Meeting Minutes 15 July 2026

Lombardic Letters with Kristi Lyons

18 were present- 1 guests

 

Welcome & Announcements:

**Christie Lee will be hosting our annual picnic in August at 6 :00. This will be a traditional potluck.

**We welcomed Ellen Gorrell who came as a result of meeting someone at Territory Days!

**Kathy Sullivan will teach a one-day workshop exploring Procreate for $75.00 from 9-4 on Sept 12.

**Mike Gold will be our ‘Big Bad Brush’ instructor for our Guild retreat Jun 24-27, 2027 at The Hide Away. Printed fliers were available at the meeting and digital fliers in the eDigest. The cost for 3 nights,8 meals, and instructor will be $475 for members and $525 for non-members.

**Kathy and Nancy plan to letter at the McAllister House in Sept as a community outreach. 

 

Show & Share:

**Tom was asked to write a dedication in the Book of the Gospels for St. Michael’s Episcopal Church. He used gouache and stick ink and he burnished a gold ink from Japan for the cross.

**Kimmi brought her 4”x4” travel journal from her recent trip to Iceland!

**Cyndi used Procreate to meld the back ground and photo of an original 11x14 piece she did in Italic.

**Cecelia had a variety of pieces she did in Mike Gold’s on-line class.

**Nancy’s work is featured in a book that was illustrated by someone else.  The book is currently in the running for an award!

 

 

Evening Presentation:

**Kristi had several pages of examples of Lombardic letters and did a terrific job giving a brief history before explaining how to draw ones she chose for us. Lombardic letters come in all kinds of varieties mostly used as illuminated letters. Gothic/Black Letter or foundational minuscules go well with the chunky, Uncial-like caps. The terminology she came up with to explain curves and letter positions was anything but standard.  It was a tricky hand to teach.  She encouraged us to look at Pinterest for additional ideas.