{"id":2382,"date":"2017-09-18T19:15:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T02:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2017-09-18T19:18:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T02:18:27","slug":"versals-workshops-gemma-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/18\/versals-workshops-gemma-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Versals after workshops with Gemma Black"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was one of the lucky ones at LetterWorks this summer in Ogden, Utah: I got into the 5-day class taught by Gemma Black<\/a>, “The Versal and the Book<\/a>“. Even luckier, Gemma came to Montana earlier this month to teach a 2-day workshop on versals to Big Sky Scribes, the state-wide guild, and I got into that workshop too.<\/p>\n

I might be finally getting the idea of versals. My goal has been to letter a page a day. Most days I’ve been making that goal. As shown below.<\/p>\n

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Dave-Jones-like versals with a 1mm Brause nib and sumi on 100# Strathmore Drawing 400 folio. This was Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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3\/4-mm Brause nib and sumi stick ink on 100# Strathmore Drawing 400 folio. This was Thursday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Wednesday, I was shooting for a rhythm. Which is harder than you might think, since it is drawing and filling in. But I still think a rhythm is important, even when drawing.<\/p>\n

On Friday (see below), I tried to make thinner-than-normal weight, but I kept defaulting to a standard weight. The Mohawk Superfine paper was a bear to write on, especially with gouache, and especially because of the drawing-and-filling-in thing which caused the paper to shred.<\/p>\n

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Open traditional versals. 3\/4-mm Brause nib with stick ink on 100# Strathmore Drawing 400 folio. This was also Thursday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Traditional versals. 3\/4-mm Brause with Schmincke Calligraphy Gouache on Mohawk Superfine, for some unexplainable (and indefensible) reason. This was Friday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was one of the lucky ones at LetterWorks this summer in Ogden, Utah: I got into the 5-day class taught by Gemma Black, “The Versal and the Book“. Even luckier, Gemma came to Montana earlier this month to teach a 2-day workshop on versals to Big Sky Scribes, the state-wide guild, and I got … <\/p>\n

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