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.

August Calliarts - Gestural Writing - Tutor: Gloria Scott.

Dear Members and Followers,

Many calligraphers develop their own particular rhythm when executing a favourite letterform, and this rhythm gives a 'flow' to their work. 

It seems to come more easily, so the results are often recognised as the work of that writer.  Everyone develops a personal distinctive 'hand' and quite a lot of longhand lettering is already gestural in a loosely

open, sometimes disconnected way.  In calligraphic terms Gestural writing stems from a recognised letterform in a freely moving open style with a rhythm extending from wrist, arm, shoulder movements.

There are no strict pen widths, pen angles or slope rules.  Generally the x height is one of individual choice and is shorter than the majuscules.

Gestural writing involves adaptations of an alphabet with extension of strokes, variable letter strokes, sweeping ascenders and descenders, space and rhythm.  There are some cursive letterforms that lend

themselves very easily to Gestural writing: Italic, Akim, Bookhand and Uncial.

G.Scott

Saturday 13 August - 1pm to 4pm. $10.00 - Sylvania Community Hall

Materials required, The usual calligraphy gear A3 layout, slope board, ink or gouache (please have the gouache mixed, ready to use) Writing tools soft graphite pencil, 2B or B biro fine liner 0.2 or 0.4 or both post office nib Optional nibs To give more emphasis on some strokes you could use an Elbow nib/holder Speedball C3 Mitchell 203

ROTUNDA LETTERING WORKSHOP

Dear Members and Followers,

Our next workshop is Rotunda:

ROTUNDA LETTERING WORKSHOP

Saturdays, 30 July & 27 August 2016

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Cost:  $100 for members, $120 for non-members

Tutor:  Glenis Sheather

The third script in our series of Gothic lettering workshops is Rotunda.  Sometimes referred to as round Gothic, Rotunda is a softer letter form than Textura.  This elegant script was used as a bookhand in medieval and renaissance Italy, remaining popular until the 18^th Century.  We will work through the alphabet, look at alternative capital letters, to which we will add decoration, and work with colour to produce small projects.

Materials:

·           Chisel edged nib, ideally a William Mitchell 2, Speedball 3, Brause 2 or similar size.

·           Ink of choice, preferably non-waterproof.

·           A3 size Bleedproof or Bond Layout Pad.

·           Usual calligraphy gear.