Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

Overview

“In this lesson, you will begin to envision your final piece or pieces by sketching and exploring various aspects of the work, from composition to color, tone, size, and treatment. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Sketching to Create Mindful Compositions, which is part of the Domestika online course: Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles. Explore modern calligraphy techniques, expressive lettering styles, and creative compositions to develop your own calligraphic style.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, I will show you my process for sketching and developing mindful compositions. I'll let you in on a little secret. Although these sketches might seem a little loose, they are actually very highly structured and considered. I like to say structure equals freedom, so I always do the structural work first. I'll show you a few tricks of the trade for optimizing your compositions. Let me get started on some sketches and I'll walk you through the process. I begin by sketching least close to the proportion of the page I plan to use. In this case, we'll be working with 11 by 14 inche...”

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Course summary for: Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (2)
• 192 students
• 7 units
• 90 lessons (15h 27m)
• 50 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering