Art Center Class (Abstract Callig.)

Wednesday night, I took a class/workshop at our local Art Center. It was taught by Tome Hope, who I've been wanting to take from, but never had the chance. The class was Abstract Calligraphy, and I wasn't sure what to expect, but was thinking along the lines of gestural/expressive/abstract marks.

The class did not disappoint!

experimental piece using India ink and pointed pen on rice paper. As you can see when I first tried, the ink bled rather badly. So that's why I decided to try the dainty extended lettering. Loved how it turned out! (Tome did too. 😁)

We first started out with this project: taking small pieces of squares and using the least amount of cutting to make an alphabet. This was to get our minds thinking about the actual shapes of letters.

(Although fun and interesting, I'm not a fan of cutting and pasting, or rather, pasting. I need to find an easier way! Or maybe make it more mindful.)

*We were giving various strips of colorful paper, so I chose red at first, then black, as i ran out. So, i decided to start combining my scraps, and layering. I used some hole punched pieces (the black dot for the i and a red one for the o -- wish I had made it bigger though). Also used hole punched pieces on the D, M, V, X & Y. I love my Q, T and U (used a sliver strip of red).

Kinda fun, but I gotta admit, I was antsy to play with tools!

We then went on to play with balsa wood. She also handed out vellum sheets of paper so we could do layers. For this, you can see my balsa wood designs under my pp lettering ("Be kind to your mind.)

This is a sheet of balsa wood designs & letters, as well as some automatic pen.

Another sheet of balsa wood play; and an experiment with A's.

So much fun! Can't wait to keep playing with this new tool/technique!