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Phawnda Moore, an award-winning calligrapher and regarded as one of the top in the field, brings the timeless art form of hand lettering to all ages and abilities: children, teens, adults. Learning hand lettering is a meditative pleasure that adds meaning to life for both men and women.
List of contents
Part I: GreetingsPart II: Getting Started in a Creative Life1. In the Beginning . . .
2. Inspiration and Motivation
3. Dive into Learning
4. Lettering 101
5. Two Guiding Words
6. Mindful Practice
Part III: Models for 12 Styles, Layout Design, Color7. Handwriting
8. Faux Calligraphy
9. Mail Art Design
10 Rainbow Lettering
11. Monoline Casual
12. Uncial Calligraphy
13. Italic Calligraphy
14. Pointed Pen Script
15. Brush Lettering
16. Lively Versals
17. Nature Walk Lettering
18. Drawn Lettering
19. Letters by Phawnda
20. Letter Spacing and Page Design (layout)
21. Design Elements and Principles (layout)
22. Understanding Color (color)
Part IV: Tutorials for Projects and Interesting Stuff A-Z22. Alphabet History
23. Barcode Art Books
24. Comfy Writing Tools
25. Dotted Drawing
26. Erasers
27. Flourishing
28. Gifts
29. Holiday Cards
30. Illustrating with Calligraphy Tools
31. Journal Pages
32. Kitchen Projects
33. Layout Basics
34. Monograms
35. Name Techniques
36. Organizing Your Studio
37. Proportional Scale
38. Quotes
39. Rubber Stamps
40. Space (negative)
41. Tea for Background Papers
42. Unusual Surfaces
43. Volunteering
44. Washi Tape
45. Xercise
46. Yard Art
47. Z Quilt
Part V: Thank YouPart VI: Resources, Books and Lettering in Community
About the author
Phawnda Moore has been creating with words and images since the mid-1980s. Her first lettering book was selected as a winner in the 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
She was a contributing writer on Empty Easel for 3 years and has written, edited, and designed more than 100 published books, blogs, and articles including for Bound & Lettered, Letter Arts Review, Paper & Ink Arts, Mendocino Arts and TombowUSA. She’s a member of the online calligraphy group Scribbled Lives and several U.S. calligraphy guilds.
Phawnda received national awards for her creative work at county and state offices of education, including a Clarion Award from The Association for Women in Communications and two from the National School Public Relations Association. Her original alphabet, Letters by Phawnda, was licensed by Chameleon Art Products in the U.K.
Formally trained as a graphic designer, Phawnda’s organic lettering art has been printed on apparel, home decor, wedding invitation suites and canvas banners for fundraisers. She has taught calligraphy in-person for 25 years, where students from 9 to 90 inspire each other as they mix and mingle letters, colors and shapes.
Phawnda lives in beautiful Northern California with her husband, Ron.
Summary
Phawnda Moore, an award-winning calligrapher and regarded as one of the top in the field, brings the timeless art form of hand lettering to all ages and abilities: children, teens, adults. Learning hand lettering is a meditative pleasure that adds meaning to life for both men and women.
Foreword
Phawnda Moore has been active in the worldwide calligraphy community for over 40 years, including being a member of three guilds. Her art and articles have been published in Letter Arts Review, Bound & Lettered, guild bulletins, and art publications. The two major calligraphy suppliers, John Neal Bookseller and Paper&Ink Arts, both sell her first book. Her original alphabet, “Letters by Phawnda,” was licensed by Chameleon Art Products in the U.K. from 2015 - 2016.
She has taught calligraphy and design classes in California for nearly 20 years, including mini-classes at Letters CA Style conferences, Mendocino Art Center, Sierra College Community Education and OLLI, Crocker Art Museum, The Haggin Museum, retail art stores, local libraries, and recreation and art centers.
While managing artistic communications at county and state offices of education, Phawnda received three national awards: a Clarion Award in 2011 for a style guide for the community college system, and two from National School Public Relations Assoc., 2009 and 2012, for publications she created for educators.
She is a 4-year member of a private, online calligraphy group “Scribbled Lives.” About 65 professionals from around the world create and post pages of their art in response to members’ weekly prompts. They also review various tools and products. Their art is featured in Bound & Lettered, a John Neal publication. Phawnda also leads an international mail art exchange for all levels of calligraphers, ongoing since 2016.
She has 3 social media platforms:
- www.facebook.com/phawnda
- a business page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CalligraphyandDesignByPhawnda/?eid=
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/phawnda.moore/?hl=en
with a combined total of almost 4,000 followers. Phawnda also has a website: journalismdesign.net
She was a contributing author for the online art resource, https://emptyeasel.com/ and had 38 articles published from 2016 – 2018. Phawnda is a frequent guest on KMAX-TV “Good Day Sacramento” where she demonstrates seasonal art projects for the community.
