Introduction to Calligraphy
Decorative elements: flourishing
A course by Giorgio Gaetani , Calligraphy Artist
About the video: Decorative elements: flourishing
Overview
“Now that you are familiar with calligraphy and are able to write the alphabet, numbers and punctuation marks, I want to show you how to decorate the letters you are writing to add an even more artistic touch to your works. These decorations are known as "flourishing". As you have already seen for everything I have taught you so far, decorations also follow rules and must be built with a criterion. Nothing complex, let's start with rather simple things that follow the same lines and movements that we have already experienced together. ”
In this video lesson Giorgio Gaetani addresses the topic: Decorative elements: flourishing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Calligraphy. Explore the rules of calligraphy writing by learning to compose words and phrases in an elegant and timeless style.
Partial transcription of the video
“Decorative elements: flourishing Another effect we can add to our letters it is the so-called flourishing, or flourish. They are decorations that can be added practically all the letters, which continue them. So instead of stopping at the usual traits, we can add decorations at the end of the letters. Mainly we have three rules for flourishes. As a first rule, we want these decorations are always based on ellipses. So even in this case, as we have already seen for the English italics, also the decorations that we will add to our letters however, they will be based on small ellipses. Another...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Calligraphy
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Calligraphy
Giorgio Gaetani
A course by Giorgio Gaetani
Giorgio Gaetani is an Italian calligrapher who grew up with a passion for letters and writing. As a trained engineer and classical musician, he finds the pilars for his study of the basic lines and shapes of copperplate in mathematics and geometry. While he was still a student, he made his Instagram account @bad_calligraphy where he began to share his creations with his followers.
In time, he started collaborative projects that led him to work with names like Max Mara and Tiffany&Co, as well as exhibit one of his pieces at Expo Calligrafia at the Grigore Antip museum in Bucharest. Giorgio is a left-handed calligrapher, a characteristic that has pushed him to find a signature style that makes his creations even more distinctive.
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