Calligraphy Specialization: Cross-Cultural Techniques and Styles

Overview

“This lesson is about “feeling the bones” of the alef-bet: becoming familiar with the letters through the use of a mechanical pencil or monoline pen. I will begin by demonstrating how to write the skeleton of the letters so you can get a feel for this art. You will discover that these letters are based on a square. To complete this activity, all you need is a pencil and graph paper.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Feeling the Bones of the Hebrew Alef-Bet, 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

“Feeling the Bones of the Hebrew Alef-Bet In this lesson, to get familiar with the shapes and the forms of the letters of the Hebrew alef-bet, we'll first learn a monoline script. We'll be writing the bones of each letter on some graph paper to get the right feel to base all our letters on a square. The reason why we'll start drawing out the letters in a single line is that a lot of people, when they do Hebrew calligraphy, make the mistake of crowding them too close together, so the spacing is wrong. They also like to focus on the serifs that begin each letter, in which case they make them m...”

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

• Level: Beginner
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• 192 students
• 7 units
• 90 lessons (15h 27m)
• 50 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering