ONLINE Calligraphy: Vivacious Versals - Thurs 16th May 2024 at 10am
SKU:
JM1605aa12
£53.00
£53.00
per item
Included in this ONLINE class:
- 2.5 hours of live, expert tuition and feedback in a small & friendly class
- Unlimited access to watch again until 22nd July 2024
- High quality, downloadable reference materials & handouts
- Opportunities to seek feedback from your tutor & connect with fellow students via our online platform
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Tutor: Jan Mehigan
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Class Details
Versals were used in 9th and 10th century manuscripts, usually as a single initial letter, larger than the written text, to indicate the beginning of a new verse or as Display Capitals in headings as the beginning paragraph of a new page. They are built-up elegant letters made with compound strokes of a pen and based on Roman Inscriptional Capitals. Today we can use this letterform to make beautiful capital letters or as a basis for decorative letters.
In the workshop you will learn the basic formation of each Versal letter to create gracefully written letterforms. We will look at some interesting ideas of how to use these very adaptable letters and create a more modern Versal that can be used as a well-designed piece of writing or, on its own, enhanced with colour and some decoration.
You can have fun working along to construct your own exciting and colourful capital letters, which can be used as a script to enhance your writing. You may wish to create vibrant modern decorative letters or a single initial, using a pencil, dip pen, line and colour.
Jan will offer individual feedback on your work, if you would like it. Please join the feedback session live if you wish to participate.
Additional Information
All Ardington ONLINE classes and talks are accompanied by their own online class page. Helpful and easy to use, these private pages enable students and tutors to share resources, ideas and photos with each other – before, during, and after class.
Tutors will offer personal feedback for any work submitted via the class page within thirty days of the class ending. The link to access the page will be shared via email in the days leading up to the class.
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 tutor feedback section of our follow up session is not recorded. This is to ensure that you have an opportunity to share your work without feeling self-conscious. Please join us live for this session if you can – even if you chose the ‘recording only’ option above. Rest assured that any additional tutor demonstrations will be recorded and shared.