{"id":3051,"date":"2020-09-01T21:22:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T04:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=3051"},"modified":"2020-09-01T21:22:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T04:22:36","slug":"online-italic-calligraphy-class-john-stevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/01\/online-italic-calligraphy-class-john-stevens\/","title":{"rendered":"An online italic calligraphy class with John Stevens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently finished a wonderful five-week online class with John Stevens. Take a look at his work<\/a> and you’ll see why anyone would be lucky to study with him. The class was entitled “The Italic Letter”. I had not studied italic calligraphy, per se, for quite some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We began with a look at “basic” italic (ha!) and a close look at the basic shape of the strokes. Here’s one of my earlier study pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A page of basic italic calligraphy with a particular style of ascenders and descenders<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We considered the placement of lettering on the page, and …. well, so much more. Here are two study sheets, one a block of text and the other a study in two weights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third sheet is a block of text, considering ledding and layout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A study of italics in two weights<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A block of italic text<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>Then we began looking at going smaller. Here is one sheet of diminishing sizes, and another at the smallest size I could manage.\n\n\n\n
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Using various pens, I worked my way down from about 4mm to a pointed pen modified to a very small broad edge.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Just about the smallest italics I could manage, with a penny to give you an idea of size.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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John will be repeating the class soon. I highly recommend it! Sign up for his newsletter<\/a> to be notified of new classes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently finished a wonderful five-week online class with John Stevens. Take a look at his work and you’ll see why anyone would be lucky to study with him. The class was entitled “The Italic Letter”. I had not studied italic calligraphy, per se, for quite some time. We began with a look at “basic” … <\/p>\n

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