Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

Course summary

• M1: Getting Inspired

  • Introduction

  • Influences / Mathilda Lundin

  • Influences / Carol Fountain Nix

  • Influences / Rie Takeda

  • Influences / Maaida Noor

  • Influences / Thomas Lam

  • Influences / Allison Barklay

• M2: Modern Calligraphy: Creating Expressive Letterforms

  • What Is Modern Calligraphy?

  • Materials and Tools

  • Warming up Your Hand with Basic Strokes

  • Lowercase Letterforms

  • Uppercase Letterforms

  • Numbers and Symbols

  • Joining It up to Create Beautiful Words

  • Choosing a Quote to Inspire Your Design

  • Exploring Inks and Beautiful Papers 1

  • Exploring Inks and Beautiful Papers 2

  • Sketching Your Composition

  • Creating and Refining Your Artwork with Ink

  • Exploring Your Style

  • Introduction to Modern Flourishing Techniques

  • Caring For Your Tools and Your Practice

• M3: Calligraphy as Visual Poetry

  • Overview of Materials and Processes

  • Letter Personalities and Calligraphic Styles

  • Content Hierarchy

  • Selecting and Deconstructing Your Text

  • Sketching to Create Mindful Compositions

  • Putting It All Together: Words, Texts, and Media 1

  • Putting It All Together: Words, Texts, and Media 2

  • Putting It All Together: Words, Texts, and Media 3

  • Creating Art Envelopes

  • Creating a Personal Brand

• M4: Shodo: Introduction to Japanese Calligraphy

  • Shodo and Mushin Clear Mind

  • Styles and Techniques

  • Utensils and Materials

  • Warming up Body and Mind

  • Basic Brush Movements

  • Foundational Strokes

  • Demonstrations and Presentation of Kanjis

  • Technical Exercises to Create the YUGETSU

  • Fine-Tuning Balancing Up

  • Seisho Clear Calligraphy

  • Mounting

  • Calligraphy on the Mounted Paper

  • Calligraphy Your Name and Creating the Stamp

• M5: Introduction to Arabic Calligraphy: Maghrebi Script

  • History of Arabic Calligraphy

  • Course Materials and Tools

  • Preparing the Tools

  • How to Use a Reed Pen

  • The Dot System

  • The Letters: Alif, Baa, Jeem, Daal 1

  • The Letters: Alif, Baa, Jeem, Daal 2

  • The Letters: Raa, Seen, Saad, Twa 1

  • The Letters: Raa, Seen, Saad, Twa 2

  • The Letters: Ayn, Faa, Qaaf, Kaaf

  • The Letters: Laam, Laam Alif, Meem, Noon, Waw 1

  • The Letters: Laam, Laam Alif, Meem, Noon, Waw 2

  • The Letters: Haa, Yaa, Hamza

  • Diacritics in Maghrebi Style

  • Joining the Letters 1

  • Joining the Letters 2

• M6: Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy

  • Brief Introduction of Chinese Calligraphy

  • Materials

  • Dot, Horizontal and Vertical Strokes 1

  • Dot, Horizontal and Vertical Strokes 2

  • Left Falling and Press Down Strokes

  • Hooks

  • Turning Strokes

  • Stroke Order

  • Simple Structure Characters

  • Top-Bottom Structure Characters

  • Left-Right Structure Characters

  • Enclosed Structures with Two Sides

  • Enclosed Structures with Three Sides

  • Completely Enclosed Structures

  • Combined Structure

  • How to Create a Chinese Calligraphy Artwork

  • How to Take a Photo for Your Artwork

• M7: Introduction to Hebrew Calligraphy

  • Materials

  • The Hebrew Alphabet

  • Feeling the Bones of the Hebrew Alef-Bet

  • Spacing and Pacing: The Key to Beautiful Writing

  • The Layout Draft

  • The Black Ink Layout 1

  • The Black Ink Layout 2

  • The Black Ink Layout 3

  • Working on the Vowels 1

  • Working on the Vowels 2

  • How to Use a Feather for Calligraphy

  • Advice for Furthering Your Practice