Text and Texture: Making Expressive Textures with Calligraphic Marks (Coupeville, WA)

In this workshop, we will experience the usage of tools as extensions of our hand. We will start by creating marks with different writing tools and different objects. Then we will design alphabets with those new marks to write our chosen texts in various ways. We’ll examine writing speed, pressure, the directions of strokes, and the relationship between letters. Study of layering, tones, basic design layout and composition, and use of line and space in Japanese calligraphy will be presented for making effective textures. All exercise sheets will be temporarily bound for further experiments.
http://pacificnorthwestartschool.org/product/annand-yukimi-text-texture-september-14-17-2017/
Location: Pacific Northwest Art School

Tuition: $550
Materials Fee: $20


Basic materials:
Pencil #2(HB)
Sumi ink (Fueki bokuju green bottle recommended)
White paint (gouache or Dr. Martins bleed proof white)
Pipettes, dishes for ink and paint, mixing brush, water container
Rag or paper towel, newspaper or tarp for table

Paper:
Strathmore charcoal paper (300 series 11” x 17”) about 50 sheets for exercises
If you wish to do exercises on good paper, cut them in similar size. )
Arches text wove or Arches MBM paper (white 105 gsm), one full sheets
Arches cover black, one half sheet
Canson Mi tents black or black Ingres paper (Hahnemühle Black) 1 to 2 full sheets

Flat Tools:
Craft or balsa sticks
Optional:automatic pen #4 or #5

Monoline Tools:
Pencil HB and 2B (optional: woodless graphite pencil)
Pointed or small chisel nibs (Speedball C4,5, Brause 1 to 2mm or Mitchell  #4,5,6) and holders
Any kind of felt tip marker
White china marker
Pipettes or squeeze bottles (1/2 ounce squeeze bottles with stainless steel tips by Jacquard or FINLINE applicator standard tip recommended)
Tools from nature: twigs, pine needles, seeds pots, sticks, etc

Folded Pen and Found Objects:
Cola pen, any kind of folded pen (New Horizon folded nib recommended) and Ruling pen ones you already have
Tools from nature and found objects: seashells, stones, creepers, straw, pipe cleaner, etc.

Pointed Brush and other brushes:
A middle size (size 5 to 7) pointed brush, a middle size (size 8 to 12) bristle round brush
Adding colors and making background
Watercolor, acrylic ink (any brand) and/or Golden fluid acrylic paint: two or three your favorite colors or colors related to your text
2” inexpensive flat brush, small splay bottle

Assembling Your Work:
Binder clips, double stick tape, masking tape, bone folder
Ruler (set of triangle about “12, metal ruler about “18), cutter knife and cutting board
Shared materials for all attendees
White and black fluid acrylic paint (Golden Fluid acrylics titanium white and carbon black)
Matte medium (Golden fluid matte medium about 500ml)

Your chosen text: 15 to 40 words