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Guy Tamam
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Hello, i am new here...

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I hope i will not bother you much,

My name is Guy i am from israel, a graphic designer and doing calligraphy. (cant call myself calligrapher, yet)
If you interested you can see some of my stuff here http://instagram.com/otiyot

I want to learn to do sign painting, as for some jobs there is no replacements,
if you want it to look the way you want it, also vinyl cutting will not do it.
there is no sign painters here, non, so i am thinking on taking that spot, i have an idea on how
letters are formed and above all i love letters and have patience to learn it.

So i need to get some books and material to start practice, Beside the artistic/technique issue, i have a very basic problem with getting the right materials.
we dont have here 1shot paint and i cant even order it because of some standards, so i am looking for
replacements, that is not sign painting specialty, something every paint company would produce, and even mixing it with other material to make it
more suitable, ( i saw in a hardware store a paint called enamel paint, i called the company and they said it doesn't have any enamel in it )
from what i understand 1shot is oil based enamel paint, does it really have enamel in it? and if so i can mix oil based paint with enamel?

Brushes, again, nothing special for sign painting here, i can order (very expansive delivery)
but i found out that there is a brush making company here, and been browsing their catalog and saw some
lettering brushes you can see here http://www.rekab-brushes.co.il/catalogue.html what you think? can work?

and one last thing, any idea if there is any workshops in europe?
i saw that david a. smith doing some workshop in england but couldn't contact him...

Thank you very much for you time
and hope i didn't broke any forum rule.

Guy.
Anthony Bennett
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Post by Anthony Bennett »

Hi and welcome to the forum Guy.
erik winkler
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Post by erik winkler »

Guy,

If you have time during Pesach you could go to Nederland.
Piere Tardiff from Canada is giving a three day handlettering workshop.
It is about 350 dollars.
Realizing we are in the 2nd renaissance of the arts.
Learn, copy and trying to improve...
Still in the learning phase ;-)
Amsterdam Netherlands
www.ferrywinkler.nl
www.schitterend.eu
www.facebook.com/Schitterend.eu
Guy Tamam
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Re: Hello, i am new here...

Post by Guy Tamam »

Hey,
Thanks for the welcoming.

Arik, thanks for the heads up, do you have a link for the info about this workshop, dates and stuff?
I've searched and didn't find that one, but i saw he is gonna be in Uk in April :)
If I won't manage to get to Amsterdam, ill do uk.

Thanks again.
erik winkler
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Post by erik winkler »

http://www.lion-art.nl/contents/nl/d46.html
Not in Amsterdam by the way.
Two hours drive...

Or you could go to England and attend wayne Osborne his workshop
http://www.osbornesigns.co.uk/signwriter/teaching
Realizing we are in the 2nd renaissance of the arts.
Learn, copy and trying to improve...
Still in the learning phase ;-)
Amsterdam Netherlands
www.ferrywinkler.nl
www.schitterend.eu
www.facebook.com/Schitterend.eu
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