Calligraphy and Rock n Roll

Overview

“In this lesson we deviate a bit from the course project to work a more abstract terrain, in which readability is not as important as the expressiveness of the stroke. In addition to working with a much freer stroke than before, I use a paper and a technique of mixing sumi and watercolor ink that gives us a very personal result. Look at how I play with the different elements, taking advantage of the properties of the paper, the ink and the flexibility of the brush. In this case, it is interesting to think little and act a lot, so that the results are more agile. And nothing happens if we do not get great! Remember that we are only practicing, and to do this kind of thing you learn by staining a lot of paper. Another thing that you must take into account is that it does not make much sense to take this as a model and try to imitate the forms of letters, since it is something that comes out spontaneously and personally, it would be like trying to imitate my voice or my walk. Seek your own way.”

In this video lesson Ivan Castro addresses the topic: Exploration of Expressiveness, which is part of the Domestika online course: Calligraphy and Rock n Roll. Make a logo for that band you hate with a clear brush stroke.

Partial transcription of the video

“[Music] [Music continues] The next thing we're going to do to see what happens with the materials and with the tools, in short, with the different resources that we have we are leaving a bit of the project of the course, but it is interesting to contemplate it and they are a bit the limits of expressivity and readability. As we have seen, the brush is a tool that allows us a very expressive stroke and very loose and very strong. And then sometimes we can get to forms of letters that I insist, I enter a little bit inside the terrain of the abstraction. For this I am also going to show you an...”

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Course summary for: Calligraphy and Rock n Roll

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (236)
• 3296 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 1m)
• 17 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator

• Areas

  Brush Painting, Calligraphy, Calligraphy Styles