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. 

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.

November Calliarts - Boxing at its Best

 

Dear Members and Followers,

The November Calliarts will see us getting ready for Christmas, with tutors Valerie Keevers, Gloria Scott and Glenis Sheather showing us how to make boxes for those special Christmas gifts.  Each tutor will demonstrate how to construct the boxes and provide the patterns and instructions.  As this is a paper and card craft workshop you will need additional materials, along with your usual calligraphy gear.  A happy day is assured for all as you make your bevy of boxes.

Materials List: 

·          Cutting mat

·         Craft knife and scissor

·         Steel edged ruler

·         Bone folder, if you have one

·         Glue and/or double sided tape

·         Graphite pencil and pencil sharpener

·         Set square and compasses, if you have them

·         Usual chisel or flexible nibs, ink and/or paint if you want to write some words on your boxes

 Box options: 

Square Box

·  Suitable craft card, white and/or colours, 4 x A4 and 2 x A3 size no thicker than 210gsm.  Newsagent card is quite suitable.  Also foil card, if liked

·    Ribbon – Organza – 10mm–20mm x 1m long (Optional)

 Triangle box

·         Two or more A4 size card – Christmas colours or other

·         Ribbon 5 or 10 mm wide – allow 40 cm for two pieces per box

·         Hole punch and or acetate (A5) if you have any

 The Jewel Box – aka Gift Box

·         One sheet of A3 card - Christmas colours or other

·         Optional – any stickers or cutouts to decorate box

·         Gift tie or Ribbon – 10mm to 15mm wide, 45 cm long

·         Hole punch.  There will be one provided if needed

 

Date:               Saturday, 12 November 2022

Time:              1.00pm – 4.00pm

Cost:               $15.00 – Members, $20.00 – 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 - White Vine with Valerie Keevers

 Dear Members and Followers,

Finally we can meet again. After numerous months of calligraphy at home, we can finally get together.

This month's Calliarts is White Vine with Valerie Keevers

Renaissance scribes drew their influence from the manuscripts of the 10th & 11th centuries, reinventing the vine stem and leaf motifs into even more organic manifestations, to writhe and twine their way back through raised gold letters and borders.

The vine, which is shaded to suggest 3D form, is the most dominant motif. P208. 

The description is taken from "Illuminated Letters/Margaret Morgan" A&C Black c2006.

Materials List:

Pad, pencil, ruler, eraser.

Tracing paper

1 or 2 —A5 approx. W/colour paper or any size bits you have.

W/c paints, W/c pencils or coloured pencils.

Small pointed brush

2 Water jars

White paint

Fine black waterproof outliner pen.

When: Saturday 13 November 2021

Where: Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Rd, Sylvania

Time: 1pm to 4pm

Cost: $15.00 - direct deposit. 

Due to covid-19 rules bookings are essential (rules apply - double shot and check in required) before entry.

Bookings: southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Valerie Keevers

Calliarts - November 2020 - Writing on Canvas

 Dear Members,

The November Calliarts and the final one for 2020 (can you believe it) is Canvas Preparation for Calligraphy with Valerie Keevers.

Writing on canvas presents some unique twists so come along and learn.

Where: Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Road, Sylvania NSW

Date: 14 November 2020

Time: 1-4pm

Cost: $10.00

Bookings: southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Materials List:
Canvas Types. Bring anything that you have, any size:
Book of canvas sheets.
Canvas board
Deep edged canvas.
I will demonstrate on small canvas boards and small deep edged canvas.
Brushes. Bring what you may have of the following:
Old brush for priming…..Bristlebrush (which I use), old Hair brush, or small house paint brush.
The bigger your canvas the bigger the priming brush needs to be.
Primers. Bring what you may have of the following.
There will be a small extra cost if you need to use what I bring to the class.
Transparent Gesso.
Opaque Gesso.
White Gouache.
Small piece of fine sandpaper.
A piece of watercolour paper to fit one of the canvases you bring.
Paints and Inks. Any Watercolours, Inks or Gouache and brushes for these.
Glues: Flour paste, craft glue or spray fixative. Bring if you have, do not buy any especially.
Containers: Paper plates for primer. Palette for Paint/Ink. Water jars.
Pens/brushes for Calligraphy.
Masking fluid if you have some.
Small quote to apply to canvas if we have the time.

