Italic Exploration

A Two Day Workshop with Roann Mathias

Italic Exploration

from beginner to advanced

September 7th and 8th, 2019

TIME:     9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day
PLACE:  Memphis Northeast Police Precinct, 6850 Appling Farms Pkwy, Whitten exit off of I-40
COST:    $100.00 members, $120.00 non-members, Members only Early Bird Special $95.00 by July 1st, 2019

Roann Mathias is a calligrapher with 20 years of teaching experience. For over 25 years she designed greeting cards and calendars for Conception Abbey’s Printery House. She teaches calligraphy and mixed media workshops throughout the US and Canada.  Her work has been published in Somerset Studio Magazine, Letter Arts Review and exhibited nationally. She was chosen by Cloth Paper Scissors magazine as 2012 Artisan of the Year in Art Journaling and Bookmaking. For the past 30 years she has taken workshops from all the major calligraphers, and has taken Reggie Ezell’s Yearlong class 4 times! Roann has been teaching calligraphy classes to all levels of students for the past 15 years. She was on the faculty of Island Magic conference in 2007, and taught mini workshops at Letters Mingle Souls in Chicago. Roann completed an MFA in fine art in 2015.

Workshop Description

In this class you will be introduced to the elegant italic hand. If you are new to broad-edge calligraphy, you will learn the basics you need to begin writing a legible and beautiful hand. If you are more experienced, you will learn how to fine-tune and create variations based on your existing skill level.

The class will begin with studying the letters in their individual form and move on to understanding their dynamics within a word, sentence, and page. Topics will include how to set up your work space, how to use pens and inks, and how to draw lines efficiently. As the class progresses, you will learn how to modify the letters to create endless interpretations that you can use for any project.  Exercises will show you how to compress, extend, slant and generally experiment with this style. While learning the letterforms and how to modify them, I will also show you how to create interesting layouts.

SUPPLY LIST

General equipment:

• Slant board
• T-square
• Mechanical pencil, eraser, ruler, masking tape
• 2 clean 6-part mixing pans
• water bottle and dropper
• cheap mixing brushes
• paper towels
• 2 disposable rinse water containers (like yogurt cups, cool whip tubs, etc)
• Gum Arabic
• selection of quotes that you like to letter

Lettering guide NOTE: The linex guide (the green one) is not being made anymore, therefore it is not being sold new. If you can find one on ebay, or know a pal who is not doing calligraphy that weekend and can loan you theirs, that would be great!  You can bring the Ames one (the clear one) if you have it but it is harder to use.

WRITING TOOLS:

• Parallel pen – green cap and blue cap 
• Full set of Mitchell nibs, from largest to smallest size
• Pen holders
• Speedball nibs – size C-0 and C-1

WRITING MEDIA:

• ivory black gouache and a few colors of gouache that you like.
• Walnut ink – either bottled or in crystal form

PAPERS:

• Grid pad (11 X 17 non-repro blue, 8 squares to the inch) 

INSTRUCTOR WILL PROVIDE:

• Paper sample packet
• Extra parallel pen cartridges
• Other inks to try

Registration Form Valid only with Payment in Full
Make checks payable to Memphis Calligraphy Guild
Mail to Ann Rabinovitz
1696 Belledeer Dr. W., Cordova, TN 38016
For questions telephone Ann at 901-757-2403 or annsrab@bellsouth.net
Roann Mathias Workshop-Sat & Sun. September 7th and 8th. 2019