BASIC CALLIGRAPHY COURSES AT FORT MASON

Open to the public

• BEGINNING ITALIC
  Georgianna Greenwood, instructor
  Seven Tuesday evenings, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
  September 15 –October 27 , 2009
  $150.00 (FOC members: $140.00)
  
  
  
• DESCRIPTION:
  

  Ludovico Vincentino Arrighi wrote the letters in the first published handwriting manual, La Operina, printed from wood block plates in 1522. In this class we will use his version of the chancellarescha (a script used in the Papal Chancery in Rome) as our primary model for learning italic, one of the most popular scripts used by calligraphers today. You will work with capitals, small letters, numbers, and punctuation in weekly projects introducing fundamental design concepts

• All levels of lettering experience are welcome.
  
  
• SUPPLIES: Basic Supplies* and a 14” x 17” pad Strathmore 400 Drawing paper.

BASIC SUPPLIES* and additional or different supplies specified by each instructor are listed at the end of each class description. The term “Basic Supplies” refers to: black ink (Higgins Eternal or Pelikan Fount India), all sizes Brause pen nibs, one or two pen holders, pencil & eraser, 18”– 24” metal ruler, notebook, cotton rag, a small water jar.

Calligraphy supplies, especially Brause and Mitchell pen nibs, can be difficult to find. Call or visit your local art supply stores, such as Arch, Dick Blick, Flax, Michaels, Pearl, Utrecht. If they don’t have what you need, contact the calligraphy mail order catalogs:
John Neal Bookseller, 1.800.369.9598
Paper & Ink Arts, 1.800.736.7772


• BIO: Georgianna Greenwood graduated from Reed College and the Portland Museum Art School in 1960 and has been teaching and practicing calligraphy in Berkeley since 1964. She has given lectures, demonstrations, and workshops in the United States, England, and Germany.

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