Thursday, December 9, 2010

Ohhhh-Free Books! and you can win too!




This is so cool-I put up a list of very cool books from Chronicle and then they *MIGHT* choose me and one of my readers to win this haul-for the Haulidays-HA HA=Get it?Oh you have to comment below to have a chance at winning!

Heres my listo!

Creative Time: The Book:

Permanence: Tattoo Portraits by Kip Fulbeck

Street Sketchbook: Inside the Journals of International Street and Graffiti Artists

Indie Craft

Stencil 101 Journal


Gig Posters Volume I: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century
Quirk Books

Subway Art: 25th Anniversary Edition

Young Guns 6 and The Undiscovered Letter



Street Sketch Book-Journeys-looks cool
The Exquisite Book- a collab of many artists-this looks very cool-how can you go wrong wiht DaveEggers?
David Choe-He so crazy ( but so so talented!)
Pictorial Websters-all the neato drawings from the dictionary with out the pesky words and all
AIGA Year in Design-the top of toppermost graphic designers compete here
Cult Streetwear-thats what I would like the Letterworks project dudes and dudettes to do

Made & Sold: Toys, T-shirts, Prints, Zines, and Other Stuff

More Things Like This

Art by Tattooists: Beyond Flash

Dan Eldon: The Art of Life

Urgent 2nd Class: Creating Curious Collage, Dubious Documents, and Other Art from Ephemera

The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: A Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, and other Freaks of Fancy
Princeton Architectural Press

I think these blue lettered ones will link ya right to the books themselves-give it a try ( I just got tired of typing!

Right on Chronicle Books! I love that I got to browse these ultra cool books-what a selection -and Im not just saying that to get chosen-at all!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

RETURN TO GLEN IVY

My holiday class at Glen Ivy Hot Springs!

Holiday Lettering from the Heart with Lisa Engelbrecht
Friday, December 10, 1:30pm, in the Tiempo Lounge, at Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa in Corona.

The class session with supplies are all included in Glen Ivy Hot Srings Spa general admission price of $52.*
Enjoy this holiday mini-class with Lisa, along with a relaxing day at the Spa.
For more details,paste this link into your browser

http://www.glenivy.com/2010/11/23/holiday-lettering-from-the-heart-with-lisa-engelbrecht/

Note: This event is hosted by Glen Ivy Spa, and no advance reservations are required.
For more info visit, www.glenivy.com
* there is a15% discount on admission price for 55+ and teachers with ID.

SEATTLE TRIP! Blog Coming Soon!!


OK-BACK from Seattle-It was awesome! I will blog soon about the fab class-and all our adventures but the pics are up on the Flickr stream if you cant wait! Link is here on the side!