I have a couple of opportunities to share with my friends. I am hiring a few people to work as part time calligraphers for the County of Los Angeles. I am the contractor to train and provide artists for a few months as As-Needed calligraphers. There...
DeAnn demonstrated the Copperplate capitals. First she went over issues she noticed in the homework. General feedback from DeAnn’s homework review: The lowercase k needs work. The o is way too round; it should be more hot-dog shaped than hamburger. Strokes #2, #3, and #4 are too sharp; they...
DeAnn reviewed the lowercase Copperplate letters and demonstrated writing them. She then demonstrated joining the letters into words. Satomi’s perpetual calendar: For a review of writing the lowercase Copperplate letters: See blog entry from January 23, 2012 for detailed notes. [caption id="attachment_524" align="aligncenter" width="400"] begin the lowercase s more slanted...
The first part of class was the critique of students’ pointed pen Uncial compositions. DeAnn reviewed each piece. Student Gallery: [caption id="attachment_556" align="aligncenter" width="226"] Satomi's alphabet composition[/caption] [caption id="attachment_558" align="aligncenter" width="216"] Val's alphabet composition[/caption] [caption id="attachment_557" align="aligncenter" width="219"] Silvana's alphabet composition[/caption] [caption id="attachment_554" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Flavia's alphabet compostion[/caption] [caption id="attachment_555" align="aligncenter"...
In the second part of class, DeAnn started teaching Copperplate. [caption id="attachment_541" align="aligncenter" width="351"] Satomi's Audrey Hepburn piece in Copperplate[/caption] DeAnn’s Philosophy for learning Copperplate: For success in writing beautiful Copperplate, think of the Copperplate letters as a series of STROKES, which you’ll be learning in today’s...
NOTE: no class next Monday 11/11/13 due to Veteran’s Day. Class will resume on 11/18/13. [caption id="attachment_572" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Satomi's homework featuring Coco Chanel[/caption] Today DeAnn demonstrated writing Pointed Pen Uncial in pencil on Rives BFK paper. First we warmed up by writing at the 5mm x-height. Homework feedback: M...
Today DeAnn explained letter spacing for pointed pen Uncial. First we warmed up by writing letters on the smaller guideline sheet. Uncial history: Uncial was common in the 3rd to 8th centuries AD. The oldest remaining copy of the New Testament is written in Greek Uncial...
DeAnn introduced herself and distributed supplies and handouts. The first pointed pen style she will be teaching is Pointed Pen Uncial. The pointed pen Uncial worksheets and exemplars are created by Satomi Wada. Preparing your supplies for ease of transportation: Dropper bottles of gum Arabic, Best...
DeAnn demonstrated the saran wrap background technique today. Materials needed: • 8 ½ x 11 sheets of Arches Text Wove • Saran Wrap or similar plastic wrap (whatever you use at home) • Watercolors, gouache, colored ink, including metallic; acrylic inks also OK • Large brush, at least 1-inch, or...
We will be doing some very fun and useful techniques for backgrounds of calligraphy. In this 6-week course, students will learn 5 different calligraphic background techniques during the first 5 weeks. The 8 1/2 x 11 pages will be folded in half and the instructions for...
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