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text below)
DAY ONE
I. Historical Context and Introduction to
Engrosser's Script
1-
Terminology and Styles of Penmanship
2- An
American Perspective on English
Roundhand
(Copperplate)
- An Ode
to
- Gallery
of Master Penmen (Men and Women)
- The
Zanerian Legacy
II. Tools and Materials of the Art
1-
Demystifying the Oblique Penholder
-
Adjusting the nib/flange
2- Ink:
Requirements and Recommendations
-Types of
Ink, Modifiers, Acidity (pH), Archival Properties
3- Paper:
Requirements and Recommendations
4- Nibs:
Requirements and Recommendations
- Vintage versus Modern
-
What made some vintage nibs
‘Legendary’?
- The nib and when to change it!
-
Cleaning methods
III. Getting Started in Engrosser’s Script
1- Using the Oblique Pointed Flexible
Pen: A
Challenge in Three Dimensions
-
Movement (Whole Arm, Muscular, etc.)
- Nib Play: A Question of Tines
- Nib to Paper Angle
- Paper Position and re-Positioning
2- Preliminary Practice Strokes
- The Shaded Down Stroke
-
Hairlines (To Upstroke or Not to Upstroke)
-
Connectors (Influence on Spacing)
- Cutoffs
-Non-retouched
Cutoff
-Retouched Cutoff
VI. Engrosser's Script
-
Fundamental Shapes
- The
all-important oval
- Understanding Curvature
-
Compound Curves
- The
Straight Line
-
Connectors
- Shaded
Transitions
-The Stem
-Ascenders
-Descenders
-Secondary
Rear Shades
V. Engrosser's
Script: The Lower Case Letters
(An in depth analysis of the lower case
letters)
- Lower
Case Letter Families
- Lower
Case Letterform Variance in Engrosser's Script
-
Advanced Lower Case Letterform Concepts
DAY TWO
VI. Engrosser's Script: The Upper Case Letters
(An in depth analysis of the upper case
letters)
- Upper
Case Letterform Variance in Engrosser's Script
- Putting It All Together: Words
-
Advanced Upper Case Letterform Concepts
VII. Engrosser's Script: Advanced Applications
- Needle Stitch Script
- Gold Work: 23k Gilded Script
Sample Instructional Exemplar
