Floral alphabet. Dip pen and ink.

With dip pen and Windsor and Newton ink I have been drawing floral alphabet letters.

It's lovely drawing with a dip pen, impossible to go fast, and the lines are wonderfully uneven and not remotely uniform.

I am working my way through the alphabet.

I've had success selling alphabet cards, but until now have been drawing and selling originals. Not very time efficient! So an investment in laser printer has made the process much simpler. I am taking my time to create one letter I really like, and then printing it directly onto a card.

  I hand colour the tiny hearts on the letters after printing, so they could be changed to gold, pink, purple or a rainbow of colours, not just red.

I am happily heading towards Z, and putting the floral letter cards onto my Etsy shop as they are finished and printed.  http://etsy.me/1eCltUZ

found alphabet number 9. The letter k.

The letter k is added to my found alphabet collection - formed from the fallen stalks of virginia creeper leaves.

I haven't seen a found letter since August, so am rather pleased with this, especially as it is the initial of my surname.

I think it's about two years now that I have been looking for letters. The rule is simple - the letter has to be have been made without any human intervention. I have been very tempted a few times to help a letter emerge, but no, I have remained strong!

Found Alphabet No 4 - the letter V

The fourth in my Found Alphabet series, a rather slim and understated forked twig, graceful on the pavement.

I found the first one, the letter A, on March 29th 2012.  This is a slow process.

Upper or lower case, I don't mind. My rule is that I cannot in any way touch or alter the letters, they have to be complete when my eyes first alight upon them.

With A, H, T, and now V under my belt, the search continues.