If so, you can download Printable Guideline Sheets by Margaret Shepherd from her book Learn Calligraphy. You have a choice of “Roman,” “Celtic,” “Gothic,” “Bookhand,” “Italic” and “Italic Capitals & Swashes.”
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Lily found the links from an ornamental penmanship mailing list.
- A woman compiling books of gold leaf by hand
Anyone who has ever manipulated genuine gold leaf will understand her level of skill. - Applying patent gold leaf to a carved sign
- Gold leaf being made by hand in Myanmar
Some modern methods employ machines to beat the gold sheet to get the gold to almost an atom’s thin sheet.
Here is a tip from Denise:
Greetings, Calligraphy Friends!
I had to share this one, folks!
For those of us who have EVER tried to mix flour (a dry powder) with water (a liquid) to make GRAVY… you have likely learned that a WHISK is an indispensible tool … and adding the liquid a little at a time is an undeniable method… for preventing LUMPS!!
Well, if you are mixing up very small quantities of pigments (a dry powder) with gum arabic, water, etc. (a liquid), a TINY WHISK is a wonderful thing to have!
SO I MADE ONE!!
All it takes is a few loops of monofilament (like fishing line) with a few turns of tape to hold it all together. Works like a CHARM for those powder pigments that are very finicky about blending with liquid!!! Don’t forget to add your liquid a few drops at a
time. Just like making lumpless gravy! Yeah!!
Happy writing!!
–Denice 
