Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

Overview

“Now, you will work intimately with your own selected texts and words to create dynamic, layered, "textual" artworks that speak to the viewer through your own visual poetry. Let's start with the background!”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Putting It All Together: Words, Texts, and Media 1, 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'm going to show you my process for putting words, text, and abstract media together to create my final project. As you know, I'm working with Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem. The excerpts I've chosen evoke a sense of light emerging from the darkness. My goal is to create a sort of energy on the page, a swirling galaxy, and a sense of movement and earth and nature around these powerful words. In order to create an ethereal background and relate to the topic, I'll be using a very warm palette. Reds, oranges, deep umber. So let's get started. I'll begin by spraying certain por...”

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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