Beverly Hills Adult School Uncial Class #5: The warm-up was writing text with the Brause 2 ½ mm nib, at an x-height of 3 boxes (on the 8 boxes per inch grid paper). DeAnn talked about the illuminated manuscript project and handed out some templates. [caption...
Beverly Hills Adult School Uncial Class #4: The warm-up was writing alphabet sentences with the Speedball B1 nib at an x-height of 1-inch. DeAnn reviewed some homework observations. Then she introduced writing Uncial with the chisel point nib. [caption id="attachment_1048" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Satomi's homework using watercolors[/caption] [caption...
Beverly Hills Adult School Uncial Class #3: The warm-up was writing alphabet sentences with the Speedball B5 ½ or B6 nib at an x-height of ½-inch, using either black ink or watercolor. DeAnn discussed spacing for Uncial and also demonstrated writing with watercolor. [caption id="attachment_1079" align="aligncenter"...
[caption id="attachment_1096" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Detail of Satomi's name-tag[/caption] Beverly Hills Adult School Uncial Class #2: The handouts this week are the monoline Uncial stroke sequence sheet, a chisel-point Uncial stroke sequence sheet, and a packet of Uncial examples. DeAnn had us warm-up by writing letters with...
Beverly Hills Adult School Uncial Class #1: The hand this semester is Uncial. After student introductions, DeAnn reviewed the supplies needed for this first week: Speedball B1 nib, Higgins Eternal black ink, round pen holder, dinky dip, dropper bottle, clipboard, 17” x 22” grid paper,...
The RAND Calligraphy; Book Arts Club is pleased to offer Carolingian Lettering A 6-week study of this beautiful, historical alphabet. Open to all levels – Newcomers to calligraphy WELCOME! This alphabet is a good starter, as well as a beautiful addition to the calligraphic repertoire for those with...
Beverly Hills Adult School Fraktur Class #8: This was the last class of this semester, so we had a potluck. DeAnn demonstrated filigree and students continued working on their illuminated manuscript projects. Filigree is a decorative flourish that gracefully transitions the illustrated areas of the page...
Beverly Hills Adult School Fraktur Class #7: Today DeAnn helped students with their illuminated manuscript projects in progress. We have one more week of class left, so try to get as much done as possible. If you can do the gilding and the writing of...
Beverly Hills Adult School Fraktur Class #7: Today DeAnn demonstrated gilding on a sample decorative capital, then had students practice gilding on their own. For inspiration, this is long-time DeAnn student Trini's beautiful illuminated manuscript project: [caption id="attachment_1172" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Trini with her beautiful illuminated manuscript piece...
Beverly Hills Adult School Fraktur Class #6: DeAnn demonstrated painting with gouache on a sample decorative capital on the pergamenata paper that will be used for the illuminated manuscript project. She also brought many books on illuminated manuscripts for everyone to look at and get...
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