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Textured Letters with Barbara Close
Saturday & Sunday, January 13 & 14, 2007, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Come play and experiment! We'll be designing letters that suit our own style (with guidance from the instructor). Starting with monoline trial alphabet, students will become familiar with shapes and proportions needed to form letters. Then, we will move in other directions and decorate-texturize-colorize-accessorize to our hearts content by using layers of color, masking and painting techniques & many other fun embellishments.
Materials List: Paints (e.g. Prang sets or watercolor tubes & small w/c brushes #2 with a good point); mixing palettes or dishes & water container, calligraphic/permanent Pigma pens; monoline pens, e.g. ballpoint/pencil/markers; colored pencils & pastels; gel pens; gold foil/gold paints; Xacto knife/cutting mat; pencil/eraser/ruler; kitchen sponge; a few rubber stamps with textures/stamp pads; toothbrush (for splatters); paper towels; layout bond; 1/2 sheet watercolor paper or tablet for finished work and 1/2 sheet of Arches text wove. Optional embossing stylus and extra embellishments. Bring what you have, we'll all share.
About the instructor: Barbara has been a freelance calligrapher, graphic designer, and an instructor for a number of years. Her studio is located in Santa Ana, California where she is currently teaching a series of calligraphy classes as a certificate program which she designed herself. Looking at her work, you can tell that she thoroughly enjoys her creative passion and the exhilaration of discovery in playful experimentations with paints, collages, lettering and other mixed media. She also enjoys teaching a variety of classes that range from studies of many calligraphic styles to other unique assortments of classes with mixed media.
Barbara has designed several greeting cards for Marcel Schurman Company and has designed the logo for Somerset Studio Magazine, and is their lettering consultant. Her work and articles have been featured in several issues. Her love of lettering and design continues to grow & show in her work. Her website can be found at: www.bcdezigns.com.