I have a love affair with monograms. With letters, actually. I love lettering as an artform - have for many years. My darling niece, Karen Lynn, gave me the push I needed on my Lettering Journey many years ago when she gifted me with a marvelous calligraphy book. It teaches all the basic calligraphy strokes and even included a pen with three different size nibs and several vials of ink. What fun. Thank you, Karen.
I've been learning a bit lately about illuminated letters and decorated versals. These are the beautiful large letters that you find in old books - the first letter of the first word on the page...like this...
I've been trying my hand at creating a decorated alphabet using some zentangle patterns as the decoration. So far I've made a K, a G, and a C.
Did I say I really love monograms? These would qualify as versals...while these...
...are really just zentangled letters. I'm having lots of fun, and have to have a way to get rid of all the stuff I make...so there is probably a Decorated Versal of your monogram in your future!
