The Calligraphy Southscribes, Inc. 2025 Challenge

 Dear Members and Followers,

In 2025 we are taking a different approach to our yearly Challenge. We will be creating concertina fold

books, again, each month will have a different theme and we will each have a 10cm x 10cm page

on which to work.

This approach might appeal to some newer members, as fitting your own work onto an

increasingly full page can be a little tricky. This is also a way you might try some of the ideas from

our Saturday afternoon workshops.

Be sure to add your name to the Challenge list by the February meeting. 2025 is the year of the

Snake, associated with wisdom, charm and elegance - sounds just like us!!!

Monthly Theme

• March Humorous. Fractured Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Tales and anything humorous
• April Humorous. Fractured Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Tales and anything humorous
• May Humorous. Fractured Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Tales and anything humorous
• June Animals
• July Animals
• August Animals
• September Inspirational words and/or quotes
• October Inspirational words and/or quotes
• November Inspirational words and/or quotes

Flowers - Calligraphy Challenge

 Dear Members and Followers,

"Flowers are sunshine food, and medicine to the soul". So let us bring some sunshine to your soul with another bouquet of calligraphy pieces for you.

Penny Laver

Kay Pittman

Gloria Scott

Patricia Moody

Valerie Keevers

Stop and Smell the Flowers - Calligraphy Challenge

 Dear Members and Followers,

In times like these it is always important to stop and smell the flowers.

Gloria Scott

Glenis Sheather

Valerie Keevers

Spring Has Sprung - Calligraphy Challenge

 Dear Members and Followers,

In the southern hemisphere spring has sprung and in keeping with this month of colour, our calligraphy challenge is flowers and colour.

Enjoy!

Kay Pittman

Patricia Moody

Penny Laver

Valerie Keevers

Hold That Thought - Calligraphic Travel Challenge

 Dear Members and Followers,

Thinking about travelling then hold that thought as we are now off to the northern hemisphere with our latest pieces. 

Glenis Sheather

Valerie Keevers

Come Fly with Me - Travel Challenge

 Dear Members and Followers,

As Sydney's lockdown is extended another month, our members have taken up our calligraphy challenge and written (and in some cases even illustrated) the places they would like to visit when we can.

So this weekend, where ever you are, enjoy our trips around the world by some talented artists.

Nerida Costi

Patricia Moody

Penny Laver

Going Around in Circles

Dear Members and Followers,

I set the next challenge to send our members around and around in circles.

I guessed that we all had that spare toilet roll or similar sitting in the recycling so why not use it and being inspired by other great calligraphers I set our group the challenge of creating a piece of calligraphy using the roll, some paint and some suitably worded quotes.

The results were inspiring so please enjoy.

Copyrighted Patricia Moody

Copyrighted Patricia Moody

Copyrighted Penny Laver

Copyrighted Valerie Keevers

Calligraphy Southscribes - Getting Creative.

Dear Members and Followers,

We restrictions have eased we are not yet back into our workshops or into our Calliarts but that hasn't stopped our members from being creative.

Just to prove it we have some more Hello's and the first of our circle challenge issued by yours truly. While I cannot organise workshops, I can challenge people to be creative.

Enjoy!

Gloria's

More from Valerie

New member Janet participated. Great work Janet!

Glenis'

And from Kay

Hello From Us

Dear Members and Followers,

While we aren't meeting for workshops and calliarts we are still working away with challenges.

In these distancing times I sent out the dare to our members to pick up a pencil and write Hello in three different languages. It could be in graphite or coloured and the responses, I just had to share.

So from Calligraphy Southscribes Inc in Sydney Australia a big "Hello"

Colleen's

Kay's

Patricia's

Penny's

Valerie's