Inkspots Guild Meeting

"Feathered Flourishes" with Mollie Hunt

Thursday, May 16, 2024

6:30pm - 8:30pm

CWI:  Boise Campus  

1360 S. Eagle Flight Way, Boise, ID 83709

Room:  APIN 1206

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Join us as we go through Copperplate Inspired Majuscules and learn Mollie's method of adding flourishes to create feathery bird inspired letters. 

From Mollie:

General Agenda

•  World according to Mollie, not classically educated calligrapher, just enthusiastic!
• Going to teach you a Majuscule script, mix of brush/copperplate inspired letters
• Hand Out, Pen and Ductus will be provided
• Go through each letter, show alternatives
• Influences: illuminated letters, dove and feather flourishing (classic concepts)

 I believe in trying all the tools

 I like to setup rules and then see what following them creates

  When writing copperplate, my set of rules are: up is light, down is heavy

 Do not rotate the paper – unlike most flourishing

 1” to ¾” tall

With remainder of class: encourage class to develop their own letter, provide magazines and other examples for inspiration

SUPPLIES:

Ruler/Pencil for lining

Paper Suitable for Brush Pen use

Other Pointed Pen writing implements

Nib/Ink

Brush Markers

June Workshop

Very Free Versals with Connie Furgason

June 1st, 2024

Saturday, 9:30am-11:30pm & 12:00pm-2:00pm

Join us for our ONLINE workshop with Connie Furgason.  Connie will be our instructor Saturday for a 4 hour workshop.

This very free version of Versals is a wonderful companion alphabet for creating contrast of space and texture. They dance and the addition of watercolours brings another level of spontaneity to calligraphic work.

Open to all skill levels.

Price: $38 for members, $58 for non-members

Supply List:

HB and 2H pencil, fine tipped waterproof black liner like a Mars Staedtler Pigment Liner (or similar pen) size 03 or 05. Must be waterproof.

Watercolours, practise or layout pad, pieces of watercolour paper you have on hand either hot or cold press or another paper that will handle watercolour. Canson XL Watercolour Paper works well.

Small round brush for painting. Size #4 or #6

Optional: coloured pencils eg: Prismacolour

Recording will be available through June.

Instructions for Zoom