Introduction to Italic Calligraphy

Familiarización con las herramientas

A course by Belén La Rivera , Graphic Designer and Typography Artist

Graphic Designer and Typography Artist. Tulsa, Chile.
Joined May 2014
98% positive reviews (132)
2,380 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Familiarización con las herramientas

Overview

“The only way to know the tools is to use them! In this lesson I will show you some exercises to make you feel more comfortable when using them.”

In this video lesson Belén La Rivera addresses the topic: Familiarización con las herramientas, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Italic Calligraphy. Learn to express yourself in italic letters by exploring shapes and variations.

Partial transcription of the video

“Familiarization with the tools In this lesson We will begin by familiarizing ourselves with the tools. First of all, before using the pens and graphite pencil, is to define the visual field that we are going to use. What's going on? Sometimes, when you are practicing, you start here and continue and then, seeing the sheet in front of you, it looks superdistinct at the beginning and the end and it's because your angle was like that. So, so that doesn't happen to us, I recommend making you guides. Put, for example, here I feel comfortable, I want to always write here. So, on the table, I put ...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Introduction to Italic Calligraphy

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (132)
  • 2380 students
  • 4 units
  • 21 lessons (4h 13m)
  • 7 downloads
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography
  • Areas

    Calligraphy

Belén La Rivera

Belén La Rivera
A course by Belén La Rivera

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Graphic Designer and Typography Artist

Belén La Rivera is a Chilean graphic designer and lover of good music and drawn letters.
She has been specializing in typography for branding for five years, and four years in calligraphy. She has worked in agencies in Chile and New York using the written word as a communication engine to express a message.

She has collaborated with the Department of Typographic Studies DET UC and Deutsch Inc NY, and her work has been exhibited at the Type Directors Club, the Society of Scribes, and the Tipos Latinos Biennial. She also edited the book El diseño que pasa inadvertido.


  • 98% positive reviews (132)
  • 2,380 students
  • 21 lessons (4h 13m)
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  • Audio: Spanish
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Introduction to Italic Calligraphy. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Belén La Rivera

Introduction to Italic Calligraphy

A course by Belén La Rivera
Graphic Designer and Typography Artist. Tulsa, Chile.
Joined May 2014
  • 98% positive reviews (132)
  • 2,380 students