Valerie Keevers

 

Calliarts - Christmas Ideas with Gloria Scott

Dear Members and Followers,

Get a head start on Christmas by joining us on 9 November for our final Calliarts this year.

Our last Calliart for 2019 is a chance to prepare some surprises for family and/or friends. So we will need some “crafty” materials as well as your usual calligraphy gear.

Where: Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Rd, Sylvania

When: 9 November 2019

Time: 1pm to 4pm
Cost: $10.00 (cash only - no eftpos facilities) 

Materials List:

Some Christmas colours A4 card, ex news agent

Cutting mat and craft cutter, or scissors
Ruler, set square, automatic pencil if you have one or a sharpened pencil

Off cuts of Christmas wrapping

Double sided tape and UHU glue

Textas, pencil, ruler, Duo/Marvy/Zig optional

Very narrow ribbon (about 1 metre) or gift tie

Stickers, stars etc

Coffee or tea-cup. 

The usual calligraphy gear to include:
Pen nibs of your choice, e.g. Brause, William Mitchell, Osmiroid B2 or B4 (or zig chisel edge textas or artline calligraphy pens)
Coloured inks or gouache, 
Bleed proof white or white biro (i.e. Uni Ball Signo Broad)

Medieval Hipsters

Dear Members and Followers,

This month many people are celebrating Movember, yet few imagine that one of the most detailed works on beards comes from the medieval period. The Church Fathers had thought about facial hair in moral and theological terms, while medieval theologians and clergymen debated whether communities of priests, monks and other clerics could grow beards at all. By the 12th century, canon law forbade Western clerics to grow beards, as beardlessness came to be associated with the purity and humility of angels. Laymen could grow beards if they wished, but that would mark them out even further from the clergy.
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2018/11/in-defence-of-medieval-beards.html

Pointing Towards a Calliarts and Workshop for November

Dear Members,

For our last month of the year please join us for a calliarts and workshop based on Pointed Gothic.

10^th – Calliarts – An introduction to Pointed Gothic – Gloria Scott

In preparation for workshop on following Saturday 17th November, we will prepare for the full day workshop, beginning with guide lines for various nib widths, basic strokes and “shadow letterforms”.

17^th – Workshop – Pointed Gothic – Gloria Scott

This is an attractive and versatile letterform. It has some very distinctive basic strokes that are not dissimilar to Batarde, with the internal counter space based on the Mandela almond shape. We will follow on from the preparatory exercises covered in our Calliart afternoon of the previous week, 10th November. As Christmas is just around the corner we will

"Create for Christmas", using this letterform for cards, bookmarks, gift wrap and other ideas for more formal or extended uses. This letterform has many applications, suitable for varying pen widths lettering. All levels of calligraphy are welcome.

Copyrighted Gloria Scott

 Materials List:

10 November – Calliarts - An Introduction to Pointed Gothic - Gloria Scott

In preparation for workshop on following Saturday 17th November.

Bring your usual gear, broad nib, Speedball 1 and Speedball 3 or similar, two 2B pencils.

17 November – Workshop – Pointed Gothic – Gloria Scott

Your usual Calligraphy gear, plus the pen nibs used at the previous Calliart introduction (i.e. broad nib, Speedball 1 and Speedball 3 or similar, two 2B pencils).

Colour ink or gouache, premixed for use with a pen nib

Some offcuts of suitable card for exercises, also one A4 piece of light card, Canson or watercolour paper, 180gsm.

A long strip of Canson or other similar paper , length 70cm + minimum width 15cm

Calligraphy Southscribes, Inc. is proudly supported by Sutherland Shire Council