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 On May 12 and 19, 2007, everyone in the room at the San Diego National Bank danced to the tunes of Barbara Close and her Versalettes. The group hung on every word and seraph. New to calligraphy or veterans—made no difference. A good time was had by all. When she broke out the golden tones of Schmincke and Stickles there were audible gasps.
And the dot flowers, oh my! Murmurs of “that alone made the class worthwhile” could be heard throughout the room.
Barbara spun webs of creative magic, bringing out tool after tool, creating layers of texture, color, and sparkle, showing no favoritism towards the Watercolors, the Pastels, or the Acrylics but giving equal time to all.
Continually urging the group to think “outside the box” and the initial exercise of creating lines of different intensities and shapes, helped to clear the cobwebs out of the creative side of the brain
Her “performance” was packed with lots of useful tips and worth every cent, and, at the end of the first performance, Barbara even produced magic pencils for all.
Her encore performance on the 19th provided new uses for our newly found textured letters—some new card structures and, she even managed to make 2 card holders out of 1 envelope! She kept pulling tricks out of her hat and kept the group hungering for more.
As people were leaving the room for the last time, one could hear them crooning the tunes of Barbara and her Versalettes and looking forward to her next performance.
By Janice Shigehara
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