Introduction to Foundational Calligraphy

Overview

“With the first modules worked, you can advance in the first group of letters: the straight lower case sisters (h, i, j, l, m, n, r, t, u, f); You will know ways to work them, based on the union of the initial strokes seen in the previous lesson. Later, we will play with words associated with this group of letters, which will help us in the adjustment of spaces, shapes and structures of them.”

In this video lesson Leo Calderón addresses the topic: A letter as a puzzle, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Foundational Calligraphy. Learn the basics of this style and explore the beauty behind it by creating your own calligraphy piece.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson. we delve into constructing straight letters. a set I refer to as the beginner's or novice alphabet. Today. specifically. we will focus on developing four distinct variations of the modules that you have been practicing. Snake module. toucan module and Duck module. For this task. we'll refer to them as stroke 1. stroke 2. and stroke 3. Let's remember these names for that if we add stroke 1 To the side. we add stroke 1 and stroke 2. stroke 2. we get the base of the letter N. And that... Through this base we can obtain up to 10 letters. The initial stroke aids in forming the le...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Foundational Calligraphy

• Level: Beginner
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• 22 lessons (4h 25m)
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  Calligraphy & Typography

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  Calligraphy