Long Village Studio

Langsdorf , a photo by long village lettering on Flickr. After being inspired by Julie Grey & Carl Rohrs, I finally tried my hand at cutting out lettering design. The scan is a bit blurring since it was not sitting directly on the glass. Looking forward to creating more pieces like this one.

1) paper draft of sign In just 2 weeks I will be spending the weekend demonstrating the art of calligraphy at an annual Art on Main event. I have completed the chalkboard that will be at my artist space in downtown Hendersonville, NC. Here are the steps as the board took shape: 2) sketch in layout with light chalk pencil then begin to chalk over 3) continue to work . . . 4) easy to erase problem areas and redo the sign. I did not like the spacing on the feather . 4) all done.

These paintings are a great, modern twist on the formal guestbook. The guests sign right on the painting. The finished projects gives the couple a wonderful piece of art for their home. Each painting is custom crafted for the couple.

 creating chalkboard art . . . . playing with various lettering styles . . . . making basic Roman capitals look aged . . . . with a grey shadow.                                                                                          Loving making chalk creations!