Edna's Blog

Tracking a Project

Edna — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:55:55 +0000

This week I started tracking all the steps I am taking on a project I am working on as an Easter gift. A lot of times a small project can be completed start to finish in one session, but a more complicated project can take several sessions to complete. The piece I started is a rather [...]

Papers for Calligraphy

Edna — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:03:14 +0000

Let’s assume for a moment that you’ve been studying calligraphy for a while, and doing a lot of practice and writing on your Westwind Pad. Maybe you’ve tried some of the projects in your Calligraphy in a Box kit, using the papers provided in the kit, and now you need to find more papers for [...]

Holiday Projects – Easter

Edna — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:23:13 +0000

Easter is fast approaching, and while I’m working on a larger project to share with you, I thought it might be a good idea to put out a simpler project as well, one that packs a lot of punch for it’s size and ease of accomplishment. A single-word project with a large decorated first letter and [...]

Holiday Projects-Valentine’s Day

Edna — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:22:57 +0000

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and this year Chinese New Year begins at the same time. 2010 will be the Year of the Tiger. I’ll have to incorporate the tiger theme into a future post, because tigers are one of my favorite animals. In fact, I have a beautiful hand-painted stuffed tiger on a wicker [...]

Hi, I’m Back!

Edna — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:56:58 +0000

At last, something new on my page! It’s been a long dry spell, but I’m back in the swing of things now. To be truthful, the world of fine art has been consuming my time the last couple of months: I had a show in October, with all the matting, framing and such, and I [...]