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<DIV>HL Oriana Corbizzi</DIV>
<DIV>Wiesenfeuer<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 3/22/10, Shanna Ward <I><camberbabe@sbcglobal.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Shanna Ward <camberbabe@sbcglobal.net><BR>Subject: [Namron] Question about Calligraphy<BR>To: "Wiesenfeuer" <Wiesenfeuer@yahoogroups.com>, "Namrom" <namron@lists.ansteorra.org><BR>Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 8:20 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Greetings & a bright, sunny, morning Salutation to Everybody!!</DIV>
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<DIV>I have a question for our local calligraphy elite. Is doing calligraphy on regular drawing paper good, bad, difficult or nearly impossible? Should the calligraphy be done before or after the scroll as been painted or does it matter? The paper I'm reffering to was bought at the Ho-Lo and it's Canson's Drawing paper "a medium tooth paper"..... not sure how teeth are invovled but that would be an interesting story to hear.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for any & all input,</DIV>
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<DIV>Ly Shanna</DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<BR><BR>
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