Letter K and Kaleidoscope This project is part of a watercolor and ink study in letter styles and object styles beginning with that letter. Each week will focus on one letter and one object beginning with that letter in order to collect and practice various artistic styles and alphabets. As you may have noticed, I took some time off from this lettering and watercolor study before starting letter K. I plan to adjust the time frame of the rest of the study to allow for other projects that pop up, to get myself organized for future blog posts, and to do additional planning for the days/weeks/months ahead. Instead of…

  Letter J and Jellyfish This project is part of a watercolor and ink study in letter styles and object styles beginning with that letter. Each week will focus on one letter and one object beginning with that letter in order to collect and practice various artistic styles and alphabets. It would seem as though letter J would be one of my favorite letters. It starts my name. And I do enjoy playing with the look of it, but I must say, it can also be one of my most elusive letter styles. Perhaps I want the perfect look. The J that best represents me. After all, it’s a part…

Letter I and Iris   This project is part of a watercolor and ink study in letter styles and object styles beginning with that letter. Each week will focus on one letter and one object beginning with that letter in order to collect and practice various artistic styles and alphabets.   Letter I is a hard letter to work with. Not only is it limited in its strokes, but not many nouns start with I. I found myself stuck in a box of ice cream, icicles, and igloos. Not what I wanted to paint at the start of the heat of summer. Though maybe painting those things would cool me…