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Beginning Calligraphy

 

About the Class

There are many people who own calligraphy pens, but aren’t sure what to do with them. There are others who have always marveled at pen flourishing and embellishment but who don’t know where to begin to learn the skill themselves. This introductory course is a good starting point for both these types of people and anyone else with calligraphic curiosity. In the initial six-week class students will learn the fundamentals of the Italic style. They will focus on building familiarity with the tools of calligraphy, building confidence with letter forms, and learning how these basic forms and proportions can be used to build other calligraphic styles.


Employing a method of teaching that assesses students’ natural handwriting propensities, they will see how these tendencies canbe turned to an advantage as they approach the calligraphic art form. This technique often speeds the learning process and can help ease anxieties that often become obstacles to successful lettering.


The course will also cover layout and materials, and give an overview of the historical development of letter forms. By the end of the class students will have a collection of materials with which to continue their practice, a completed piece of calligraphy suitable for display, and an expanded interest and confidence in lettering arts.


Class pace will be influenced by the aims and skills of the class members and is usually a fun and relaxed experience for both student and instructor.

 

 


About the Teacher

At the age of 10, Emily Canter’s father took her to see The Book of Kells, and she immediately discovered within herself a powerful admiration for the forms of letters. The experience began an overwhelming desire to buy fountain pens and copy manuscript styles, unaware that there was a thing called “calligraphy” at all. The interest continues to this day.


An English major from the University of Texas, Canter has used her education to combine the written word with the illustrated image and made a career of that combination doing illustration, copy writing, art direction and web development for companies like IBM, Sony, Duracell, and the company she and husband Geoff own, Digital Tigers.


Ms. Canter also enjoys a symbiotic interest in the study of history that leads to interesting connections between lands, languages, and alphabets – how these travelled across the globe and reflected the styles and stories of their civilizations, and how they come to have symbolic meaning for contemporary minds. 

 

Saturdays, July 3rd - August 7th from 10 am - 12 pm
  Course offered for 6 weeks
Only $25 per person per session!

 

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Cut & Paste Collage Workshop

 

 

 

About the Class

 This workshop (two consecutive Saturdays) is geared both to the beginner and for those with some experience in collage and mixed media. For the beginner, it will be an opportunity to venture down the exciting path of other mediums besides paint. You will be given a brief history of collage as a fine art medium. We will explore the components of collage and the materials that can be used such as paper, paint, found paper, elements we make, etc.

For the experienced collage/mixed media artist, the workshop will include new and different techniques to create unique-to-you elements for use in your art work. We will paint, stain, manipulate and distress paper, create separate elements from household items, discover “found” elements to incorporate in our work.
 

Most supplies will be furnished by Sam Flax.  Students must bring

Scissors
 2 Water Containers (size of large cottage cheese container or larger) per student
Paper Towels
White garbage bags (cut in two pieces) 6 halves per student
Assorted synthetic brushes (2”, 2-3 one-inch) per student
Palette Paper or Freezer Paper (found in supermarket waxed-paper section) sufficient per student for class
Spray bottle for water (must make fine mist) 1 per student
Scissors
Chartpak Pen (clear for making transfer)
 
 
Any magazine images & photocopies of same (not inkjet---must be laser to make transfer), old photos (copies only), old letters, artwork you can tear up for collage, used coffee filters and/or used tea bag papers or anything found items you wish to incorporate into your collage

Any questions, contact Barbara Dunham at bjd@boviskyle.com.

Barbara’s work can be seen at www.bjdunham.com

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, Sept. 11 and 18, 10 am – 5 pm
Instructor: Barbara Dunham, Collage & Mixed Media Artist
President of Atlanta Collage Society
*This class meets twice*

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