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- ONLINE Calligraphy: Pencil Power - Mon 18th September 2023 at 10am
ONLINE Calligraphy: Pencil Power - Mon 18th September 2023 at 10am
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£53.00
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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.
Please note that the follow up session is not recorded.
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Tutor: Mary Noble
Mon 18th September 10am - 11:30am
Mon 2nd October 10am - 11am feedback & follow up session*
(UK timings)
This LivePlus™ online workshop is suitable for everyone from beginners upwards. There may be elements of work-along during this workshop and so we would encourage students to have their materials to hand, ready to participate live during the class.
Workshop details
With just a pencil, paper and ruler, this class will teach you to absorb yourself in the beautiful Italic letterforms that calligraphy is all about. Banish any ink anxiety and really focus on the letter shapes and variations. For those with some experience, we will also try some livelier options and other surfaces.
The pencil, once used by calligraphers simply for ruling lines, is now regarded as a calligraphic tool in its own right. We can create monoline letters, or build them up with extra strokes, add fancy serifs, and explore the popular ‘pressure-and-release’ technique for subtle effects of thick and thin lines.
The pencil doesn’t bleed, so papers that act like blotting paper with pens can be tried out with a pencil instead – delicate handmade tissue, fine fabric for example.
Beginners are welcome, the accompanying class handouts are designed for tracing in order to fully appreciate the letter shapes and family groups, and those with broad-pen calligraphic skills will find it a satisfying challenge to draw the letters with added weight where the thick-and-thin strokes would occur from a broad pen.
An optional extra is to prepare a surface with acrylic gesso as a great surface that accepts the pencil particularly well, but this can simply be watched to see if you want to explore that possibility later.
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.
Links to suppliers
www.blotspens.co.uk
www.scribblers.co.uk
www.greatart.com
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.
*The follow up session is not recorded to ensure that you have an opportunity to share your work with the rest of the class, and receive personal feedback, without feeling self-conscious about being recorded. We would encourage you all to join us live if you can – even if you were signed up as a ‘recording only’ participant for the workshop.
Mon 18th September 10am - 11:30am
Mon 2nd October 10am - 11am feedback & follow up session*
(UK timings)
This LivePlus™ online workshop is suitable for everyone from beginners upwards. There may be elements of work-along during this workshop and so we would encourage students to have their materials to hand, ready to participate live during the class.
Workshop details
With just a pencil, paper and ruler, this class will teach you to absorb yourself in the beautiful Italic letterforms that calligraphy is all about. Banish any ink anxiety and really focus on the letter shapes and variations. For those with some experience, we will also try some livelier options and other surfaces.
The pencil, once used by calligraphers simply for ruling lines, is now regarded as a calligraphic tool in its own right. We can create monoline letters, or build them up with extra strokes, add fancy serifs, and explore the popular ‘pressure-and-release’ technique for subtle effects of thick and thin lines.
The pencil doesn’t bleed, so papers that act like blotting paper with pens can be tried out with a pencil instead – delicate handmade tissue, fine fabric for example.
Beginners are welcome, the accompanying class handouts are designed for tracing in order to fully appreciate the letter shapes and family groups, and those with broad-pen calligraphic skills will find it a satisfying challenge to draw the letters with added weight where the thick-and-thin strokes would occur from a broad pen.
An optional extra is to prepare a surface with acrylic gesso as a great surface that accepts the pencil particularly well, but this can simply be watched to see if you want to explore that possibility later.
Specific skills you will learn at the workshop
- The core features of the Italic hand
- Techniques for adding weight, serifs etc
- Understanding the concept of family resemblances in letterforms
Equipment & materials list
Materials are not included in the course fee. All the materials and equipment you will need are listed below.
- HB pencil, sharpener & eraser
OR - HB propelling pencil 0.5mm
- 2B pencil (optional)
- Cartridge paper (A4 is fine)
- Tracing paper
- Ruler
- Japanese tissue papers/ handmade papers that bleed with a pen
- White acrylic gesso (as used for preparing canvases), saucer, waterpot & broad brush to apply.
Links to suppliers
www.blotspens.co.uk
www.scribblers.co.uk
www.greatart.com
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.
*The follow up session is not recorded to ensure that you have an opportunity to share your work with the rest of the class, and receive personal feedback, without feeling self-conscious about being recorded. We would encourage you all to join us live if you can – even if you were signed up as a ‘recording only’ participant for the workshop.