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Greek Alphabet: Iota and Kappa
Ink & Watercolor pens
Ancient Greece was known for it’s advanced society, but there was another part of Greece that didn’t quite make it into the history books. Yep, that’s right, ancient Greece also had it’s own “wild, wild, west.”
The Iota Bank was the only bank in town, but would take deposits […]
Greek Alphabet: Eta and Theta
The ancient Greeks loved to play games, and were especially fond of contests that involved demonstrations of physical prowess. Every four years, athletes would gather at Olympia for several days of festivities and competition. The games began after the athletes made a sacrifice, and pledged an oath to Zeus. To prevent […]
More Greek Alphabet, Epsilon and Zeta
Ink, Pencil, Watercolor pen(s)
Today we have Greek letters no. 5 and 6, Epsilon and Zeta. A fine Greek lawn is every homeowner’s dream. You know the one. It’s the one that’s always greener on the other side of the fence. It’s the one without any dandelions. It’s the one that’s […]
Greek Alphabet Letters
Faber-Castell Ink Pens
I don’t speak Greek. I know Baklava, and a few of Aesop’s Fables, but that’s about the extent of it.
Anyway, today we have the third and fourth letters of the Greek alphabet; gamma, and delta. Yep, that’s right, gamma comes before delta, and I didn’t find anything that resembled the letter […]
Alphabeta Soup
Handbook Journal, Ink and Colored Pencil
So, now that the alphabet series is complete, what’s next on my agenda? Well, someone suggested that I do the whole thing all over again using the Greek alphabet. Good grief. I don’t know about doing a whole nuther alphabet series, but I’d hate to disappoint anybody! So, here […]
Z is for…
Ink, Colored Pencil
Z is for zinnober, zircon white, and zinc yellow. Z is for zoho, a Japanese method of calligraphic overlapping using a brush, and Zig calligraphy supplies. Z is for zincography, a printing process using zinc plates.
Z is for zip, the vertical lines pained in the works of abstract expressionist Barnett Newman. […]
Y is for…
Ink
Y is for yellow. Y is for the Yucca leaves that Native Americans used for paint brushes. Y is for yarn used by textile artists, and for yard, a unit of measure for really big paintings. Y is for celebrating YAM (Youth Art Month) every March.
Y is for yugen, one of the ten […]
X is for…
Ink, Colored Pencil
X is for X-Acto. X is for Xanthorrhoea, an Australian resin that’s colored either yellow-gold, or ruby-red. X is for Xylem, makers of elegant easels, and for Xyron, when you need stickers or lamination. X is for toxic solvents like Xylol and xylene.
X is for…
Ink, Colored Pencil
X is for Xanthic, from […]
W is for…
Ink, Colored Pencil
W is for white, whether zinc, titanium, or lead. W is for weld, an obsolete yellow and woad, a dark blue similar to indigo. W is for waza, Japanese for technique.
W is for watercolor. W is for waterbrushes, washi paper, and working wet into wet. W is for watermark, a translucent […]
V is for…
Ink, colored pencil
V is for violet. V is for Verona red, Vandyke brown, Victoria green, and Vienna lake. V is for verdigris, viridian, verditer blue, and vermilion, a very vivid red. V is for vine black, Venetian red, and for verdaccio, and neutral color used for underpainting.
V is for viewfinder, vanishing points, and […]
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