Hand Lettering with the Folded Pen
2-Day Workshop
Saturday, July 3 at 9:00 AM CDT
Beginner – Intermediate
Lettering
Description
The folded pen is a wonderful tool for hand lettering—it is capable of making very thin hairline strokes, thick dramatic strokes as well as a large range in between. Letters created with the folded pen feel dynamic and organic. There are endless possibilities for its use. In this workshop we will make a folded pen that we will use in class and we will learn several distinctly different styles of lettering that will help us explore what this type of pen can do. We will create a finished piece using the lettering learned in class. This class is ideal for calligraphers who want to explore playful lettering styles, graphic designers who would like to incorporate hand lettering into their designs and for lovers of hand lettering who want to learn more lettering styles and the use of a new versatile tool.
Supplies
- Folded pen with Cora nib (see note below)*
- Cut three pieces that are 9 ¾” x 14” each
- Strathmore 400 Drawing Pad 11 x 14 (this will be our writing paper, so make sure you have a full pad, rather than one that you have used some of the pages from)
- Higgins Eternal Black Ink
- Scotch Magic Tape ¾ inch width
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Scissors
- 12” T-square
WORKSHOP LINKS
YUKIMI ANNAND
Sequence: Journey of Experimental Calligraphy
SUZIE BERINGER
The Unconventional Pointed Pen
GEMMA BLACK
Drawing the Fibonacci Sequence
IVAN CASTRO
Basic Rudolf Koch:
Blackletter Und Neuland
ANNIE CICALE
Value Contrast: Exploring the Grey Areas
Word Meets Image on the Page
BARBARA CLOSE
Letters & Blossoms
Graphite Explorations
SUZANNE CUNNINGHAM
Beginning Copperplate Script
JUDY DETRICK
A Letter and a Rectangle
CAROL DUBOSCH
Ben Shahn Lettering
JESSIE FORA
(M) Handwritten: The Art of Tattoo Lettering
RISA GETTLER
(M) Painting Knotty Letters
Visigothic Versals
TAMER GHONEIM
Gothic Lettering Magic with Procreate
Blackletter Circles on Steroids
MIKE GOLD
Breaking the Rules
Spontaneous Creation
(M) Variations in A
HEATHER HELD
The Glittering Vine
Victorian Frames & Labels
NANCY HILLS
(M) Learning to Sketch Out Celtic Knots
THOMAS HOYER
Dynamic Textures
Ruling Pens Beyond the Rules
The Alchemist’s Magic
CARRIE IMAI
Playful Letters
(T) Mastering Italic
GINA JONAS
(M) A Meditative Calligraphy Technique
SALMAN KHATTAK
(M) Pen to Pixels
(M) Lines & Tines
MARTA MAPELLI
Expressive Pointed Italic
Pointed Brush
HEATHER MARTINEZ
(M) Learn to Sketchnote!
HOLLY MONROE
Decorated Letters
Italic Lettering - Basics & Beyond
(M) The Business of Calligraphy
(M) Lettering on Vellum
SUZANNE MOORE
In the Glow of Gouache
Page Dazzle: Patent Leaf Gilding
LORNA MULLIGAN
Loosening Up With Calligraphy & Paint
MICHELE NIDENOFF
(M) Decorative Borders w/Simple Tools
(M) Watercolor & Lettering with Masking Techniques
CORA PEARL
Monoline Lettering with a 'B' Nib
Monoline Lettering Techniques
(T) Foundation Tune-up Class
SALLY PENLEY
Sensational Sumi!
(M) Pastel Dusting Technique
(M) Pleated Scroll Book
JAN PICKETT
Creative Colour for All Occasions
Embossing with Extra Pizazz!
Letters Unlimited
ALI RICCARDO
Graffiti Writing - The New York Lesson
Rudolf Says
ROBBIE SASLOW
(M) Playing With Pens & Pencils
Round & Robust: Exploring Uncial
Simple & Semitic
LINDA SCHNEIDER
The Graceful Marker: Pointed Brush Script
Calligraphy on the Go!
CAROL MEASURES SCOTT
(M) Captivating Color in Calligraphy
MARINA SORIA
The Empty Space, Womb of Shape
JACQUELINE SULLIVAN
Cold Wax Calligraphic Abstracts
(M) Calligraphy & Mark Making with the Gel Plate
(M) Mini Book Madness
JANET TAKAHASHI
The Art of Miniature Painting & Lettering
Sketching Flowers with Watercolors & Ink
NINA TRAN
Flourishes Unraveled
ELMO VAN SLINGERLAND
Broad-edged pen: Roman Capitals
MARK VAN STONE
Versals
Versals & White Vine Decoration
JURGEN VERCAEMST
Colorful Lettering Composition
JULIE WILDMAN
Akim Variations and Long Compositions
ELEANOR WINTERS
Gothicized Italic