

Yesterday I spent a long, relaxing day in Bel Air at a watercolor workshop lead by the Society for Calligraphy of Southern California. The watercolor teacher was Yukimi Annand, a fantastic calligrapher who does incredible work incorporating watercolor to produce cool backgrounds.

We experimented with lots of techniques I'd never tried before, like sprinkling salt and rubbing alcohol on the wet paint and laying sheets of plastic wrap over the pieces as they dried. Now I'm just looking forward to experimenting with my pieces as backgrounds for my own calligraphy projects.

I also got to see my calligraphy teacher, the amazingly talented and inspiring Carrie Imai.


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