Pump Up Your Copperplate Calligraphy | Course Announcement
Refine, up-skill and fine tune your existing Copperplate calligraphy skills with this pre-recorded self-paced course. Full life-time access included. Book your spot here.
This Course in a Nutshell
This course has been designed to offer beginner and intermediate students with existing knowledge of Copperplate calligraphy an on-going 12-week support in their learning journey. Using an attention to detail and in-depth approach, students will solidify their knowledge as well as up-skill, refine and fine tune their Copperplate calligraphy skills.
Basically, this course is a bridge between my live online Level 1 and Level 2 Copperplate courses.
Course Overview
This calligraphy course features 16 modules with videos and handouts to support you and your Copperplate calligraphy journey. I strongly recommend studying 1 hands-on lesson per week — from Module 4 to Module 16. In this way, you’ll focus on a specific topic for 7 days, making this course an on-going learning support for 3 months!
My teaching style is a mix of my professional practices which are calligraphy, lettering, typography and type design. I analyse in depth key characters of the lower and uppercase alphabet (minuscules and majuscules) to give you additional insights on the relationship between letters, and to offer a better understanding of the structure of a script (connected) alphabet.
Table Of Contents
This course covers the following modules:
— Module 01: Welcome to my course!
— Module 02: Materials + additional resources
— Module 03: Left hander set up
— Module 04: “b” variations
— Module 05: “p” variations
— Module 06: “f” and double “ff” + finger vs. hand and arm movement
— Module 07: “r” variations + double “rr”
— Module 08: “s” variations + double “ss”
— Module 09: “x” variations
— Module 10: Letter connections
— Module 11: “I, B, R, P, F, T” variations
— Module 12: “Y, Z” longer capitals
— Module 13: Low vs. high contrast. Condensed vs. Extended
— Module 14: Word spacing + line spacing
— Module 15: Creating a title
— Module 16: Maria Montes portfolio of work
What Is Included?
— 12 hands-on lessons offering you an on-going support for 3 months.
— In-depth explanations and demos of key characters of the alphabet
— Left-handed set up options
— Variations on lowercase & uppercase letters
— Challenging letter connections
— Word and line spacing instruction
— Additional videos on types of paper, inks and nibs
— Additional video on how to prepare a new nib, hand and paper positioning
What Will You Learn In this Course?
At the end of this course, your Copperplate calligraphy will be precise and elegant without the addition of flourishes nor complex letterforms yet. The structure of your Copperplate alphabet will be sound, and your visual and motor skills will gain confidence. Let’s do it!
