I love color, but there is something about the black and white chaos of the Zentangle that intrigues me. I find them aesthetic. They are fun to create, too. So with a friend's birthday coming up, I decided to make a birthday card using the Zentangle concept. I also have been working on learning calligraphy. I mentioned in my previous post that I recently purchased a Brause calligraphy set, and I thought this birthday card would be a great way to put the set to use. I found online what I thought was an apt quote for birthdays, and used the Uncials lettering style for the words:
I like how it turned out, my first time with the Uncials style! Of course, I didn't do it cold, I practiced a few times in my practice book:
I also traced some letters in the Versals lettering style onto the envelope and filled in the letters with colored pencils. Meghan often wears lime green, which is why I picked that color scheme:
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