In this abstract art tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a gallery-worthy piece of watercolor art! It may not look like the piece above, and it shouldn’t: abstract art is all about randomness and feeling. In the end, you’re left with a piece that conveys artistic energy rather than depicts a subject!
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If you follow the TPK Facebook page, then you know that every couple of weeks, I like to post an envelope design mini-tutorial! I do it in the hopes that I will motivate others to experience the joy of mail art. It sounds a bit silly until you try it, but making something creative and beautiful for someone else is the best feeling! Don’t knock it ’til you try it: making creative envelope designs is fun for you and wonderful for whoever receives your creation. In this post, you’ll find three inspirational mini-tutorials from the TPK Facebook page that will encourage you to get your mail art on!
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Faux calligraphy — calligraphy created with any standard writing instrument like a ballpoint pen, chalk, or marker — offers a fantastic introduction to dip pen calligraphy! Additionally, faux calligraphy is a beautiful lettering art form in its own right. In the first half of this blog post, I’ll teach you how to create this fun, accessible form of calligraphy. In the second half, you’ll find inspiration for using it to add beauty to everything from chalkboards to mail art!
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Whenever I look through photos hashtagged #thepostmansknock on Instagram, I always feel surprised and pleased at where TPK printables end up! I see people using TPK free printables in the US, Europe, Australia, Central and South America, India, Singapore, The Philippines, and beyond. That — to me — is the coolest thing. The internet really does connect us in a profound way, and I’m proud that the printables on this site help so many different people to stretch their creativity!
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There is no “must have” list of intermediate calligraphy supplies, and I want to get that out of the way from the get-go! As long as you have basic calligraphy supplies, you’re all set to create calligraphy regardless of your skill level. For that reason, this intermediate calligraphy supply list offers suggestions for tools that should be fun to toy with. None of these supplies are things you absolutely must own, but they’re all nice to have!
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The other day, I was making calligraphy place cards for one of my calligraphy workshops. I was “in the zone”, enjoying listening to a podcast and writing, when I realized: I don’t have any information about making basic place cards on the TPK blog! Today’s tutorial should fix that. It will walk you through creating elegant calligraphy place cards from start to finish!
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Over the past few years, I have taught several beginners’ modern calligraphy workshops and answered countless calligraphy questions via email. Those experiences have taught me that there is a need for a blog post like this one: a post that shows you where to start learning from scratch! In this blog post, I’ll walk you through how to learn modern calligraphy in a few simple steps.
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A couple of weekends ago, I traveled to Portland to teach two beginner modern calligraphy workshops. My head was a little bit clouded with worry before getting on the plane: would the venue, CENTRL workspace (which I hadn’t seen in person), be okay? Did all the supplies get delivered? Was I sure I’d ordered an oblique pen for the sole leftie in the bunch? Portland was my first workshop outside of my home state of Colorado, and I wanted to make sure all my i’s were dotted and t’s were crossed.
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