Mastering Modern Calligraphy by Molly Suber Thorpe

Mastering Modern Calligraphy by Molly Suber Thorpe

Mastering Modern Calligraphy is a comprehensive guide to taking your pointed pen calligraphy skills to the next level and developing your very own modern style. Following up and building on Molly's popular beginner's guide, Modern Calligraphy, Mastering Modern Calligraphy is the perfect companion for pointed pen and digital calligraphers alike. It is aimed at those with some calligraphy experience, presenting more than 2,700 letterforms and ligatures, targeted exercises, stroke drills, flourishes, and phrases, which emphasize experimentation and fun, rather than rigid uniformity.
This beautiful, in-depth guide to modern calligraphy emphasizes experimentation and fun, rather than rigid uniformity. With targeted exercises and lessons aimed at pushing you out of your calligraphy comfort zone, Mastering Modern Calligraphy will not only help you master tricks of the trade, but develop your very own modern calligraphy style, too.

Molly Suber Thorpe is a calligrapher that specializes in branding and editorial calligraphy. She is acknowledged with being a driving influence behind the modern calligraphy trend, having been one of the first artists to adopt the quirky, unconventional pointed pen styles and vibrant color palettes that are now so popular. Molly's clients employ her for everything from hand-lettered logos to envelope calligraphy, custom stationery, and even tattoos. St. Martin's Press, Modern Calligraphy: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started in Script Calligraphy (St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Martin's Griffin, 2013), was voted one of Amazon's Top Craft Books in 2013. It has been translated into Chinese and Spanish.

Molly's second book, The Calligrapher's Business Handbook: Pricing and Rules for Lettering Artists (Calligrafile Publishing, 2017), teaches hand letterers how to build a successful freelancing profession and was an Amazon Best Seller in the Calligraphy and Business of Art categories. Victorio & Lucchino, as well as Jill. UPPERCASE, Martha Stewart Living, The Wall Street Journal, LA Times, The Guardian, Buzzfeed, Bound & Lettered, Country Living, Style Me Pretty, Design*Sponge, and Snippet & Ink have all featured her work and words.Molly also enjoys teaching. Molly is a Top Teacher on the Skillshare.com platform, with over half a million minutes of watch time since her first Skillshare class released in 2013. In 2016, Molly founded Calligrafile.com, a curated library of resource links and items for calligraphers, hand lettering artists, type fans, and c

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