January has never been my favourite month. The grey days are short, dark and drizzly. So I played around with some drawing ink this morning, Apple Green by Winsor & Newton, and this little piece of calligraphy materialised.
And, in following one of those intriguing rabbit warrens of links which you never quite remember how you got into in the first place, I found a calligraphy workshop which is to take place in Cheshire in February. I wanted to find out a bit more about who was presenting it, and it turns out to be Celia Lister, whose newsletter I’ve been signed up to for quite a while in the vague hope that I might be able to get to one of her classes. (This seemed unlikely, as she is based in Cornwall – a mere 6 hour drive from here.) So I jumped at the chance to learn from her nearer to home and signed up there and then. Don’t you just love synchronicity when it happens?
You can find out more about the workshop here.
What a lovely combination of calligraphy and image. I love the use of yellow behind the green.
Thanks Jane – I really like yellow and green together both in nature and in painting
I hope you get to do the course at some point, i love your beautiful snowdrops, so looking forward to seeing them as well. Ax
Yup, all signed up for the beginning of Feb
I love how you echoed your “shoots” theme with the green lines at the corners.
Thanks Melissa – a bit of wishful thinking on my part
love the celtic script! and i echo the sentiment – i really don’t like january… *sigh*
Oh yes, roll on Spring for me too.