September Calliarts - Bend it like Bernd with Cherrie Grant

 Dear Members and Followers,

This September sees us looking at the designs of Adolf Bernd, a German born in 1909.

Fans of his designs are attracted to modern letter forms with decorative elements. He didn't use masking fluid but got a similar effect and with water colours there is a fresh result. 

His three main elements in his designs are:

• Subtle colours.
• White interlinear lines.
• The patters in the surrounding areas.

Materials List

Scripts – Neuland, Art Deco or Art Nouveau. Alphabets which have more weight to them – or look in our fabulous alphabet book in the library

Tracing paper – Office works has a Study Mate branded pad for under $5

0.5 – 1.0 Copic/Uni/Staedtler fine line marker / permanent fine liner black

Pencils – 2H, HB or F and pencil sharpener

Kneadable eraser & tombow eraser

Ruler

A3 x 300 gsm Smooth/Hot Pressed Watercolour (Arches, Fabriano, Hanumuele etc) . or 2 x A4 sheets we will leave a 2.5cm margin on the left hand margin. For binding into a book, if we have time.

Watercolour pencils / water-soluble graphite pencils (Derwent Graphitint) + plus colour swatches (if you have them)

Boku-Undo E-sumi Japanesque watercolour & plus colour swatch (if you have them)

Watercolour tubes or pans – professional/designer/artist grade is best especially when it comes to pigment. 3 warm & 3 cool colours. If you don’t know if they are warm or cool – in your internet browser search  …<is name of your paint colour a warm/cool colour?> if that fails feel free to contact me

some Colour suggestions are

Warm > Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Phthalo or Winsor Blue

Cool > Alizarin Red, Lemon Yellow, Ultramarine Blue

 

White ice block tray &  Palette

Water containers x 2

pipettes

Pointed brushes sizes 1, 2, 4 and 6 & mixing brushes

Rag or paper towel

Light pad

Bookings - southscribes@yahoo.com.au 

June Calliarts - Italic Capitals

 Dear Members and Followers,

To quote a famous song "I simply must go, baby it's cold outside" is the perfect segway to our June Calliarts. It's cold outside so you simply must go to our afternoon of calligraphy. 

As a follow-up to  previous Italic calliarts, our afternoon this month will be centred on Italic capitals with Gloria Scott.

We will look at:

1) the basic capital letters

2) a subdued flourished entry as an alternate choice. 

Requirements

·       Usual calligraphy equipment (ruler, pencil, water etc)

       but particularly:

·       A3 bleed-proof paper pad.

·       Broad (chisel) edged nib pens either Speedball (or other brand) nib sizes 1, 2 or 3.

·       Ink or gouache, water pot, paper towel.

·       Coloured felt tip pens, felt tip broad edge pens.

·       Most importantly, your slope board (if you don’t have one, they are available at the hall).

Time: 12.30pm – 4.00pm

Date: 14 June 2025

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.

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. 

Calliarts - March - Nibs, Tools and Fun

 Dear Members and Followers,

How often do you look at a tool or a piece of equipment you own or see in store or online and

wonder, “How do I use that” or “What on earth is that for” then this afternoon is for you.

Bring along everything to you want to find out about, how to get the best results from or just

how to use. Think wide and far, from pen nibs to anything you can make a mark with (balsa

wood, coke pens, etc). The tutors this afternoon will be sharing their experience and answering

all your questions.

Materials List:

• Anything you do not know how to use
• A3 bleedproof pad
• Ink
• Gouache
• Graphite Pencil, ruler, eraser
• Scraps of paper

Calliarts - Untangled Letters - November 2024

 Dear Members and Followers,

This calliarts will see us decorating our letters to use for gift tags, bookmarks, cards with the idea of developing ideas for Christmas.

Materials List:

• Tracing paper.

• Graphite pencil/s (propelling great).

• Coloured and/or watercolour pencils.

• Fineliners (I use pigma micron black) – MUST be waterproof.

• Eraser.

• Ruler.

• Fine pointed brushes - 000, 00, 0, 1, 2 (whatever you have, don't rush and buy them).

• Water jar.

• Paper stump or cotton buds.

• Watercolour paper – bookmark size pieces and coaster size pieces (bring several).

C.J. Sayer

Date:     Saturday, 9^th November, 2024  

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. 

August Calliarts - Pointed Gothic

 Dear Members and Followers,

If you like Gothic scripts, then this Calliarts workshop is for you.  The version of Pointed Gothic that I will be teaching is based on a 16^th Century Flemish hand.  It is written with a 50-60 degree pen angle, which gives a Gothic window shape to some letters.  It is an elegant hand, which lends itself to some flourishing.

Materials List:

Usual calligraphy gear

Broad Edge 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.

         Date:     Saturday, 10th August, 2024  

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.  

July Calliarts - Copperplate Decoration

 Dear Members,

Don't let winter give you the blues, come along have a fun time with Copperplate Decoration at Calligraphy Southscribes with Valerie.

Copperplate decoration is about learning the shapes/ marks a flexible pen can make and will add to your calligraphic skills.

The shapes are used to fill in letters or any specific shape eg. animals and flowers to make a pleasing picture.  Easier to do than traditional flourishing and use of colour gives a modern feeling.  A very relaxing way to enjoy a scribes Calliart afternoon on 13 th July.

