Calligraphy with a Ruling Pen
First destination: basic exercises
A course by Silvia Cordero Vega , Graphic Designer and Calligrapher
Joined June 2017
Joined June 2017
About the video: First destination: basic exercises
Overview
“This lesson will be our first destination. I will teach you how to hold the line, how will your position and your actions when writing. We will focus on achieving certain skills when manipulating the line.”
In this video lesson Silvia Cordero Vega addresses the topic: First destination: basic exercises, which is part of the Domestika online course: Calligraphy with a Ruling Pen. Learn to master the calligraphy technique and to bring expression to your letters.
Partial transcription of the video
“Good in The other lesson. We did the exercises with pencil. To soften the hands. And now if we're going to use the line-handler. In my little book, I travel in tiralíneas. I marked some exercises This book mostly, is based on the story How I found the line. And he has some exercises. What are they made with this pen? That looks a lot like a straight feather. So the combinatorics of exercises. It is not one hundred percent linear. There's like a mixture of them. Therefore, I recommend using them. A more traditional line. What could this tiralíneas be. Or the Colapen. That we already did. And...”
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Course summary for: Calligraphy with a Ruling Pen
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Areas
Calligraphy, Fine Arts
Silvia Cordero Vega
A course by Silvia Cordero Vega
Silvia Cordero Vega trained as a graphic designer and calligrapher in her hometown, Buenos Aires, and in Europe and the United States, learning from prominent international calligraphers.
For almost three decades she has been promoting the craft and is heavily involved in projects for the development of calligraphy in Argentina and Latin America, taking workshops and conferences at universities, foundations, and associations around the world. Her clients include Casa Foa–the largest interior design fair in Argentina–, Papelera Palermo, and various foreign agencies, although a good part of her work is focused on personal projects with a social or artistic aspect. She is the author of Alfabetos, flora y fauna and Viaje en tiralíneas, and for more than 20 years she has shared her calligraphy knowledge through teaching.
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