I ran a new course this week at Ardington School of Craft- Hand drawn lettering NOT Calligraphy. Had spent a fun few days designing resource sheets and gathering 'props' - art works from as far back as my days as a student at Kingston Poly (as it was known way back then) - I knew there was a good reason not to throw stuff out.
I had a good sized group of which three had previously done paper cutting with me and two others have signed up for one of my workshops at Art in Action - so I was really chuffed.
And it all went well with lots of letters rendered in many ways, alphabets designed and some really pleasing artworks finished by the end of the day.
I will definitely be running this again. . . if you are interested, do drop me a line
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Some handy typographical jargon |
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Things you can do with letters |
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A beautifully initialled Summer |
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Signage for open gardens |
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A few N's |
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Some great alphabets and I love the "Laughing" |
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More lovely alphabets and she was obviously doing something that made her happy! |