Introduction to Foundational Calligraphy
You live in colors 1
A course by Leo Calderón , Graphic Designer and Calligrapher
About the video: You live in colors 1
Overview
“With the sketch ready, in this lesson I will choose the colors to create an optimal palette. We will also focus on the correct choice of papers and inks for this case. Everything will be subject to what we seek to communicate in our sentence. All these elements will help us reproduce and communicate visually in a better way our foundational alphabet; everything, based on what was seen in lesson 3 of unit 1.”
In this video lesson Leo Calderón addresses the topic: You live in colors 1, 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
“Lesson 3 Of colors you live Color palettes Color is another fundamental tool in a calligraphic composition. We know that colors are divided into warm and cold colors. And that in order to generate a good combination you have to know some main elements. Within the color palette we can divide in monochrome colors, those that can be diagrammed in a single color having greater or lesser luminosity; complementary colors, those that can complement each other generating an organic palette; and other elements, such as the triad, which is a combination of three colors It can generate this kind of go...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Foundational Calligraphy
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Calligraphy

Leo Calderón
A course by Leo Calderón
A native of Chile, Leo Calderón is a graphic designer with a specialization in typography from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and also a professor of design and typography at the Instituto Profesional AIEP in Santiago, Chile. He considers his forte to be in calligraphy and lettering, both arts perfected under the teachings of great experts and many years of practice.
With more than 8 years of experience in this trade, he has worked for internationally renowned brands such as Heineken, Visa, Ralph Lauren, Johnnie Walker, Vans, and Guess. Additionally, he has participated in multiple Bienales de Tipografía Latinoamericana in recent years, being recognized in the Emerging category for his typographic project, Picarona.
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