Further Detail
Starting with pencil exercises to get the gestural movements into your muscle-memory, we will make some pens from household items and work on developing a flowing script.
Calligraphic energy comes from a firm grounding in core forms, so we will practise these but in gestural ways, ensuring you get good Italic arches whilst creating expansive, joyous strokes. Where to use it? If it’s too dynamic it verges on illegible, so single words or phrases make for a strong focal point, supported by more restrained text, so we will also discuss arranging it on the page.
Skills/Techniques Covered
Level
This course is designed for a range of abilities including beginners with a little lettering experience
Materials
Materials are not included in your course fee. Some materials will be provided by the tutor. The approximate cost of these will be £4, payable to the tutor during the course.
Your tutor may not have the facilities to take card payments for materials in the workshops. Please remember to bring cash or your cheque book if your course involves buying materials from the tutor.
Please Bring With You
We advise that you do not buy any materials required for a course more than two weeks in advance, because occasionally a course is cancelled due to low enrolment.
Starting with pencil exercises to get the gestural movements into your muscle-memory, we will make some pens from household items and work on developing a flowing script.
Calligraphic energy comes from a firm grounding in core forms, so we will practise these but in gestural ways, ensuring you get good Italic arches whilst creating expansive, joyous strokes. Where to use it? If it’s too dynamic it verges on illegible, so single words or phrases make for a strong focal point, supported by more restrained text, so we will also discuss arranging it on the page.
Skills/Techniques Covered
- Develop an eye for pleasing gestural strokes
- Incorporate core Italic characteristics into gestural strokes
- Use less orthodox tools for free movement
- Make a Cola Pen
- Assemble awkward letter combinations
- Create a pleasing design with one word or phrase as focal point
Level
This course is designed for a range of abilities including beginners with a little lettering experience
Materials
Materials are not included in your course fee. Some materials will be provided by the tutor. The approximate cost of these will be £4, payable to the tutor during the course.
Your tutor may not have the facilities to take card payments for materials in the workshops. Please remember to bring cash or your cheque book if your course involves buying materials from the tutor.
Please Bring With You
- Layout pad, A3 and a couple of sheets of cartridge paper (some will be available for purchase by the sheet, but you’ll get through a lot)
- HB or B pencil
- Any of the following you already have (but don’t buy specially):
- Ruling pen; Speedball dip pen C series size 3 or 4; Brause 2.5 nib & holder.
- Kitchen roll
- To make your own ‘Cola pen’: Empty & washed out aluminium drinks can, strong scissors to cut the can, pencil for a handle, strong waterproof tape (Tutor will have some)
- Tutor will supply some readymade ‘Cola’ pens, inks, other unconventional tools, and spare paper if you run out
We advise that you do not buy any materials required for a course more than two weeks in advance, because occasionally a course is cancelled due to low enrolment.