BASIC CALLIGRAPHY COURSES AT FORT MASON

Open to the public

• RENAISSANCE BOOKHAND
  Georgianna Greenwood, instructor
  Seven Tuesday evenings, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
  April 29–June 10, 2008
  $140.00 (FOC members: $135.00)
  
  
  
• DESCRIPTION:
  

  This sweetly legible italian bookhand was the model for the first roman typefaces used in printing in Italy in the late 1400’s. Also known as the humanistic script, these versatile letterforms are natural partners for italic. The original capitals are based on Roman inscriptional (carved into stone) capitals. Model sheets will be provided for minuscules (small letters), majuscules (capitals), numbers and punctuation. Class projects will introduce basic principles of design and page layout.

• 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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