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.  

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