Continuing my Abecedary of Calligraphy, D is for a Decorative
Double-Stroke Alphabet and Descenders all Decorated with Daisies and Dandelions. I used gold ink to write this Double-stroke
D, and watercolour for the wild flowers.
The double lines of these letterforms are formed by two
separate strokes of the pen. The rounded
character of the letters is similar to uncials.
Some of the capital letters of this alphabet are particularly decorative
with flourishes and curling tongues. I like this style so might use these
letters again as we go through the alphabet.
Descenders are the parts of a letterform that extend
below the base-line; ie: f g j p q y. My second tag shows just the letters with
Descenders, again decorated with Daisies.
Thank you for all your sweet comments. I shall be round later to see all your
Delightful ‘D’s.
Bye for now,
Jane xx
How nice! Great spring-time green too!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful tag, Love your calligraphy! Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteVery pretty Jane. Such beautiful penmanship :0) Mo
ReplyDeleteBeautiful calligraphy and the combination with the lovely dandelions reminds me of illuminated texts. Perhaps in the long distant mists of time an ancestor painted his days away and handed his artistic skills down through the genes. Love this.
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Another wonderful penned letter Jane :)
ReplyDeleteA great theme to follow Jane. Well done
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying your theme, this is a great D tag! x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful illuminated "D" and such pretty spring colours :o)
ReplyDeleteReally lovely - so fresh looking! Carolyn x
ReplyDeleteCool illuminations!
ReplyDeleteStunning work on both - the daisy and dandelion complement perfectly the golden D. I love finding our new information too . I didn't know what descenders were until I saw your tag and read your explanation. thanks.
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