Calligraphy class

Week 2

Homework:

• Do at least one page of practice pangrams using either the 5mm felt marker (such as ZIG calligraphy marker, big end) or a Speedball C-2 nib. The two guidelines sheets were made for this exercise using these two writing tools.
• On a separate page, letter a quotation that you would like to work on as a finished piece. Choose a quotation no longer than 20 words.
• Here is the guidelines page in PDF format, and more resources are here.

The week in review:

• group order distributed
• demo - pen angle: 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 45 degrees
• exercise: first explorations with pen angle
• demo - italics using two pointed brush markers to simulate a broad-edged tool
• word space and ligatures
• exercise: first attempts
• demo - italics using the ZIG 5mm-wide marker