Brenna

This image shows a tatted earring. It's blue and green, with three small clear beads and two larger amethyst beads. Tatting is a method of creating lace-like designs by making a series of slip knots.

Instead of working on the draft for my client, I got distracted this morning by #tatting! I designed my first pattern. It's a little wonky, but designing (and then creating) a pattern taught me a lot. Now it's time to have lunch, and THEN work on calligraphy (or make a mate for this earring...🤔).

30.01.2025 18:45 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This image shows several sheets of paper with names written in a cursive script.

Here's a peek at my process for my first #WIPWednesday! I'm working on a family tree project for a client, and I needed to write out all the names to get final dimensions. The next step is centering the #lettering, and then I'll do a draft with the pointed pen (instead of just a monoline pencil).

29.01.2025 21:30 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A soft pastel painting depicting a brilliant blue lake, with yellow-green grasses in the foreground and pines in the background. Some reddish rocks jut out into the water.

I had a busy day and didn't have time to create something new -- so here's a #softpastel #landscape #painting that I did awhile back.

28.01.2025 23:26 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Italic calligraphy of a quotation written by Ursula K. Le Guin, with one word ("hope") in Artificial Uncials. The text reads: "However ill-founded, however misguided, hope is the basic stratagem of mortality. We need it, and an art that fails to offer it fails us."

Some #italic #calligraphy practice this afternoon, with a small side helping of artificial #uncials. Once again I've chosen words written by Le Guin.

My italics are a bit rusty at the moment, but for an unplanned piece, I'm pretty pleased.

27.01.2025 22:54 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I'm new to Bluesky, and your post popped up in a search for gouache. I immediately recognized Ithaca Falls! Gorgeous work.

24.01.2025 01:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This image shows a hand-painted monarch butterfly on a flower. Next to the painting is a quotation by Ursula K. Le Guin, which is written in a broad-edge calligraphy style known as Foundational. The quotation reads, "Words are the wings both intellect and imagination fly on."

A journey begins! I'm glad to be here. To start things off, here's a #calligraphy piece with a small painting done in #gouache. You can expect more calligraphy, painting, tatting, engraving, and probably other shenanigans in the future.

23.01.2025 23:21 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0