Barbie Mathis Studio: 123 Days, Day 30

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

123 Days, Day 30 - Calligraphy Classes

Tuesdays are Calligraphy days for me with a class in the morning and a class at night. One Class was working on how to do layouts for quotes, verses, decorative letters while the other class was working on how to to address envelopes. It was a fun day. Here are some of the samples that we worked on.

I start by telling the class that it is acceptable to go to your computer to aid in doing layouts. The computer is a nice fast way to decide if you want to center the words, enlarge letters, etc... Another quick way to do a layout is by doing thumbnail sketches. We always want to practice writing the longest lines so that we are sure how much space each line will take.

"By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it.

The Non-existent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired." ~Nikos Kazantzakis

In class, we explore various kinds of pens, ink, paint pens and more. Next week we will be using watercolors and gold leaf to make greeting cards, and more calligraphy quotes or verses.