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.  

We're Getting Straight to the Point - Calliarts - Modern Uncial Or Pointed Pen Uncial

 Dear Members and Followers

Come join me in this afternoon Calliarts for some fun with letters. The letterform is based on Mike Kecseg’s Pointed Pen Uncial, where the compressed letters are oval instead of round with no ascenders and the descenders are minimal.

Mike Kecseg writes in Uncommon Numbers, that “the idea behind the development of this hand was to use the pointed pen to create letterforms that are traditionally done with a broad-edged nib.” c.1998 PenUltimates, Plantation, Florida.

By the end of the afternoon, you will have learnt a new hand or, brushed up on a familiar one and go home with a reminder of the class that you will create.

Materials List:

·         Layout pad

·         Pointed nib of your choosing

·         Pen holder

·         Ink/Gouache (black plus colours)

·         Graphite pencil

·         Black fineliner

·         Coloured pencils

·         Tracing paper (especially if you are new to the hand)

·         Usual calligraphy gear (ruler, eraser, slope board, water jar, paper towelling /tissues, mixing palette, cheap brush/es for mixing and loading gouache onto nibs)

·         Embroidery cotton (your choice of colour – fine wool is a suitable alternative)

Date:            Saturday, 11 June 2022

Time:            1.00pm – 4.00pm

Tutor:           Cathy Sayer

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.

Weaving Some Calligraphy Magic - Calliarts for June

 Dear Members and Followers,

While it may be cold outside, we haven't stopped bringing you another exciting Calliarts afternoon, this time with Glenis Sheather, who will be taking us through the fun of Weaver Script.

When we consider the use of pointed pens we immediately think of Copperplate and its variations.  However, a pointed pen can be used for many more scripts and one of these is Weaver Script.  This fun script was designed by American calligrapher, the late Gwen Weaver.  The script has only 26 letters (no capitals) so can be easily leant in a three-hour workshop.  The aim of this Calliarts is to have a fun and relaxing afternoon playing with some interesting letters. 

Materials List: 

Pointed nibs - either straight nibs in an oblique holder or an elbow nib in a straight holder

Layout pad

Plastic ruler

HB or 2B pencil

Ink or gouache of your choice

Usual Calligraphy gear

When - Saturday June 12 2021 - 1pm to 4pm

Tutor - Glenis Sheather

Where - Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Road, Sylvania

Cost - $15.00

Bookings - Essential - please email southscribes@yahoo.com.au to book and payment details.