A Flourishing Feast

Do you want to take your calligraphy to the next level? Have you always been dreaming about adding those beautiful swirls and strokes around your letters that you see on Instagram all the time?

But...you don’t know where to start from?

Then you’ve come to the right place! In our Flourishing feast workshop, we break down the flourishing process through our stroke-by-stroke approach and help you create beautiful and elegant flourishes that instantly elevate the aesthetics of your script.

Basically, giving you a method to the madness!

In this class, you will learn :

• What a flourish is and how to add flourishes to take your script to the next level

• The objective and types of flourishing

• My 10 Golden Rules for Flourishing

• How to identify opportunities to add flourishes

• How to create flourishes for lowercase and uppercase letterforms that can be applied to Copperplate, Modern,     Spencerian, or even Brush Calligraphy

• How to compose flourishes for Calligraphy pieces - in a composition

• How to understand positive and negative space and create balance with flourishes

• Less is more - learning when to Flourish and when not to

Dates and Timing:

6th July, 2024 | 3:00 - 6:30 pm IST

7th July 2024 | 3:00 - 6:30pm IST

Recommended supplies (A kit will not be provided)

1. Oblique Holder of your choice

2. Flexible Pointed Nib (Recommended: Hunt 101, Principle EF)

3. Ink (Recommended: Sumi Ink / Fox & Quill / Walnut Ink / Feel free to use any of your favorite inks)

4. Calligraphy-friendly paper with guide sheets printed (Recommended: Bombay Lettering Copperplate Calligraphy Practice pad / Canson Layout Paper / JK Bond 100 GSM + )

Note: Each student will be provided with a PDF of a detailed workbook.

Catch up Call and Feedback: A catch up call will be organised on Zoom a few weekss after the workshop where students will be given an opportunity to complete a piece of homework, and get detailed critique and feedback on it.

Refunds and cancellation: There will be no refund for the workshop once registration is done unless there is a change from the organizer's end.