Learning Calligraphy
Offered By: LinkedIn Learning
Course Description
Overview
Follow Ina Saltz as she walks you through the foundations of calligraphy—how to write the basic italic forms using a broad-edged pen.
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Getting the most out of this course
- Focusing on the essentials: mind and body coordination
- The tools of the trade: paper, pens, ink
- Preparing your practice sheets
- The broad-edged pen and how it works: the ribbon effect
- Advice for lefties
- Creating the basic building blocks: a, n, o
- Checkpoints: How did you do?
- Related shapes: Alphabet families and necklaces
- Letters with diagonal strokes
- Special Letters: f, t, s, &
- Letterspacing and wordspacing for minuscules
- Preparing to write capitals
- Creating capitals with straight, diagonal, and curved sides
- Checkpoints: How did you do?
- Combining capitals and small letters
- Oldstyle and lining numbers
- Punctuation
- Writing with smaller nib sizes
- Calligraphy layouts: Planning projects
- Adding flourishes: When, where, and how
- Using color
- Writing strategies for lefties
- Using different materials and tools
- Next steps
Taught by
Ina Saltz
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