July Calliarts - Embossing with Valerie

 Dear Members and Followers,

This month we take a break from our lettering and take out some embossing tools instead.

The Cambridge Dictionary describes embossing as:

"To decorate an object, especially with letters, using special tools that make a raised mark on its surface"

This will be a fun way to spend a Winter's afternoon following our Christmas in July lunch.

General Requirements:

• Pencil, ruler and eraser,
• Masking tape,
• A4 pad,
• Tracing paper,
• Bone folder,
• Light weight card stock (optional),
• Or -A5 or any size pieces of 120-180gsm papers Coloured is fine but white is better,
• Watercolours & fine brush or coloured pencils (optional).

Tools:

• Ball or spoon embossing tools,
• Fine double ended bossing tool,
• If you do not have these - an empty ball point pen can be used just ensure it has no ink left in it,
• Small teaspoon can be useful.

If you wish to make your own stencils:

• Light weight card - a cereal box is ideal,
• Fine pointed scissors,
• Cutting mat and sharp craft knife,
• UHU type glue,
• Needle point tweezers are handy as is a wooden skewer

Where: Sylvania Community Centre, Canberra Road, Sylvania

When: 9 July 2022

Time: 1pm to 4pm

Cost: $15 members, $20 non-members (direct deposit preferred)

Bookings: Essential - email  southscribes@yahoo.com.au for bookings and payment details.

Questions: southscribes@yahoo.com.au

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.

Words Paint a Picture - May Calliarts - Calligrams

 Dear Members and Followers,

A calligram is a picture or design that is created by arranging words or lines to fill or form an image.  Usually, the words relate to the image.  The most basic example is a single outline filled with written texture to create the image, or to form the outline of the image.

There are no hard and fast rules, e.g. letter height, line spacing, pen, nib size, to create a calligram.  However, calligrams require good planning and practice with trials of roughs and the selected image before attempting the final image.

With an easily identified shape a loose style of lettering can be used, e.g. a leaf shape can be simply formed by repeating the word “leaf” over and over again in a freely written script.

Extract from The Encyclopedia of Calligraphic Techniques.

“If text (words) are to be read, more time is needed to fit words into the shape.  Some possible ideas (solutions) could be to include different styles of letterforms and/or different weights.  Don’t forget variations of texture, nib or lettering size and colour variation can be adopted to give added form or definition to the shape.”

Materials List:

A3 or A4 pad

Usual calligraphy gear

One piece tracing paper A3 or A5

Pilot fine line pen, 0.4 or 0.5

Pen, nibs William Mitchell or Brause 2½, 3 or 4

Optional Materials:

Water colour paints. Or Gouache mixed to ink consistency

Two water jars

Coloured pencils

 Date:       Saturday, 14 May 2022

Time:      1.00pm - 4.00pm

Tutor:      Gloria Scott

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

  

Looking forward to seeing you!

Calliarts - Gothic with a Twist

Dear Members and Followers,

Be prepared for a twist at the end of our calliarts this month when we explore Gothic - With a Twist.

Date:       Saturday, 9 April 2022

Time:       1.00pm - 4.00pm

Cost:        $15.00

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

Bookings Essential: southscribes@yahoo.com.au

Materials List:

A4 or A3 pad.

Ruler, pencil, eraser.

Ink, Goauche or Water Colour paint or Watercolour Pencils.

Small pointed brush, water jars.

Short quote or nursery rhyme. 

Any of the following that you might have.  Please do not buy anything!

William Mitchell scroll / split nibs any size.

Parallel Pen split nib

Automatic Pen split nib.

Two Pencils taped together. 

Optional.

Paddle Pop stick

Balsa Dowel (approx. 12mm diameter X 100mm)

To cut paddle pop stick or Balsa, a Stanley knife and cutting mat is needed.

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.