Drawn & Shaded Letters Calligraphy Workshop

Using Charcoal

Drawing skills are essential to calligraphy and lettering. The hand skills and accuracy required really help in creating successful letterforms. This drawn & shaded letters calligraphy class using charcoal is essentially about those hand skills, with the focus on developing a free capitals style reminiscent of Versals.

• Look at the construction of the capital letters and practice the alphabet.
• Learn the techniques of using Conté pencils and compressed charcoal: drawing, shading, blending and the use of eraser lines.
• Work on large individual letters and the placement of the red dot!
• Experiment with changing the primary tool and using ruling pens to draw the letters.
• Work further on words and designs of groups of letters to produce finished pieces.

Suitable for a 1 day workshop