Beginning Calligraphy with Inks and Watercolors
Offered By: Skillshare
Course Description
Overview
Do you love Modern Calligraphy? Are you confused where to start your calligraphy journey and what tools you need to buy in order to start learning? Here is the perfect class for you!
Modern Calligrapher Mathi who is a left handed letterer, will be teaching you all the basic knowledge that you need to learn in order to be successful in Calligraphy world. She also going to share few wonderful project that you can create at the end of this class. She will be sharing with you all the lesson that she learnt while she going through the learning process, so that you wont repeat the same mistake again. It will enhance your skill and make you become a more skilled calligrapher in a short period of time.
Write your favorite names, quotes, birthday cards or even wedding invitations with this simple yet beautiful calligraphy letters. In this class you will learn from the basic tools for beginner calligrapher, A - Z, 0-9 and symbols with watercolor and inks, and we will move on to practice few words. At the end of the class we will be creating three fun projects which are a Calligraphy Monograms and watercolor wreath with your favorite quotes and a watercolor washed place cards. You can choose any of the projects or even better if you post all the three project and share it with other class members.So they can learn from you too :)
This class is perfect for beginners and even intermediate students who wants to drill their Basic Calligraphy skills.No prior knowledge or experience required in order to join this class. By the end of this class, you will have all the basic knowledge on Modern Calligraphy and you will have experience creating 3 beautiful projects that can be gifted to your friend or someone special to you!
Click Project tab for more information on class project and if you guys have any questions feel free to post under discussion tab!
Make sure to Read the full Project Assignment before getting started.
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Project Introduction
- Straight Holder
- Universal Insert Pen Holder
- Pen Holder Comparison with Nibs
- Oblique Holder
- Nibs
- Inks
- Paper
- Watercolors and Palette
- Plastic vs Ceramic
- Other Tools
- Stroke Practise I
- Stroke Practise II
- Stroke Practise III
- Stroke Practise IV
- Uppercase A - D
- Uppercase E - L
- Uppercase M - T
- Uppercase U - 1
- Numbers 2 - 9
- Lowercase a - h
- Lowercase i - t
- Lowercase u - z
- Project 1 - Calligraphy Monogram
- Project 2 - Watercolor Wreath with Quotes
- Project 3 - Watercolor Washed Placecards
Taught by
Mathi Jagaveran
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