Courses
Exploring Calligraphy: Foundational and Uncial
- Event Dates:
- ––––––
- Instructor:
- Susan Pinard
- Skill Level:
- Beginner
- Description:
Join CSO Instructor Susan Pinard for this beginner course, exploring Foundational and Uncial scripts. Students will create a piece with their own alphabet sentence. We will also try out versals and knotwork.
To Italics & Beyond
- Event Dates:
- ––––––
- Instructors:
- Linda Hillier, Richard Draffin
- Skill Level:
- Novice
- Description:
Linda Hillier & Rick Draffin present a six-week course designed for those who have already studied italics & wish to take it to the next level. We will use script analysis & introduce pen manipulation techniques to revitalize the script. Course will also help refine layout when preparing a final piece.
Exploring Calligraphy: Uncial
- Event Dates:
- ––––––
- Instructor:
- Susan Pinard
- Skill Level:
- All
- Description:
This class will explore the uncial script, written in a modern style and one in a flat​ pen angle version. As well, we play with Aidan Meehan's capital letters. There will be a project to work on, to be presented at the last class.
Important Note: No class on November 21st
Foundational with a Taste of Romans
- Event Dates:
- ––––––
- Instructors:
- Richard Draffin, Kevin Williams
- Skill Level:
- All
- Description:
Foundational with a taste of Romans will be a course designed for beginners or those more experienced calligraphers who want to refine pen skills and learn more about this script. Foundational is a wonderful script to learn. It is very historical and does provide a good model for learning pen and ink skills. To provide capitals, we will b...
Gothicized Italic
- Event Dates:
- ––––––
- Instructor:
- Susan Pinard
- Skill Level:
- All
- Description:
In this course, suitable for all levels, you will learn the essentials of the script, which is a gothic script, then use it creatively in a variety of ways. Meander books, bookmarks and envelopes are planned to draw out your talents.
Textura Quadrata
- Event Dates:
- ––––––
- Instructor:
- Kevin Williams
- Skill Level:
- All
- Description:
We will explore this quintessential Gothic script's striking letters and woven appearance, and some variations if we have time.