Calligraphy with a Ruling Pen
Earth in sight: lowercase letters (Part 1)
A course by Silvia Cordero Vega , Graphic Designer and Calligrapher
Joined June 2017
Joined June 2017
About the video: Earth in sight: lowercase letters (Part 1)
Overview
“And now! We arrived at the best moment. We will learn to make a basic alphabet in lowercase starting from a monoline and understanding the concept of ductus.”
In this video lesson Silvia Cordero Vega addresses the topic: Earth in sight: lowercase letters (Part 1), 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
“Well, students, we were working on the rhythm lesson and now we are going to get into one of the most important lessons that is the alphabet. Let's see the lower case letters and for that we need a background of some historical writing. The one that best adapts to the tiraline style is the Chancellery of the sixteenth century. We're not going to see the Chancellor's in this lesson we're just going to take it as an excuse we could take any other script, in fact the tyrant is a style and a technique that fits many other scriptures. can even invent our own. There are two Domestika courses that...”
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Course summary for: Calligraphy with a Ruling Pen
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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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