Randall M Hasson - Tools and Materials for Calligraphy, Journaling and Painting - Ongoing
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Tools and Materials for Calligraphy, Journaling, and Painting with Randall M. Hasson
- Pre-recorded, Online, Extended Access
Whether you are an artist who wants to learn calligraphy, a calligrapher who wants to paint, or are a beginner who wants a background on what supplies to buy, this course will get you off to a great start! Intermediates will find ideas here too. And you’ll probably get to do some shopping...
- You’ll get a broad education on the materials Randall uses for his layering techniques with acrylics in large watercolor journals. You’ll see the basic tools that calligraphers use for layout and design. There will be a variety of videos with historical information on pen nibs and alternate lettering tools, why they were invented, and how they were initially used. With a concentration on mixed media from his Journal workshop, you’ll see what inks, paints, pens, pencils and markers Randall uses to incorporate lettering, calligraphy, and imagery onto his pages. In each of these sections, you’ll see examples of the textural effects that can be created.
List of supplies covered in this course:
Pen Nibs and Holders
Class 1: Vintage Lettering Styles (Writing with a Bent Nib Series)
- Speedball C-0, C-4 and C-5. The smaller Speedball nibs C4 and C5 are longer and more flexible. (N09)
- Speedball C Set of 6 nibs (N09-S6)
Class 2: The Speedball A Series Nib (Writing with a Bent Nib Series)
- Speedball A nibs, variety of sizes but at least a 0, 1, and 2 (N149)
- Speedball A nibs - Set of 6 (N149-S6)
Class 3: The Speedball B Series Nib (Writing with a Bent Nib Series)
- Speedball B nibs, variety of sizes but at least a 0, 3, and 5 (N16)
- Speedball B Series set of 6 nibs (N16-S6)
Class 4: The Speedball D Series Nib (Writing with a Bent Nib Series)
- Speedball D nibs, variety of sizes but at least a 0, 1, and 2 (N160)
- Speedball D nibs, Set of 3 (N160-S3), Set of 7 (N160-S7)
- Straight pen holders: Click here for JNB’s selection of straight holders
Other Pens and Tools for Writing
- Pilot Parallel Pens: Click here for JNB’s selection of Parallel Pens
- Ruling Pen (N22), Brody Neuenschwander Ruling Pen (N211), Dreaming Dogs Ruling Pen (N208), Folded Pens: Click here for JNB’s selection of Ruling and Folded Pens
- Automatic Pens (N27) (N27-Scroll) (N27-S6) (N28)
- Short Horizon Brass Pen
- Coit Pens
Inks
- Walnut ink crystals (2oz) (S449)
- Tom Norton’s Walnut Drawing Ink (2oz) (I53)
- Moon Palace Sumi Ink (I70)
- Bister Inks (Crystals) (I157) (I157-S) (I157-S4) (K132)
- FW Acrylic Inks (I13) (I14)
- Liquitex Acrylic Inks Professional Set of 6
- Liquitex Muted Color Inks
Papers
- Graph Pad 11x17, 50 sheets (P21)
- Gilbert Bond Graph Pad 11x17, 50 sheets – if you like a little tooth (P72)
- Arnhem 1618 Printmaking (PS106)
Studio Tools
- Metal ruler, 18 inch (S271)
- Westcott Clear Plastic Grid Ruler with Metal Cutting Edge, 18 inch (S871)
- Digital Protractor
- Triangle: 12 inch 45/90 (S613)
- Bone Folder (S308)
Acrylic Paints and Mediums
- Golden Matte Medium
- Golden Satin glazing Liquid
- Polymer Medium Gloss
- Golden Gesso (S677)
- Golden High Flow Set of 10 Colors (I136-S)
- Golden Fluid Acrylics (I133)
- Golden Heavy Body Paints (Modern Theory Color Mixing Set)
Journals
- The Mahara Journal (Designed by Randall Hasson)
- Speedball Travelogue Watercolor Journal, Large Portrait, 8-1/4 x 5-1/2, 95lb / 200 gsm
- Speedball Travelogue Watercolor Journal, Grand Portrait, 10-1/2 x 8-1/4, 95lb / 200 GSM
- Speedball Travelogue Watercolor Journal, Square, 8-1/4 x 8-1/4, 95lb / 200 GSM
- Speedball Travelogue Artist Watercolor Journal, Grand Portrait, 10-1/2 x 8-1/4, 140lb / 300 GSM
- Speedball Travelogue Watercolor Journal, Large Portrait, 8-1/4 x 5-1/2, 140lb / 300 GSM
- Speedball Travelogue Watercolor Journal, Square, 8-1/4 x 8-1/4, 140lb / 300 GSM
Traditional and Calligraphic Brushes
Traditional and Lettering
- W&N 995 Chisel Lettering Brush (BR01)
- Princeton Umbria (Bright) - Size 6 (1/2in)
Synthetic/Calligraphic (Water Soluble)
- Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker (M139) (M139-N) (M139-P) (M139-J) (M139-C)
Markers and Brush Pens
Calligraphic Markers (Permanent)
- Zig Memory System (Lg) (M06-S8) (set)
- Sakura Pigma Calligrapher (M82) (M82-S3-123)
- Sakura Pigma Micron (Fine Line): Click here for JNB’s selection of Pigma Micron pens
Synthetic/Calligraphic (Permanent)
- Pentel Aquash Pigment Ink, Light Black
Brush Pens (Permanent)
- Pitt Artist Brush Pen (M43)
Graphite and Colored Pencil
Graphite
- Blackwing Pencils (12 pack) (PL11)
- Pentel GraphGear 500 Mechanical Pencils (PL21)
- Drawing Pencils (Variety) (PL38)
- Square Broad-edged Automatic Pencil (S861)
- Flat Pencils (carpenter's pencils) (S861) (S878) (S862) (S879)
Colored Pencils
- Prismacolor Premier Pencils (Individual) (PL05)
- Polychromos (PL28 and PL29)
- Prismacolor Premier Pencils (set)
- Bruynzeel Set of 48
- Lyra Rembrandt Set of 72 Polycolor
Watercolor Pencils
- Derwent Set of 24
Books
- Early 20th Century Lettering Styles / Hasson (B4375)
- Contemporary Techniques for Bent Nib Pens / Hasson (B4376)
- Foundations of Calligraphy / Sheila Waters (B2769)
- Art & Craft of Hand Lettering (New Ed) / Annie Cicale (B4254)
- The Speedball Textbook (25th Edition) (B4346)
- Romitalic / Hasson
- Lettering Of the Silent Film Era / Hasson
- The Speedball Textbook (24th Edition)
