Dear Members and Followers,
The committee of Calligraphy Southscribes, Inc. have kindly allowed me to post a group exhibition I am participating in. You can view it person or online.
Regards,
Cathy
Calliarts - September 2020 - Calligrams
Dear Members and Followers,
September for us here sees Spring and a Calliarts on Calligrams with Gloria Scott.
"A calligram is a word, phase,poem or quote in which handwriting or script is used to form the artwork. A calligram can be created with many different words for many different purposes: e.g. Associations, cards, signs, illustrations, chalk art, etc."
Materials List:
- general calligraphy gear
- slope board if you have one
- A3 layout pad + pencil, ruler and eraser
- dip pens – chisel pens – of various sizes
- 0.4 black art line pen or similar
- tracing paper
- ink or gouache/watercolours
- some A4 good quality paper (if art pad type, smooth or similar)
- one or two quotes or short verse etc.
When: Saturday 12 September 2020 - 1pm to 4pm.
Where: Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Road, Sylvania
Cost: $10 - due to Covid-19 direct deposit is preferred payment option
Bookings: Essential for a place - email southscibes@yahoo.com.au for booking and payment details.
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Copyrighted Cathy Sayer |
Batarde for Calliart and Workshop
Dear Members and Followers,
We are still able to offer a Calliarts afternoon and a mini workshop for August, so we would love to see you.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions - bookings to either/or Calliarts and Workshop are necessary -
bookings or more info - southscribes@yahoo.com.au - direct deposits required.
Dates: 8 August 1pm to 4pm - Calliarts; 15 August 12pm to 4pm - Workshop
Place: Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Rd, Sylvania
We are still able to offer a Calliarts afternoon and a mini workshop for August, so we would love to see you.
The Batarde script is a generic term
for a cursive writing of mixed Gothic parentage, used as a parallel
script for less prestigious works, it developed into a variety of
scripts in their own right eg. Bastarda, Bastard script, Secretary Hand
and Schwabacher. Speed was important but letter forms still had to be
impressive, so some variations of script developed many loops and
linking letters. They covered the Gothic era from 12th to 16th
Centuries. These French, German and English scripts give some quite
modern styles for you to use in Calligraphy today yet still retain their
authenticity.
Requirements for Calliart and Workshop.
General Calligraphic gear…assorted sized Chisel Pens any maker.
A3 pad. Pencil, Ruler and Eraser.
Ink or Gouache /Watercolours.
Water jar.
Mixing Brush and Palette if using Gouache or Watercolours.
Quote or short poem.
Extra requirements for the workshop
A4 piece of good quality paper
Ruling Pen or Coke Pen (Optional).
Due to COVID-19 restrictions - bookings to either/or Calliarts and Workshop are necessary -
bookings or more info - southscribes@yahoo.com.au - direct deposits required.
Dates: 8 August 1pm to 4pm - Calliarts; 15 August 12pm to 4pm - Workshop
Place: Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Rd, Sylvania
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| Copyright Valerie Keevers |
Calliarts - And We are Back
Dear Members and Followers,
With the gradual easing of restrictions we are back in operation though with a strict COVID-19 plan in place.
You will need to register for a place in the class to ensure you are able to participate (we don't want to have to turn you away), we are also encouraging payment of the class fee via direct deposit.
Please contact us at southscribes@yahoo.com.au to register and for banking details.
With the gradual easing of restrictions we are back in operation though with a strict COVID-19 plan in place.
You will need to register for a place in the class to ensure you are able to participate (we don't want to have to turn you away), we are also encouraging payment of the class fee via direct deposit.
Please contact us at southscribes@yahoo.com.au to register and for banking details.
Copperplate Part 2
CALLIARTS
11 July 2020
Tutor: Glenis Sheather
It seems such a long time since the Copperplate
Part 1 Calliarts and I hope those of you who attended that workshop have been
using the period of isolation to do some practice. The opening of Sylvania Hall means we can now
hold the second workshop, where we will concentrate on the beautiful capital
letters of this graceful script. While
it would be advisable to have attended Copperplate Part 1 before embarking on
Part 2, people who were unable to do that workshop can come along and receive
some tuition on the lower case letters.
MATERIALS LIST
·
Bleedproof
Layout Pad, preferably A4 size.
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Elbow
nib* and pen holder OR a straight pointed nib and an oblique pen
holder.
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Ink
(Chinese or similar) or gouache of your choice.
·
2B
or HB pencil
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Usual
Calligraphy Gear. However, you will not
need a slope board.
*Elbow nibs can be purchased at
Eckersley’s. If you are unable to buy
one I will have some for sale on the day for $3.50 each. Please have the correct money.
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| Copyrighted Glenis Sheather |
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| Copyrighted Glenis Sheather |
Going Around in Circles
Dear Members and Followers,
I set the next challenge to send our members around and around in circles.
I guessed that we all had that spare toilet roll or similar sitting in the recycling so why not use it and being inspired by other great calligraphers I set our group the challenge of creating a piece of calligraphy using the roll, some paint and some suitably worded quotes.
The results were inspiring so please enjoy.
I set the next challenge to send our members around and around in circles.
I guessed that we all had that spare toilet roll or similar sitting in the recycling so why not use it and being inspired by other great calligraphers I set our group the challenge of creating a piece of calligraphy using the roll, some paint and some suitably worded quotes.
The results were inspiring so please enjoy.
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| Copyrighted Patricia Moody |
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| Copyrighted Patricia Moody |
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| Copyrighted Penny Laver |
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| Copyrighted Valerie Keevers |
Calligraphy Southscribes - Getting Creative.
Dear Members and Followers,
We restrictions have eased we are not yet back into our workshops or into our Calliarts but that hasn't stopped our members from being creative.
Just to prove it we have some more Hello's and the first of our circle challenge issued by yours truly. While I cannot organise workshops, I can challenge people to be creative.
Enjoy!
We restrictions have eased we are not yet back into our workshops or into our Calliarts but that hasn't stopped our members from being creative.
Just to prove it we have some more Hello's and the first of our circle challenge issued by yours truly. While I cannot organise workshops, I can challenge people to be creative.
Enjoy!
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| Gloria's |
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| More from Valerie |
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| New member Janet participated. Great work Janet! |
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| Glenis' |
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| And from Kay |
Hello From Us
Dear Members and Followers,
While we aren't meeting for workshops and calliarts we are still working away with challenges.
In these distancing times I sent out the dare to our members to pick up a pencil and write Hello in three different languages. It could be in graphite or coloured and the responses, I just had to share.
So from Calligraphy Southscribes Inc in Sydney Australia a big "Hello"
While we aren't meeting for workshops and calliarts we are still working away with challenges.
In these distancing times I sent out the dare to our members to pick up a pencil and write Hello in three different languages. It could be in graphite or coloured and the responses, I just had to share.
So from Calligraphy Southscribes Inc in Sydney Australia a big "Hello"
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| Colleen's |
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| Kay's |
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| Patricia's |
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| Penny's |
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| Valerie's |
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