Lindsey Bugbee

Tackling Diacritics in Calligraphy: A Polish (and Czech) Challenge

March 3, 2020 by Lindsey Bugbee 63 Comments
Calligraphy· Dip Pen Calligraphy· Video

Today, I decided to take on a (friendly) challenge from a Polish reader: write diacritics in calligraphy. This reader was kind enough to provide me with a list of words featuring diacritics and/or difficult letter combinations! Initially, I planned to write words and show you the photos. Then, I realized that it’s probably more helpful for you to see me writing them out to so you can get a peek into my thought process!
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Spring + Summer Calligraphy Workshop Registration is Now Available!

February 27, 2020 by Lindsey Bugbee 60 Comments
Dip Pen Calligraphy· Time-Sensitive

Calligraphy workshops are the highlight of my year! I love everything about them: making detailed place cards, adjusting pens for participants, and tweaking curriculum to make concepts easy to understand. On the day of, it’s so cool to get to meet students in person and help them make an incredible amount of progress in just a few hours! If you’re interested in attending a TPK modern calligraphy workshop, I’ve got four different weekends available this year. Registration is officially open as of today!
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Hand Lettering Guidelines Free Printable Template

February 25, 2020 by Lindsey Bugbee 125 Comments
Free Printables· Hand-Lettering

Hand lettering guidelines and I have a love/hate relationship. Of course, guidelines help when you want to write neat, orderly letters. On the other hand, guidelines take a chunk of time to draw, and then you have to carefully erase them! With the erasing step comes the possibility of smearing ink, wrinkling the page, or changing your paper’s sheen. To solve that problem, I made myself a printable guidelines template — and today, I’m sharing it with you!
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SURPRISE! Free + Premium Limited Edition “Smiley Style” Calligraphy Worksheets

February 20, 2020 by Lindsey Bugbee 94 Comments
Time-Sensitive· Worksheets

There’s a new worksheet packet available in the TPK catalog! You can find both printable and Procreate versions here.

When I first started TPK, I experimented with a lot of calligraphy styles. I created printable calligraphy worksheets for some of those styles, then I quietly retired those worksheets a few years later. The styles, I decided, were a too juvenile for my sophisticated taste (eye roll)!
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8 Absorbing Projects to Bust the Winter Blues

February 18, 2020 by Lindsey Bugbee 31 Comments
Roundup· Sketchbook

Here in Boulder, we’re alternating between being super snowed in to mildly snowed in. As someone who doesn’t do well in the cold, I have decided that it’s best to embrace the great indoors and capitalize on my creativity! For this article, I compiled a list of recent TPK projects that are fun and engaging. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably seen all of these before (and my hat’s off to you). And if not, hopefully you’ll find something that sparks your creative energy! Here we go:
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