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    Zenspirations: Letters & Patterning
    Zenspirations: Letters & Patterning
    Zenspirations: Letters & Patterning
    Ebook102 pages34 minutes

    Zenspirations: Letters & Patterning

    By Joanne Fink

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    Patterning is fun, easy and relaxing. It is a great way to add interest and texture to any design. Whether you like to journal, draw, doodle, design, or craft, you'll find a world of inspiration here. These decorative borders, frames, shapes, and alphabets will appeal to a spectrum of tastes and styles.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDesign Originals
    Release dateFeb 1, 2014
    ISBN9781607651178
    Zenspirations: Letters & Patterning
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    Joanne Fink

    Joanne Fink, an award‑winning designer, calligrapher, and author, spent 20 years as an art director in the greeting card industry. She specializes in developing products for the gift, stationery, craft and faith-based markets. With more than a million books in print, Joanne is the author of 17 books from Fox Chapel Publishing, including Zenspirations® Coloring Book Inspirations, Flowers of Faith Coloring Book, and L'Chaim: Celebrate Life.

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      Zenspirations - Joanne Fink

      IllustrationIllustration

      These are some of the first illustrations I did when I started incorporating patterning into my work. The illustrations on page 4 are scans of the original 3 ½ x 3 ½ pieces; the ones on this page are scans of two (or more) pieces of art which were composed digitally. One advantage of working both digitally and by hand, is that it allows me to letter my text at a larger size so I have better control of the letterforms, then scan, reduce and place it in the artwork.

      THE CREATIVE PROCESS

      Illustration

      STEP 1: Draw a shape. Here is a flower as an example.

      Illustration

      STEP 2: Add a small space around the edge of the shape.

      Illustration

      STEP 3: Add pattern inside the spaces.

      COLORIZATION OPTIONS

      Illustration

      OPTION A:

      An original drawing that was hand painted with watercolors.

      Illustration

      OPTION B:

      Scan of original drawing, cleaned in Photoshop, then printed on watercolor paper and hand painted in watercolors.

      Illustration

      OPTION C:

      Scan of original drawing cleaned and colored digitally in Photoshop.

      BASIC MATERIALS

      One of the nice things about patterning is that it doesn’t require a lot of expensive art supplies. All you really need is a pen, a

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