April 1 - Membership Day

 Dear Members,

Calligraphy Southscribes membership renewal fees are due on 1 April 2022.  To renew your membership please fill in a Membership Renewal Form that was emailed recently and return it with your payment.

Please remember that whether you are paying your fees by direct deposit (preferred), cheque or cash, you need to fill in a Membership Renewal Form for our records. 

We hope that all current members will renew their membership.  The support of our members is imperative for the continuation of our society so please renew your membership at your earliest convenience.

March Calliarts - Modern Pen with Glenis

 Dear Members and Followers,

In what could be our last ever Calliarts - come join us for something thoroughly modern.

Modern variations of Copperplate are becoming more and more popular, with different versions appearing in advertising, cards, etc.  The lettering I will be presenting to you is quite funky and can be used for many projects, such as name tags, greeting cards, etc.  It teams nicely with the Doodling pieces Cathy presented at our Christmas Party Calliarts, so if you would like to add some words to the pieces you did at that workshop please bring them along.

Materials List: 

Pointed nibs - either straight or elbow depending on your preference

Layout pad

Ink or gouache of your choice

Usual Calligraphy gear

Optional – pieces from the Doodling Workshop

Calliarts: Modern Pen

Tutor: Glenis Sheather

When:  Saturday 12 March 2022

Time: 1pm to 4pm

Place: Sylvania Community Centre - Canberra Road, Sylvania (near Southgate Shopping Centre)

Bookings Essential: southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Calliarts - Italic Afternoon - Bernadino Cataneo in 1545

 Dear Members and Followers,

We start back in 2022 with Italic for our first Calliarts afternoon.

Come with me as we explore the Italic basics with the beautiful formal Italic written by Bernadino Cataneo in 1545.  This beautiful little “cancellaresca corsiva” script is quite amazing with its multitude of different ampersands and can be adapted to suit your own style and become very contemporary.  Italic is such a useful script that everyone needs to return to the basics every now and again.

With Valerie Keevers

When: February 12th 2022

Time: 1pm to 4pm

Where: Sylvania Community Centre - Canberra Road, Sylvania 

Cost: $15.00 -  direct deposit required due to covid

Bookings: Email southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Materials List:

·       A set of chisel pens.  Windsor Newton, Speedball or Brause.  (Ensure you have one large chisel pen and one very small chisel pen eg.  Size O and Size )

·       A3 size pad of Bond, Cartridge or Layout paper.

·       Ink of your choice in black of Walnut.

·       Usual pencil, eraser, ruler etc.

·       Water jar and rag.

·       Your own mug for coffee or tea.

This script looks beautiful on black paper so a small piece of black paper and Bleedproof white ink is nice to try if we get time.

 

Call for Help

 Dear Members and Followers,

An important message from our president.

5^th January 2022.

Hello Everyone,

Calligraphy Southscribes is in need of your help!

After 38 years of our activity in bringing the beautiful art of calligraphy to Sutherland Shire and beyond we have reached a point where we may no longer be able to continue.  Membership is dropping and rising costs are another factor we have to consider.

The present committee who have been such stalwart providers of their time and expertise for many years would like to take a well-deserved break.

It is with great sadness that unless you our members, put up your hand to stand on the committee at our AGM on 12^th March 2022 Calligraphy Southscribes will have no alternative but to close down.

Please think about what you can do to help by standing on the committee, it is not really difficult and you all have the ability.

Your President.

Valerie Keevers.

Finishing the Year with a Little Ink

 Dear Members and Followers,

Calligraphy Southscribes finishes the year with some inky fingers, enjoy and stay safe everyone.

Patricia Moody

Glenis Sheather

Penny Laver

Valerie Keevers

November Calliarts - White Vine with Valerie Keevers

 Dear Members and Followers,

Finally we can meet again. After numerous months of calligraphy at home, we can finally get together.

This month's Calliarts is White Vine with Valerie Keevers

Renaissance scribes drew their influence from the manuscripts of the 10th & 11th centuries, reinventing the vine stem and leaf motifs into even more organic manifestations, to writhe and twine their way back through raised gold letters and borders.

The vine, which is shaded to suggest 3D form, is the most dominant motif. P208. 

The description is taken from "Illuminated Letters/Margaret Morgan" A&C Black c2006.

Materials List:

Pad, pencil, ruler, eraser.

Tracing paper

1 or 2 —A5 approx. W/colour paper or any size bits you have.

W/c paints, W/c pencils or coloured pencils.

Small pointed brush

2 Water jars

White paint

Fine black waterproof outliner pen.

When: Saturday 13 November 2021

Where: Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Rd, Sylvania

Time: 1pm to 4pm

Cost: $15.00 - direct deposit. 

Due to covid-19 rules bookings are essential (rules apply - double shot and check in required) before entry.

Bookings: southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Valerie Keevers

Flowers - Calligraphy Challenge

 Dear Members and Followers,

"Flowers are sunshine food, and medicine to the soul". So let us bring some sunshine to your soul with another bouquet of calligraphy pieces for you.

Penny Laver

Kay Pittman

Gloria Scott

Patricia Moody

Valerie Keevers