Calligraphy with a Ruling Pen
Other clues: plots and drawings
A course by Silvia Cordero Vega , Graphic Designer and Calligrapher
Joined June 2017
About the video: Other clues: plots and drawings
Overview
“Now we will present other possibilities that the tool gives us and so we can make frames or illustrations evaluating the variation of weights.”
In this video lesson Silvia Cordero Vega addresses the topic: Other clues: plots and drawings, 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
“In this lesson we will use some frames we will see how are produced and also some drawings that can complement Very good writing work. [Musical background] Well it seems to me that I am going to make another plot, so I show you another possibility. [Musical background] Well the plot or texture in this case is still a repetition of signs and the ideal is to do some with more lighter, some heavier, bigger, smaller, glued, more separated, all rhythmic operations that help to the composition, you can do it with abstract signs or with Alphabetic signs, even as in this example, can use different ...”
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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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