Calligraphy Southscribes Inc.

Calliarts - November 2020 - Writing on Canvas

Dear Members,

The November Calliarts and the final one for 2020 (can you believe it) is Canvas Preparation for Calligraphy with Valerie Keevers.

Writing on canvas presents some unique twists so come along and learn.

Where: Sylvania Community Hall, Canberra Road, Sylvania NSW

Date: 14 November 2020

Time: 1-4pm

Cost: $10.00

Bookings: southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Materials List:
Canvas Types. Bring anything that you have, any size:
Book of canvas sheets.
Canvas board
Deep edged canvas.
I will demonstrate on small canvas boards and small deep edged canvas.
Brushes. Bring what you may have of the following:
Old brush for priming…..Bristlebrush (which I use), old Hair brush, or small house paint brush.
The bigger your canvas the bigger the priming brush needs to be.
Primers. Bring what you may have of the following.
There will be a small extra cost if you need to use what I bring to the class.
Transparent Gesso.
Opaque Gesso.
White Gouache.
Small piece of fine sandpaper.
A piece of watercolour paper to fit one of the canvases you bring.
Paints and Inks. Any Watercolours, Inks or Gouache and brushes for these.
Glues: Flour paste, craft glue or spray fixative. Bring if you have, do not buy any especially.
Containers: Paper plates for primer. Palette for Paint/Ink. Water jars.
Pens/brushes for Calligraphy.
Masking fluid if you have some.
Small quote to apply to canvas if we have the time.

Valerie Keevers

One of Members Exhibits

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.

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.

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 12^th to 16^th 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

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.

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.

· Elbow nib* and pen holder OR a straight pointed nib and an oblique pen holder.

· Ink (Chinese or similar) or gouache of your choice.

· 2B or HB pencil

· 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.

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.

Copyrighted Patricia Moody

Copyrighted Penny Laver

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!

Gloria's

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