Acorn Arts invites you to explore the pointed pen elegance of delicate foliates and flourishes partnered with beautiful ornamental watercolour brush strokes in the workshop Florals, Foliates & the Flourished Envelope.
Learn to produce simple expressive strokes created with the Silver triangle brush, and to construct delicate foliates and flourishes with the pointed pen ready to compliment your hand lettering. Combine these techniques together to fashion beautifully embellished envelopes with matching stationary shown, all in a four week workshop.
Florals, Foliates and the Flourished Envelope, a four week workshop presented to you by Acorn Arts guest instructor F. Phyllis Macaluso. Perfect for the complete novice to the more experienced penman, no prior experience necessary. Come learn:
Week One Pointed Pen Vine Motifs
Week Two Introductory Watercolour: The Basic Leaf & Leaf Groups
Week Three Introductory Watercolour: Basic Petals & Florals
Week Four Bringing Watercolour Florals & Foliates Together with the Pointed Pen Vines
The Suggested Materials Needed
· Oblique or straight penholder
· Nikko G nib or nib of your choice
· Writing fluid: black /brown, white
· Mechanical lead pencil and Mechanical white lead pencil
· Kneadable eraser, clear plastic ruler, or clear T square ruler (my preference)
· Envelopes ( your choice of size, A7 recommended, in white, other colours are optional)
· Graph paper ( optional )
· Gouache or watercolour ( suggested colours: red, green, violet, blue, turquoise, pink, white, gold)
· Silver Triangle Brush/ medium
· Optional: Spectralite gold, or Finetec gold, Martin’s Iridescent gold
· Optional: Sakura clear stardust gel pen, Sakura clear glaze gel pen
Classes will run for 4 consecutive Wednesdays in March, 2017. New classes will be posted March 1st, March 8th, March 15th and March 22nd 2017.
New classes are posted once per week but you do NOT need to be online at that time. The videos may be watched at whatever time is convenient for you! Each Wednesday there will be new worksheets available for you to download with an instructional video. You may watch the video at any time that is convenient for you, as many times as you like during the weeks the course runs, there is no need to be in class at an exact time. The lessons will remain posted for the entire class, so if you need to miss a week you will be able to make it up. Lessons will remain up for an additional two weeks after the last class if make-up time is needed. The Classroom Forum provides a wonderful place to share your designs with the other students and it is always such fun to take the class with students from around the globe. There is no homework for this class, but a project will be suggested each week.
About Phyllis
As a 2013 winner of The Graceful Envelope contest featured by the Washington Calligraphy Guild, Phyllis Macaluso is lifelong lover of the arts, a graduate of McMaster University, retired elementary school teacher, married 40 years to her best friend Sam, mother of four and nana to her two treasures- Henry & Hazel. As a professional freelance calligrapher and watercolour artist in the greater Hamilton, Toronto areas, she is a certified Cursive Handwriting Teacher, and a member of Iampeth & multiple international calligraphy guilds. In her lettering journey, Phyllis studied with some of the very best international teachers (including Harvest). Phyllis especially loves graceful lettering and embellishing of cards, documents, certificates for special occasions, but most especially she has a real passion for the gracefully embellished envelope.
Publications/ Features: Chic Vintage Brides, Dasherie, Bound&Lettered, Penman’s Journal, The Spencerian Review, The Copperplate Group of England annual 2914 & 2015 calendars, The Art Gallery of Hamilton/ Annex, featured on P.B.S. by Sakura of America, guest of local tv CHTV & radio CHML. The 2013 Winner of international contest, The Graceful Envelope. As a lover of all flourished lines and tangles, Phyllis is also a Certified Zentangle Teacher in Ontario. She has assisted with online classes at Acorn Arts, and currently does freelance work for weddings and all occasions in her studio. She teaches local and international students in her home studio.
Phyllis’s invitation to you
“Quite simply put, I love envelopes. I have a wonderful addiction to these carefully folded miniature canvases. As a true lover of expressive communication, of all things lettered & embellished, of all colourful marks made on paper, I especially love the important role that envelopes play in connecting us to one another all over the world, and for the joy they bring to letter carriers who deliver them, as well as to those who receive them. We easily communicate our thoughts, words, and images by moving them in handsomely lettered and embellished envelopes across land, sea and air. Come share the journey of beautiful envelopes with me in this wonderful online learning opportunity offered to you by Acorn Arts. “
F. Phyllis Macaluso
Cost: $155.00 dollars for the full 4 weeks of lessons.
Classes run from Wed. March 1st to Wed. March 22nd, 2017. Classes will remain posted through April 15th, 2017.
Once you have registered, emails will be sent the week before the class begins with information about logging into the classroom, your user name and password, and other necessary information.
Hope to see you in class!
The email address that you use to register via PayPal is the address that we use for the class. If you would like to use a different email address for the class please let me know ASAP when you register or you may miss important emails.