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[Inked botanicals]

Oh my! This is so fun!! You are the best @Erica McPhee !!! I am a crazy instagram stalker of Iampeth hashtags... while crying to be far far away  Today you made my day with your little challenge. Here is my sharing!

By the way, I have decided to be up for all your challenges of these days, make a postcard with everyone of them and send them all together to you at the end! You deserve some happy mail!

[Erica McPhee]

Thank you Alba!!! *You* just made *my* day! 

[LindaR]

Thank you, Erica, for your exemplar and video, and for the inspiration!  I'm away from home, but wanted to join in, so I decided to go digital with my iPad and Apple Pencil.  My letterforms are shaky, but the process of doodling with the double Roman caps was great fun.
Linda R.

[NikkiB]

  totally nicked the ombré coloured pencil idea from @Scarlet Blue 

Thank you for the inspiration Scarlet & @Erica McPhee ! ❤️

Maybe I should have coloured in the 'O' 

[Os]

ohmigosh, it feels like ages since i've written in print/Roman alphabet! Will definitely give the double strokes a try!

In the meantime, just wanted to share something I've been busy with because I need a distraction from all these IAMPETH feels: paper marbling! I first wrote in sumi ink, and then marbled the paper (the texture of the turns weird after marbling, and sumi starts to bleed!). But now I'm totally up for using @Erica McPhee  's exemplars and incorporate them into marbled postcards!!!

Paper marbling is super fun, but the set-up is super exhausting (which makes you forget IAMPETH! I swear, it works wonders!!) I got instructions from: http://www.danielsmith.com/content--id-110 although I used cornstarch because carrageenan is hard to find where I'm from

I'll be marbling again tomorrow, and will definitely write using Erica's double stroke Romans, so stay tuned!! haha

[scrapbookmom]

Hi, Erica,

  OMG, this is going to take the "blues" away from not being able to go to IAMPETH.  I have to sit down and try this hand.  It looks like such fun!  Can't wait to see the other inspiration you have in store.

    Agnes

[Erica McPhee]

All this sharing makes me happy! 

Linda, amazing! Wow! I can't believe that was done on an ipad! Very cool and impressive!

Nikki, well done! I like the O not colored.  I like the white on black background, too!

Os, wow! marbling is (surprisingly) very hard. These are just beautiful! I love the colors you chose and it looks great with your calligraphy. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks Agnes! I just posted today's video... How to Make A Soda Can Pen

[evjo]

I first wrote in sumi ink, and then marbled the paper (the texture of the turns weird after marbling, and sumi starts to bleed!).

Thanks for posting!  So inspiring!
Are you saying that when you wrote on marbled paper with sumo ink, it bled?  & so you wrote first and marbled second?  Does the marbling resist the ink then? 
I would like to learn to do this, but I, too, have been intimidated by the set up, supplies etc.  I suppose I should find a class, but I would have to travel for it.
I had a friend who did it to her white canvas shoes.  So nice.  & once I was at an art fair in West Virginia where there were multiple vendors selling marbled scarves.  Gorgeous!  It's funny; where I live, no one makes them at all. 

[Dries]

Here's my humble first attempt:

[marilyns]

Haven't had a chance to try my hand with the Roman Caps but will print out all the responses that are giving me lots of inspiration.

[Os]

Thanks for posting!  So inspiring!
Are you saying that when you wrote on marbled paper with sumo ink, it bled?  & so you wrote first and marbled second?  Does the marbling resist the ink then? 

Yup! I wrote on the paper before marbling it. In marbling, we use thickened water so that paint can float easily. The thickener I used was corn starch, which left a very slippery residue on the paper when it dried, so in a way, the surface of the marbled paper was "modified" and when I tried writing on it using sumi ink, it started bleeding! I also tried using Zig's Mangaka brush pen and although it had minimal bleeding, it was very difficult to write because the surface was very slippery!

I do like the residue, because it leaves a semi-glossy finish when dried

@Erica McPhee oh no, a new video! I was just about to get started with the Roman capitals!! I have to catch up!

[tintenfuchs]

You are so sweet, Erica

[silverswirlstudios]

Oooh, This reminds me of a creative lettering class I used to teach, and all of the lettering was based off printed Romans. So fun! I'm going to have to go home and dig out some of my class handouts and letter something!

I'm thinking Erica McPhee should have a calligraphy camp!

[Erica McPhee]

I'm thinking Erica McPhee should have a calligraphy camp!

Wouldn't it be fun? A sunny, resort style, on the Gulf of Mexico (west coast Florida) in say February kind of calligraphy camp...   

[Erica McPhee]

Dries, I love how you shaded your caps! Looks awesome!