Italic
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Overview
This is a course for beginner-intermediate calligraphers. No previous experience is required to take it, nor does it require any special artistic talent. What you DO need is the desire to learn and to practise!
We will be using parallel pens for our calligraphy, not dip pens. You will need at least one parallel pen (I recommend the 3.8 mm nib). You’ll need to be able to print the practise sheets (PDF’s) on good quality white printer paper.
There are a ton of exercises for you to do that will help you improve your calligraphy, as well as two projects (a thank you card and a certificate).
Completing this course will help you:
- Write beautiful letters in Italics, both lower and upper cases
- Create a certificate of achievement
- Make a "Thank You" card
- Gain confidence in writing inclined (or sloped) letters
Who is the course for?
Young or old, right-handed or left-handed, artistically gifted or not – anyone can learn traditional ITALICS CALLIGRAPHY!
You don’t need to be particularly artistically inclined … you just need a desire to learn!
Oh! and a dose of perseverance is useful, too! No previous experience in CALLIGRAPHY is necessary.
Learning Path
More than 40 modules – about 1 ¾ hours of video presentation
After doing a simple “Thank you” card, we’ll move on to a detailed project, a certificate of achievement.
The main part of the course uses a 3.8 mm parallel pen. For the second project, several different parallel pens are used (1.5 mm, 2.4 mm, 3,8 mm). The certificate is done on an A3 sheet of paper (29,7 x 42 cm).
- Italics are the post popular style of calligraphy in the western world
- It was developed in Italy in the Renaissance
- Niccolo de Niccoli, an Italian scholar, is largely associated with the Italics script
- This style of calligraphy is also known as Chancery Cursive
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