ONLINE Calligraphy: Playing with Pens - Tues 25th April 2023 at 10am
SKU:
MN2504aa15
£40.00
£40.00
per item
BOOKING DEADLINE: Mon 17th April at 12pm UK TIME
If you wish to take part but are unable to attend the workshop demo live, please select the recording only option below.
All students will be given access to watch our video playback service for 60 days.
Tutor: Mary Noble
Tues 25th April 10am - 12pm
(UK timings)
This LivePlus™ online workshop is suitable for beginners who have experience of working with the basics of one script, as well as improvers. This is a work-along workshop and so we would encourage students to have their materials to hand, ready to participate live during the class.
Workshop details
Being playful is something we seem to lose as we become adult – sometimes it’s hard to get back to that place where it didn’t matter if things went wrong. Work through some simple calligraphic exercises to explore tools and see what they can do to re-ignite that joy in mark-making.
See what variety of calligraphic tools are at our disposal, and what they can do for us. Some work best for careful writing, others need a gestural treatment to show them at their best. The trick is to investigate their unique qualities and then exploit them through a series of simple exercises.
For this workshop, if you have such tools, feel free to be trying them out during the session, it will assist you in freeing-up. Whilst this won’t specifically focus on letterforms, some handouts with scripts will be provided to start you off.
Felt tips broad and pointed, cartridge pens, broad-edged, round-end and pointed dip pens of all makes, ruling pens, Cola pens, we’ll try them all to see how they can liven up our calligraphy. If you have them with you, join in as we go along. We may not complete anything but you should have fun exploring.
This will be a 2-hour workshop, with the final half-hour devoted to having a look at how you have been getting on and offering feedback. Come ready to play, to ask your questions and to have some fun.
Specific skills you will learn at the workshop
Equipment & materials list
Materials are not included in the course fee. All the materials and equipment you will need are listed below.
Any of the following:
Links to suppliers
www.blotspens.co.uk
www.scribblers.co.uk
www.artsupplies.co.uk
Additional Information
All Ardington ONLINE classes and talks are accompanied by their own online blackboard. Helpful and easy to use, they enable students and tutors to share resources, ideas and photos with each other – just as you would in a classroom environment.
Mary will offer personalised critique / feedback via the blackboard for any work uploaded by students within thirty days of the class ending. You will be sent the link to access your blackboard in the week before your class begins and will have access for at least sixty days after the class ends.
After the live session has finished on Zoom, we will share the link to view the recording on the blackboard. You can watch the recording as many times as you like for sixty days.
We suggest that you do not buy any specialist materials more than one week in advance as, occasionally, a class may be cancelled due to low enrolment.
Tues 25th April 10am - 12pm
(UK timings)
This LivePlus™ online workshop is suitable for beginners who have experience of working with the basics of one script, as well as improvers. This is a work-along workshop and so we would encourage students to have their materials to hand, ready to participate live during the class.
Workshop details
Being playful is something we seem to lose as we become adult – sometimes it’s hard to get back to that place where it didn’t matter if things went wrong. Work through some simple calligraphic exercises to explore tools and see what they can do to re-ignite that joy in mark-making.
See what variety of calligraphic tools are at our disposal, and what they can do for us. Some work best for careful writing, others need a gestural treatment to show them at their best. The trick is to investigate their unique qualities and then exploit them through a series of simple exercises.
For this workshop, if you have such tools, feel free to be trying them out during the session, it will assist you in freeing-up. Whilst this won’t specifically focus on letterforms, some handouts with scripts will be provided to start you off.
Felt tips broad and pointed, cartridge pens, broad-edged, round-end and pointed dip pens of all makes, ruling pens, Cola pens, we’ll try them all to see how they can liven up our calligraphy. If you have them with you, join in as we go along. We may not complete anything but you should have fun exploring.
This will be a 2-hour workshop, with the final half-hour devoted to having a look at how you have been getting on and offering feedback. Come ready to play, to ask your questions and to have some fun.
Specific skills you will learn at the workshop
- Simple exercises to become more playful
- Which tools allow the most freedom
- Tips on the best scripts to apply
- Techniques for tools
Equipment & materials list
Materials are not included in the course fee. All the materials and equipment you will need are listed below.
Any of the following:
- Dip pens – Mitchell/Speedball/Brause/Tape, broad-edged, ‘blobby’ and pointed
- Pilot Parallel pens
- Automatic pens
- Ruling pens
- Cola pens or the means to make them (drinks can, scissors, tape)
- Felt-tipped broad-edged pens
- ‘Brush’ felt pens or a ‘water pen’
- Suitable ink for dipping those pens
- Plenty of cartridge paper, A3 size best
Links to suppliers
www.blotspens.co.uk
www.scribblers.co.uk
www.artsupplies.co.uk
Additional Information
All Ardington ONLINE classes and talks are accompanied by their own online blackboard. Helpful and easy to use, they enable students and tutors to share resources, ideas and photos with each other – just as you would in a classroom environment.
Mary will offer personalised critique / feedback via the blackboard for any work uploaded by students within thirty days of the class ending. You will be sent the link to access your blackboard in the week before your class begins and will have access for at least sixty days after the class ends.
After the live session has finished on Zoom, we will share the link to view the recording on the blackboard. You can watch the recording as many times as you like for sixty days.
We suggest that you do not buy any specialist materials more than one week in advance as, occasionally, a class may be cancelled due to low enrolment.