{"id":3464,"date":"2022-12-07T22:12:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T05:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2023-01-09T21:56:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T04:56:34","slug":"roman-text-capitals-stevenson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/07\/roman-text-capitals-stevenson\/","title":{"rendered":"More Roman text capitals … and painting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I can’t believe it’s been so long since I posted anything at all! Life has been jammed up with political things (my husband’s re-election campaign, for instance), and I’m finally getting a chance to begin to catch up and take a deep breath. I’ve gotten back to Roman text capitals, which don’t want to let me go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve also been teaching more. Last month I taught a two-day workshop on Roman text capitals, color, painting and design to a delightful group of calligraphers in Albuquerque. Every time I teach this workshop<\/a>, it evolves some more. (You may remember this blog post<\/a> about my study of 6th century square capitals.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is one of the samples I brought along to the workshop this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The Roadside Fire #1” – Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem.
Gouache and small metal pen on Arches Text Wove paper. Text area 4″ x 6″.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I can never see this poem without hearing in my head the Ralph Vaughn Williams setting of it. I’ve played the piano accompanied for many a baritone student at the university. You can hear Bryn Terfel sing it here<\/a>. The entire song cycle is pretty wonderful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe it’s been so long since I posted anything at all! Life has been jammed up with political things (my husband’s re-election campaign, for instance), and I’m finally getting a chance to begin to catch up and take a deep breath. I’ve gotten back to Roman text capitals, which don’t want to let … <\/p>\n

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