01/17/2020
Amity Parks
A Sharp Pencil and a Keen Eye
March 27,28 & 29, 2020
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The Michiana Calligraphy Guild will be hosting Amity Parks on March 27,28 & 29, 2020,
for a workshop called A Sharp Pencil and a Keen Eye. In this class, the humble pencil
and its relatives become powerful tools in creating many effects from subtle to stunning.
We will use pencils, erasers, graphite sticks/blocks, powdered graphite and their water
soluble cousins to explore the possibilities of this medium for creating refined works of
art to quickly make drawings in our sketchbooks.
Starting with basic drawing principles like line quality and shading, we will experiment
with each tool to discover the marks it can produce. We will then move on to drawing
letters and designing word groups, both formal and casual. The monochromatic drawn
letterform forces us to slow down and relate more organically to the forms we are
creating. You will find drawing letterforms with care and thoughtfulness to be so helpful
in improving your design and lettering skills and in allowing for more refined and subtle
attention to detail.
Further time will let us explore how to integrate our letters with their backgrounds into
designs that will grab our viewer’s eye. Finally, she will show you some of the tricks she
learned to save time and ensure success when working with this versatile medium.
The cost of this workshop will be $155. which will include the supplies provided by Amity
Parks. The venue for the workshop will be at Walnut Grove Community Room, 2717
Woodmere Lane, South Bend, Indiana which is right off Jefferson. Checks in the
amount of $155. for members and $170. for non-members, may be sent to Laurie
Heyden, 18292 Courtland Drive, South Bend, Indiana 46637 no earlier than
Saturday, November 2, 2019. Laurie will accept checks at the guild meeting on
November 2. Please email Ginny VanderHey ([email protected]) if you are
interested in this workshop so Laurie and I can keep track of how many participants we
will have which is limited to 18. Once I have your email address, I will send a supply list
to your email.
Ginny VanderHey
Workshop Chairperson
