Introduction to Flourishing for English Calligraphy
Uppercase: Entry Strokes
A course by Paola Gallegos , Calligraphy and Lettering Expert
About the video: Uppercase: Entry Strokes
Overview
“We now move on to my favorite part: the capital letters. I will show you how to make flourishes in input strokes, always respecting the learned rules, and you will see some examples of variants. Let your creativity fly!”
In this video lesson Paola Gallegos addresses the topic: Uppercase: Entry Strokes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Flourishing for English Calligraphy. Learn to enrich your English calligraphy using fine-tip brush pens and transform words into authentic works of art.
Partial transcription of the video
“Uppercase: input strokes Capital letters, in Copperplate calligraphy, they are very elegant and a good place to add flourishes. Let's see how to add them to the input strokes. Here I want to show you a composition with many capital letters intertwined with each other. A feature of capital letters in Copperplate, apart from being very beautiful, it is that they have many curls and many exits everywhere. Now I am going to explain how you can make different variations to be able to flourish a capital letter. With this example, what I want you to see is that, in the case of uppercase, the lette...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Flourishing for English Calligraphy
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Category
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Areas
Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering
Paola Gallegos
A course by Paola Gallegos
Paola Gallegos, also known as Calligraphilic, has a degree in tourism and is wildly passionate about anything to do with letters. She currently works as a calligrapher and lettering artist, and has been slowly gravitating towards italics since she can remember. During her studies she decided to specialize in English calligraphy, also known as Copperplate. It was then that she discovered and fell in love with flourishes.
As a content creator, her aim is to help hand-traced art maintain its value in the digital era. She also shares her knowledge with new generations through modern teaching methods without losing sight of the rules and regulations of traditional calligraphy. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with brands such as Claro, Cyzone Community, Staedtler, Artline, and Faber Castell.
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