Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Next meeting:

Saturday, May 13, 2023; 10:00 a.m.
Poage Park, Woodway, Texas

Location change due to weather:
Saint Matthew Lutheran Church (not the park)

 

Lettering on Rocks!  


Let’s meet at Poage Park, 11001 Woodway Drive (Hwy 84) in Woodway on Saturday, May 13th for a morning of lettering on rocks. We will learn about “faux” calligraphy and monoline lettering on a surface other than paper. Suzi Ickles will present some techniques for turning ordinary rocks into delightful pieces of artwork for you to keep or give away. Suzi will bring rocks already primed in black, bottles of craft paint, paint pens, and tools. If you have any pens or paints to try, please bring them (with your name on them).


 Afterwards, how about a picnic in the park? Bring a sack lunch and beverage of your choice. Or, go with us to a restaurant near the park.



Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Next meeting details:

Saturday, April 8, 2023; 10 am
Saint Matthew Lutheran Church
800 N. New Road, Waco, Texas



Secret Pal Reveal

Wonder what’s under all those pretty wraps?  After 3 months of sending mail, delivering packages, and guessing, the time has come to find out who’s behind all those secrets.  The April program is devoted to revealing who’s been sending secrets to whom.

To the 10 people who are participating in this oh-so-fun exchange, please be sure to bring everything you have received, including the wrapping to show off and explain (empty candy wrappers OK!).  Also, be sure to create a “Thank you” card to give to the person who is responsible for the goodies sent to you.  You will have about three minutes to present the items you received.  For those who did not participate, enjoy the eye candy and wealth of ideas.  Everyone, enjoy the show! 

Monday, February 27, 2023

Next Meeting: Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10 am

at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Waco, Texas


Decorative Lettering
Member Cindy Boney will present the morning program on developing your own Decorative Lettering exemplar. She will provide instruction on creating a "step-out" process of creating decorative letters, which is fun and easy for beginners as well as those with more advanced skills. She will provide samples for inspiration as well as an enlarged Times New Roman font for tracing. Please bring a pencil, micron or Sharpie pens, washi tape, and a ruler. Optional supplies include a broad-edge nib/parallel pen so you can use your own lettering style and/or colored markers for adding details.

 

Free Afternoon “Open Studio” idea from Suzi Ickles
Bring everything you will need.   No fee, no registration!
This year the guild has enjoyed a lot of excellent programs/workshops. How about working more on one of those after our March program? It’s an opportunity for you to continue work on a past program/workshop that really spoke to you. After Cindy’s program we can gather from 1 to 4 in the Fellowship Hall to continue our personal creative journey. You can work on what you want, but consider the previous topics this year: Watercolor for Calligraphy (Sarah Pick), Pointed Pen Lettering (Jennifer Mauricio), Pencil Lettering (Jeanne Dittmann), Bookbinding (Virginia Green), Blackletter (Jane Stanfield), Doodle Lettering (Roxanne Glaser), Versals (Debbie Dutton). It’s a time for you to get out your tools and supplies of your choice! Bring everything you need. Let’s revisit the things YOU want to do.  And the room is a delightful place to work!

We could sit in groups by topic based on our individual interests. Or not. If someone wants to peruse our fabulous library, they can. Or even redo or start their name tag. Or bring something started at home that needs some suggestions.

Since there is no “teaching,” there would be no fee for those to stay. No registration form. Bring a lunch or go out to eat. No deadline to get back. Let’s make it easy for all! We already have the church reserved that day so let’s try this opportunity.

Monday, January 30, 2023

Next meeting: Saturday, February 11, 2023



Saturday, February 11, 2023; 10:00 a.m.
Saint Matthew Lutheran Church, Waco, Texas


Next meeting:
Versals on Book Paper & Book Binding

Debbie Dutton from Houston will be our presenter for the February free morning program and paid afternoon bookbinding workshop. In the morning we will draw the versal letters, transfer them to book paper, paint, and turn it into a finished art piece.   In the afternoon we will create a bound book with gorgeous papers and buttons.

VERSALS ON BOOK PAPER
MORNING PROGRAM 

Morning Supply List:  
Watercolors or gouache
Watercolor brush, round & small
Water container
Gold and white UniBall gel pens
Light gray markers for shadows
Black waterproof fineliners
     (Micron 05)
Pointed pen and ink
Ruler
Glue stick
Tracing paper or marker layout
     paper
Pencil and eraser
Light box or pad if you have one
                Debbie will provide a color handout and all papers. $2 supply fee day of the meeting.


BUTTONHOLE BOOK BINDING

AFTERNOON WORKSHOP
($20 WCG fee + $12 supply fee = $32 total fee; nonmembers $47)

Afternoon workshop supply list:
Pencil, eraser
white pencil
scissors
2 big clips
X-Acto knife & cutting mat
Bookbinding awl
Debbie will provide: all papers, templates, floss, needles, beads, and handout for the $12 supply fee.


Online Registration Form for Debbie Dutton’s Buttonhole Book  
Please register by: Wed., Feb..  8th !

TO REGISTER:  Use this link for the Google form. No paper copy needed! 

Pay via PayPal at this link.  https://paypal.me/WacoCalligraphy?locale.x=en_US   Select SEND, log into your account, enter the amount ($32 or $47) and add “Buttonhole Book workshop”, then complete the transaction.