June Calliarts - Italic Capitals

 Dear Members and Followers,

To quote a famous song "I simply must go, baby it's cold outside" is the perfect segway to our June Calliarts. It's cold outside so you simply must go to our afternoon of calligraphy. 

As a follow-up to  previous Italic calliarts, our afternoon this month will be centred on Italic capitals with Gloria Scott.

We will look at:

1) the basic capital letters

2) a subdued flourished entry as an alternate choice. 

Requirements

·       Usual calligraphy equipment (ruler, pencil, water etc)

       but particularly:

·       A3 bleed-proof paper pad.

·       Broad (chisel) edged nib pens either Speedball (or other brand) nib sizes 1, 2 or 3.

·       Ink or gouache, water pot, paper towel.

·       Coloured felt tip pens, felt tip broad edge pens.

·       Most importantly, your slope board (if you don’t have one, they are available at the hall).

Time: 12.30pm – 4.00pm

Date: 14 June 2025

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.

Forget Cooler Days - Italic is All the Go this May

 Dear Members and Followers,

This May we are diving into Italic with Patricia Moody for both a Calliarts and a Workshop. Patricia is renowned for her Italic calligraphy works so take advantage of these days.

Calliart; Getting to grips with Italic - Saturday 8 May 2021

This will not be a structured afternoon dealing with all of the many problems individual scripts can present. Rather it will be a few hours of revision, with maybe a variation or two for those who might want to hone some rusty pen skills. Or, a basic beginners guide to letterform, pen angles, X heights etc for members new to the Italic hand.

There will be no pressure to achieve a finished piece during our 3 hours together, instead it will be a few hours spent among friends while playing with pen and ink.

Materials List: Bring whatever you have, or feel comfortable using. Larger pens, ie Speedball no 2 or even double pencils for the less experienced. A3 layout pad, eraser, ruler, pencil, and either ink or paint of your choice. (If the latter, don’t forget a mixing palette & brushes, water jar and rags/ paper towel) 

When: 8 May 2021

Time: 1pm to 4pm

Where: Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Road, Sylvania NSW

Cost: $15.00 - payment before the afternoon via direct deposit

Bookings: Essential - email southscribes@yahoo.com.au to book and banking details.

March into Calligraphy - Rotunda Calliarts

 Dear Members and Followers,

This March Calliarts sees our tutor Gloria Scott present Rotunda.

This Rotunda script developed from the Carolinginian miniscule, had established its own

distinctive form by the 12th century and remained popular until the 18th century.  It was

widely used in Spain.  Its use varied from small text hand to large letters as used in

Choral Antiphonals.   (This information abstracted from the Calligraphy Bible by David Harris.)

 

Rotunda has many uses, e.g. cards, bookmarks, lettering titles, envelopes, etc.

It will assist the activity if the participants could prepare their line guides.

 March 13 lower case line guide:  Ascender 2 p/w, body height 4 p/w, descender 2 p/w

with an interlinear break of two or three pen widths, using the pen nib size of your choice.

 

The April Calliart will be centred on the capitals and some decoration.

 

Materials:  You will need your usual calligraphy gear; i.e. layout pad, slope board if you have one,

plastic ruler, HB or 2B pencil, fine liner pen, pen nibs Speedball 2 or 3, Mitchell 1 1/2 or 2 or similar,

ink or gouache, water jar to clean nibs, paper towel.

Please note this is a two part class - March 13 and April 10. Do one or both (recommended both)

When: Saturday 13 March 2021

Where: Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Road, Sylvania

Time: 1pm to 4pm

Cost: $10.00 

Bookings: Due to COVID-19 requirements, bookings are now required for all calliarts and workshops. To book: email southscribes@yahoo.com.au  for registration and direct deposit details.

Love February - Calligraphy - Workshop

 Dear Members and Followers,

Still have a warm glow from our Calliarts on 13th February then you'll love our workshop on 20th February with Glenis Sheather.

Our first workshop for the year is Running Bookhand.  This modern variation of a 10^th Century hand is easily read and written, which makes it an ideal script for beginners.  Experienced calligraphers can use the workshop as a refresher, as well as extending their knowledge of this script by using different pens and writing on curves.  In this workshop both minuscules and majuscules will be covered, with the aim of producing a small project.

Venue: Sylvania Community Hall - Canberra Rd, Sylvania NSW

Time: 12pm to 4pm

Cost: $35 members - $45 non-members

Bookings essential: email southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Materials List:

A3 layout pad

Nib size – William Mitchell 2, Speedball 3 or Brause 2 or similar (beginners email us for further info)

Plastic ruler

HB or 2B pencil

Black Fine Liner Pen

Ink or gouache of your choice

An A4 sheet of tracing paper

Usual Calligraphy gear

Optional:  Monoline nibs, Scroll nib, Bendy or curved ruler, sheet of good quality paper, a short verse