Word Meets Image on the Page

3-Day (14+ hour) Workshop Available through June 1, 2022

All Skill Levels Welcome
Lettering • Design • Drawing • Book Arts

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Description

Text and image complement each other to expand communication. This fundamental principle is the basis of graphic design, illustrated books, and calligraphic painting. We’ll focus on illustration skills to develop meaningful imagery, working with simple tools: pens, pencils and watercolor. Whether your work is abstract or realistic, you’ll expand your repertoire of creative tools. A few basic lettering styles will be presented, and fundamentals of page design will help you to integrate text and image into your structure. We’ll discuss one of a kind books as well as limited edition possibilities. You may choose to focus on man made objects, plants, architecture or other subjects that interest you, and we’ll find words that will work with your ideas as well. Simple lettering styles will be demonstrated, or you can work with ones you know. The result will be a collection of pages that will form a journal of your week’s work, with hopes of continuing these threads in the future.

Supplies

BASIC SUPPLIES

Bring your favorite tools, but be sure to include:

Drawing board, if you like to work on a slant
T-square or rolling ruler, triangle, ruler
Masking or drafting tape
Scissors, X-acto knife with #11 blades, or Snap-off knife, small plastic cutting mat or scrap of mat board
Glue stick (UHU), rubber cement pickup
Pencils, various hardnesses (4B, 2B, HB, 2H, etc.)
Soft eraser, such as Magic Rub
Water container
Ink rags or tissues
Old toothbrush for cleaning pens
Dividers
Notebook
Pens You are Comfortable With: Dip pens in assorted sizes, such as Brause, Mitchell (Rexel) or Speedball. 5-6 pen holders, enough so that you won’t be changing nibs frequently
Roller ball pens, such as Pilot’s Precise V5. (from office supply stores) or Pigma Micron pens in a few sizes, or any black-ink pen that makes an even line
Non-waterproof black ink, such as Moon Palace or your favorite, and/or walnut ink
A few colored pencils, regular ones such as Prismacolor, and/or water soluble ones

PAPER

Depending on our progress, some of these will be used to finish your project after the workshop.

One half sheet of Arches Text Laid or Wove, 26×20” or 90# watercolor paper, either hot or cold press. A few scraps of good white or off-white paper, such as Arches Text Laid or Wove, or 90# watercolor
Tracing paper for rough drafts

PAINT

Designer’s gouache in basic colors, such as R, Y, B, and G, O, V if you have them, plus black and white
Old brushes for mixing gouache
Palette for gouache, the ones with little wells work well
Gum arabic
Small palette of watercolors
One round brush with a good point on it, size 2-4 and/or your favorite watercolor brushes
Water container, paint rags