Monogram Design with Your Initials
Final Touch Up of the Monogram
A course by James Clough , Calligraphy Artist
About the video: Final Touch Up of the Monogram
Overview
“Here I will show you the last step: retouching with white tempera, and possibly also with Indian ink, using fine brushes. This finishing work will be used to have well-defined lines for printing. ”
In this video lesson James Clough addresses the topic: Final Touch Up of the Monogram, which is part of the Domestika online course: Monogram Design with Your Initials. Learn how to handcraft a monogram from a pencil sketch and apply it to a ready-to-print business card.
Partial transcription of the video
“Final touch up of the monogram And here we are at the last stage of my monogram: retouching. Now I rework the new photocopy. To do this, I start using white paint with a very fine brush and then the black ink with another brush. A drop or two of ox gall may also be helpful to add to the white tempera, which helps to remove the surface tension of the paper. Retouching is for eliminating the smudges that are seen here and there, so the monogram will be perfect when we will reduce it for printing. This monogram has no delicate features. All traits are robust enough to resist a reduction and pr...”
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Course summary for: Monogram Design with Your Initials
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe InDesign -
Areas
Branding & Identity, Calligraphy, Graphic Design, Logo Design
James Clough
A course by James Clough
James Clough is an English calligraphy artist who's been living and working in Milan for the past 50 years. After studying typographic design at the London College of Printing, he got his start in several publishing houses around London and Milan. In 1979, he made the leap to freelance life, specializing primarily in book cover design.
Throughout his career he has collaborated with numerous advertising agencies designing slogans, logos, and monograms. In 1991, he founded the Associazione Calligrafa Italiana (Italian Calligraphy Association) alongside a group of his peers. He currently teaches calligraphy, typography, and its history at the NABA University in Milan and writes about calligraphy and graphic arts for both Italian and international publications.
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