April Calliarts - Eastern-Style Alphabet

 Dear Members and Followers,

Take a trip east with our April Calliarts afternoon and enjoy an Eastern-Style Alphabet

On 13 April 2024 where our tutor will be Glenis Sheather.

This Eastern-Style alphabet is inspired by the one featured in “The Art of Calligraphy” series.  Based on the Italic Script, this flowing alphabet has been given a modern, Eastern appearance by extending the width of the letters and elongating the flourishes.  Both minuscules and majuscules will be covered in this Calliarts workshop.  If there is time you may wish to produce a small piece of work.

Materials List: 

Usual calligraphy gear

Nib size – William Mitchell 2, Speedball 3, Brause 2 or similar

Layout pad

Ink or gouache of your choice

An A4 sheet of tracing paper

An A5 sheet of good quality paper and a short verse if you want to produce a piece of work.

March Calliarts - Roses and Transparent Flower Techniques – with Vesna Mircevski

 Dear Members and Followers,

We will spend time learning how to paint Roses and Transparent Watercolour Flowers. Painting florals

alongside your work can enhance the overall design. You can use these techniques for poems, quotes,

cards or envelopes. A step-by-step demonstration showing both processes will be shown on the day.

If you have a quote or poem that you have written and would like to add a floral design as per below,

please bring it along with you.

 

Roses and Leaves

We will learn how to paint roses and leaves on paper. Combined with other mediums, this technique can also be used on candles, fabric, glass, soap and timber.

Materials List:

• Jo Sonja paints. Paints and palette will be supplied for the lesson. You will be able to take the palette home.
• Brushes:
• Flat brush, short hair, taklon in the following sizes; 1/8 (3mm), 3/16 (6mm), 3/8 (1cm) or similar sizes
• Angle Shader brush, taklon, size 3/8 or similar. Only if you have
• Small round brush
• Stylus
• Paper: watercolour paper, 300gsm, hot pressed and/or coloured card

Transparent Watercolour Flowers

We will use watercolours to paint transparent layers of petals, creating a flower that is light and

modern.

Materials List:

• Mop brush, size 3/0 or similar. Alternative, you can use round brush, size 6 or 8 or similar size
•  Watercolour paints of your choice. You will need watercolour paint for the flowers and leaves
• Mixing brush
• Small white ceramic bowl, eg for sauces
• Pipette
• Water jars
• Paint palette
• Paper towels
• Glass pen, optional
• One floral pattern will be provided on watercolour paper.
• Feel free to use your own pattern.
• If you would like to add a quote,
• please bring your usual calligraphy gear.

When: 9 March 2024 1 - 4pm

Where: Sylvania Community Centre - Canberra Road, Sylvania

Cost: Members - $20.00 Non-Members/Guests - $25.00

Bookings Essential - southscribes@yahoo.com.au

February 2023 Calliarts - Ideal Italic

 Dear Members and Followers,

It is start of a new calligraphy year and we love bringing you Italic as our first script of the year.

The Italic script is one of the most adaptable and useful scripts in your kit bag of calligraphy

knowledge. For those with only a little experience we will look at the basic components that make it

Italic. Those with more experience will work on several extensions including a very spiky version. This

Calliart afternoon in February will get the year off to a good start re-enforcing what you might know

and taking you to areas you are not so familiar with. 

Materials list:

 A3 or A4 practice pad

 Ruler and pencil

 Ink – Black or Walnut

 Gouache or Water colour paint

 Any make of Chisel pen in several sizes. Manuscript, Windsor Newton, Speedball etc

 A5 or A4 piece of watercolour or calligraphy paper

 A Small quote

Date: Saturday, 10 February 2024

Time: 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Cost: $20.00 – Members, $25.00 – Non-Members

Place: Sylvania Community Centre - Canberra Road, Sylvania

(near Southgate Shopping Centre)

Bookings Essential: southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Payment Options: Direct Deposit, Cash on the day or Cheque. When booking, please advise

which payment option you will be making.