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 

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