Letters & Blossoms
2-Day (9+ hour) Workshop Available through June 1, 2022
All Skill Levels Welcome
Lettering • Design • Painting
Description
Students enhance their Copperplate & other pointed pen skills by adorning pages with beautiful bouquets of painted florals. While it is good to have knowledge of a pointed pen script, it isn’t necessary to have a lengthy study – this course allows students access to many scripts from Barbara’s handouts. The painted florals are an additional elegant treat! We create a single-page sewn book to house our treasures.
SUPPLIES
Brushes:
-#6 and #2 round watercolor brushes with good tips (I like Pentel water brush narrow; Pentel Color brush–but leave the ring on, don’t activate the color in the barrel, use as a watercolor brush; Loew-Cornell 7900 MIR-WEDGE (if you can find one); Daler Rowney #6
-any of these will be good – just be sure they have a good, pointed tip when wet.
-larger brush such as a 1/4″ Sumi/Bamboo (for larger backgrounds)
Pens:
– pointed pen nibs you like
– smaller broad-edge nibs you like
Papers:
Water color Tablet (9 x 12″. I like Fabriano 90# Cold PressStudio Watercolor pad or 1264 Fabriano Mix Media-Multi Technique 110# (these both take water & paints well)
Inks:
– Sumi Ink (Moon Palace)
– Walnut Ink & Bister Inks (Optional)
Paints:
Watercolors-suggest:
-reds, -blues, -yellows, -greens, black & white (I like Daniel Smith’s colors & Winsor & Newton
I prefer tubes but if you only have Pan sets, it will be ok). We will discuss in class.
Other Items:
Pencil
Ruler (C-Thru 12″),
Eraser,
Blue Painter’s Tape (or Frog Tape) (if you can find a low-tac tape -that will be best)
OPTIONAL Items:
– Schminicke Gold Powder
– Stickles (gold, silver or diamond)
– sturdier paper such as Arches Cover, Stonehenge or Canson (18″ x 22″ if you want to make a portfolio to house your pages. Otherwise, you can use a paper fastener.
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www.barbclose.com
WORKSHOP LINKS
YUKIMI ANNAND
Sequence: Journey of Experimental Calligraphy
SUZIE BERINGER
The Unconventional Pointed Pen
GEMMA BLACK
Drawing the Fibonacci Sequence
IVAN CASTRO
Basic Rudolf Koch:
Blackletter Und Neuland
ANNIE CICALE
Value Contrast: Exploring the Grey Areas
Word Meets Image on the Page
BARBARA CLOSE
Letters & Blossoms
Graphite Explorations
SUZANNE CUNNINGHAM
Beginning Copperplate Script
JUDY DETRICK
A Letter and a Rectangle
CAROL DUBOSCH
Ben Shahn Lettering
JESSIE FORA
(M) Handwritten: The Art of Tattoo Lettering
RISA GETTLER
(M) Painting Knotty Letters
Visigothic Versals
TAMER GHONEIM
Gothic Lettering Magic with Procreate
Blackletter Circles on Steroids
MIKE GOLD
Breaking the Rules
Spontaneous Creation
(M) Variations in A
HEATHER HELD
The Glittering Vine
Victorian Frames & Labels
NANCY HILLS
(M) Learning to Sketch Out Celtic Knots
THOMAS HOYER
Dynamic Textures
Ruling Pens Beyond the Rules
The Alchemist’s Magic
CARRIE IMAI
Playful Letters
(T) Mastering Italic
GINA JONAS
(M) A Meditative Calligraphy Technique
SALMAN KHATTAK
(M) Pen to Pixels
(M) Lines & Tines
MARTA MAPELLI
Expressive Pointed Italic
Pointed Brush
HEATHER MARTINEZ
(M) Learn to Sketchnote!
HOLLY MONROE
Decorated Letters
Italic Lettering - Basics & Beyond
(M) The Business of Calligraphy
(M) Lettering on Vellum
SUZANNE MOORE
In the Glow of Gouache
Page Dazzle: Patent Leaf Gilding
LORNA MULLIGAN
Loosening Up With Calligraphy & Paint
MICHELE NIDENOFF
(M) Decorative Borders w/Simple Tools
(M) Watercolor & Lettering with Masking Techniques
CORA PEARL
Monoline Lettering with a 'B' Nib
Monoline Lettering Techniques
(T) Foundation Tune-up Class
SALLY PENLEY
Sensational Sumi!
(M) Pastel Dusting Technique
(M) Pleated Scroll Book
JAN PICKETT
Creative Colour for All Occasions
Embossing with Extra Pizazz!
Letters Unlimited
ALI RICCARDO
Graffiti Writing - The New York Lesson
Rudolf Says
ROBBIE SASLOW
(M) Playing With Pens & Pencils
Round & Robust: Exploring Uncial
Simple & Semitic
LINDA SCHNEIDER
The Graceful Marker: Pointed Brush Script
Calligraphy on the Go!
CAROL MEASURES SCOTT
(M) Captivating Color in Calligraphy
MARINA SORIA
The Empty Space, Womb of Shape
JACQUELINE SULLIVAN
Cold Wax Calligraphic Abstracts
(M) Calligraphy & Mark Making with the Gel Plate
(M) Mini Book Madness
JANET TAKAHASHI
The Art of Miniature Painting & Lettering
Sketching Flowers with Watercolors & Ink
NINA TRAN
Flourishes Unraveled
ELMO VAN SLINGERLAND
Broad-edged pen: Roman Capitals
MARK VAN STONE
Versals
Versals & White Vine Decoration
JURGEN VERCAEMST
Colorful Lettering Composition
JULIE WILDMAN
Akim Variations and Long Compositions
ELEANOR WINTERS
Gothicized Italic