April Calliarts - Art Deco and All That Jazz!

 Dear Members and Followers,

I dare anyone to admit that they don't like Art Deco in any shape or form. With that in mind Calligraphy Southscribes, Inc. for the April Calliarts session is bringing to you Art Deco with Glenis Sheather.

Elegant, geometric and streamlined are adjectives that epitomize the Art Deco period, and

in this workshop we will be looking at some Art Deco inspired monoline scripts. Monoline

means a single line so every stroke in the lettering is the same width. You can use many

tools to create monoline letters, e.g. ball point pens, gel pens, pencils etc., but using

Speedball B series nibs will be our main focus. We will also look at some Art Deco style

decorations to use with the scripts, which will be suitable for cards, bookmarks etc.

Materials List:

• Speedball Series B nibs (or similar) preferably within the 4-6 size range.

• Inks/gouache/watercolour paint of your choice.

• Any of the following: ball point pens, gel pens, fine liners, round end felt tip pens,

pencils (graphite and/or coloured).

• Layout Pad.

• Ruler (essential for drawing geometric patterns).

• Coloured pencils, water colour pencils, water colour paint or gouache if you wish to

colour decorations.

• Better quality paper if you wish to complete a piece of work or make a card.

• If you wish to do a quote, find a suitable quote from writers of the period, e.g. Oscar

Wilde, J Scott Fitzgerald, etc.

• Usual calligraphy gear.

If any of you have Speedball Series A nibs, bring them along because I have an exemplar that

suits them. However, this is only if you have them, as I think Speedball has ceased making

them.

Date:     Saturday, 12th April, 2025  

Time:     12.30pm – 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. 

Retro Deco with Gemma Black

Dear Members and Followers,

We are lucky enough to have the wonderful Gemma Black conducting a two day workshop for the us entitled "Retro Deco"

In this weekend workshop we will be taking a look back on the lettering samplers of the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s and creating not only painted coloured pieces and in designs like Charles Rennie Mackintosh & Margaret McDonald  created but working with line drawn pen and ink work with substantial 1920’s modernism. 

 Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October 2017 - Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Rd, Sylvania

We are proudly supported by Sutherland Shire Council.

ART DECO WORKSHOP – August 2016. Tutor: Glenis Sheather

Dear Members and Followers,

A small group of enthusiasts spent the day experimenting with ART DECO style capitals and patterns.  Glenis, as usual, gave a very inspired demonstration of techniques to master this striking letter form, encouraging us to try different applications and materials.    Many rewarding and colourful results were produced with this versatile script.  Thank you Glenis for an enjoyable and challenging day.

Report:  Meril

ART DECO STYLE LETTERS WORKSHOP

Dear Members and Followers,

August gets arty with our workshop this month:

ART DECO STYLE LETTERS WORKSHOP

20 August 2016

Tutor:  Glenis Sheather

The Art Deco period was one of style and elegance, emphasising sleek lines and geometrical shapes and patterns.  This workshop provides an opportunity to step back into that stylish era by working on some Art Deco style capital letters that work well with monoline scripts.  Two pens are used to create the letters and it is suggested you use a 5.0 mm pigmented marker and a 0.50 mm pigmented fine-line marker of the same colour in the first instance.  A 5 mm broad-edged nib and a rigid pointed nib, such as a Post Office nib, could also be used with ink or gouache once you have mastered the letters.   A materials list will be circulated closer to the workshop.

MATERIALS LIST

·         Pens

                These letters are formed using a combination of a broad-edged felt tip pen and a fine liner pigment pen in the same colour.  I used the 5mm end of a Zig Duo Calligraphy pen (available at Riot, Miranda Fair) and a 0.5mm fine liner for my exemplar.  You could also use the 3.5mm end of a Staedtler Duo pen (available at Eckersley’s) with a 0.4mm fine liner.*

·         1 x A4 sheet of tracing paper.

·         Layout Pad

·         Plastic rulers:  a regular sized one for ruling guide lines and a short one (only if you have one) to use for the letters.

·         HB or 2B pencil

·         A couple of A5 or A4 sheets of better quality paper if you wish to do a piece of work using the Art Deco lettering.

*It is best to start off using felt tip pens for these letters.  However, if you want to experiment with pen and ink, bring along a broad-edged nib measuring 3.5-5mm wide and either a Speedball B6 monoline nib or a rigid pointed nib such as a Post Office Nib and ink of your choice.