January 25 is the birthday of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. To celebrate the day, I wrote out one of his poems. Although I now do most of my writing on the computer, it is still satisfying to put pen (or marker) to paper.
When I did calligraphy, making leaf borders was something I enjoyed. I first learned how in Writing & Illuminating & Writing by Edward Johnston. Here are some modified directions:
I think it's "Writing and Illuminating and Lettering". Sounds like a book book I want to find.
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Dorothy
This makes me want to jump into my journal and copy something beautiful. I think that I will try a leaf border and know that I need to read some Robert Burns. Many thanks! A.
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