Materials List:

• Any type of flexible or copperplate nibs.
• Ink or paint, several colours.
• Brush for mixing plus something to mix paints on.
• 2 water jars.
• Pencil, eraser, ruler.
• A4 practice pad.
• 2 or 3 small pieces of watercolour paper or coloured paper or light weight card about A5 size.
• Bring only if you you have any stencils or templates of flowers or animals as outline will be filled with decoration.

Date:     Saturday, 13 July 2024  

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.  

Calliarts - All Things Golden

 Dear Members and Followers,

Add a little bling to your winter and come join us for the June Calliarts. 

This month we will be explore gold and how it works with your calligraphy.

Date: 8 June 2024

Time: 12.30pm

Tutor: Valerie Keevers

Where: Sylvania Community Centre - Canberra Road, Sylvania (Near Southgate Shopping Centre)

Cost: Members - $20.00 - Guests and Visitors - $25.00

Bookings Essential: southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Materials List:

     ·        Bring whatever you have listed below that you might have tucked away in a drawer.  Do not

      worry if you do not have anything as I can supply at a small cost.

·        Any gold paint, foil gold or coloured, transfer gold, loose gold leaf, Schlag any colour.

      Sakura gold powder, Schmincke gold or copper powder.

·        Liquitex, Instacol, Ormaline, PVC, Gum Ammoniac, Miniatum.  Craft glue and glue sick.

·        Small containers, couple of brushes made of hair, not good ones.

·        Usual pencil eraser & ruler.

·        Small pair scissors.

·        1 medium size chisel pen.

·        Tracing paper. 

1. To make the folded booklet, please take a piece of A4 Canson paper (any colour) and fold it evenly in 3 sections in both directions.  Cut on the 1/3 lines in both directions to the arrow as shown below.  

This can be done in class if concerned but preferably bring to class.

2.   Cut 9 pieces of hot press watercolour paper (smooth) 7cm X 4cm.  These pieces will be glued in the booklet when the gold work is done.

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.

November Calliarts - It's Ribbons on Your Paper

 Dear Members and Followers,

Put ribbons in your hair or around your old oak tree but have you tried ribbon writing? No! Then come join us for a fun afternoon to get you in the mood for Christmas.

So gather your graphite and coloured pencils in readiness for what promises to be a fun afternoon of “ribbon writing”.  These drawn letters will look as though they have been formed by twisted ribbon.  They can be used for greeting cards, envelopes, place cards and decorative headings and, with the festive season quickly approaching, we will concentrate on Christmas themes.  This workshop will be a great opportunity to get your creative juices flowing as you play with pencils, watercolour pencils and/or gouache or water colours to create a small project or two.

Materials List:

 ·       Layout pad, either A3 or A4

·        Graphite pencil

·        Ruler

·        Eraser

·        A sheet of tracing paper

·        Your choice of coloured pencils, watercolour pencils, gouache or water colours

·        Fine paint brushes and water jars if using watercolour pencils, gouache or water colours.

·        Black waterproof fine liner pen.

·        A couple of small pieces of good quality paper (no larger than A5 size)

·        Steel ruler, cutting knife and cutting mat.

Date:               Saturday,  11^th November, 2023

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: Preferred Method of Payment - Direct Deposit, Cash on the day or Cheque.  When booking, please advise which payment option you will be making.

October Calliarts - Road Mapping

 Dear Members and Followers,

This month, we are road mapping with Cherrie Grant.

Think about a theme that you could work on and what medium you would like to work with and come and join us for the afternoon.

Materials List:

·        Normal calligraphy gear - refer to Cathy Sayer’s Back to Basics

·        Script you like or have used recently

·        Nib to suit your preferred Script

·        Pigment liner -Uniball, Copic etc.

·        A4 tracing paper - it needs to be able to have pencil erased several times

·        Paper towel

·        Items to colour with for example - pencils, crayons, textures, watercolours or acrylics. Whatever you          have, or want to work with

·        A4 Watercolour paper-med/smooth

Project Theme:

 

               ·     Celebrate a life

·    Announce a move

·    A Easter hunt

·    Christmas card

·    Primary school to high school

·    From Working 9-5 to Retirement

·    A milestone in your life or someone close to you

 

Have some pics to use to draw from

Kids colouring books

A brief quote - 5 words or less

A willingness to be adventurous creatively

NOTE: Your work is not entering a competition - It's an invitation for inspiration.

All levels and newbies are most welcome. Bring a play date, a friend, family member or a colleague.

I'll do a quick neurographic exercise to show you how your brain can solve a problem.

 

Date:               Saturday, 14th October, 2023

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

September Calliarts - Monoline Magic

 Dear Members and Followers,

This afternoon we will work with an Art Nouveau monoline typography hand, which will be fun and in the moment.

Art Nouveau was considered to be the period from approximately the late 1880’s to the First World War and was inspired by plant forms and nature, taking organic subjects, and turning them into sophisticated, sinuous, and flowing patterns.

Materials List:
• Layout pad
• Ruler and small ruler
• Eraser
• Black paper
• White gel pen
• Speedball B series nibs and penholder (but only if you have them)
• Graphite pencil
• Tracing paper
• Artline black fineliners (you will need at least two sizes – smaller 0.2 or 0.3 and larger 0.6) *
• Gold Metallic Pen or Gold Gel Pen*
• White or metallic inks (if you are using nibs)
• Some coloured pencils
• If you would like to make some bookmarks or a postcard, bring better quality paper. #
*Officeworks or Newsagent pens
#Light coloured to work with black & gold – i.e., Eckersley’s has A4 Fabriano sheets

Date: Saturday, 9 September 2023

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