Suzie Beringer - Cascading Capitals - Dec 6 & 7, 2025
Creating tiny delicate Roman Capitals and allowing their placement to become a major part of the design is the focus of this workshop. First let’s look at mono-line Roman Capitals – workin…
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Creating tiny delicate Roman Capitals and allowing their placement to become a major part of the design is the focus of this workshop. First let’s look at mono-line Roman Capitals – working through their basic shapes and proportions. Next we will dress them up with delicate serifs and last, but not least, creating lovely waisted strokes. As we begin using the pointed pen, we will talk about scaling down our letterforms as we breathe life into them. With a series of carefully planned exercises we will take these capitals on a ride by taking off their training wheels (guidelines)…and letting them fly! By carefully thinking about the axis of each letterform you will create a visual texture of cascading, trickling and thoughtful scattering of letters. These will be based off your design. We will also use color and mica in our lettering designs. At the end of this workshop you will walk away with a great resource booklet that will record all of your ideas and notes.
SUPPLIES:
Basic calligraphic tool box, including:
- .07 mechanical pencil (I will be using a (HB) 2mm drafting pencil),
- 12” metal ruler
- X-acto knife
- small cutting mat
- two (2) medium binder clips
- glue stick/scissors/bone folder
- black fine line pen (Micron)
- pen wipes/water container/dropper or pipette
- mixing palette (6 well is plenty)
- “Natural bristle” mixing brush (I prefer a #4 square found at either PIA or JNB)
- low tack(re-positional) tape or simply wash tape (I prefer the YELLOW Frog tape), painters tape
- sleeve protector - they are easily peeled off in class
- Pointed nib – like Hunt 56 (somewhat flexible) or Nikko G (stiffer) in a straight pen holder
- Black: Gouache (or similar) or Sumi ink or stick
- White: such as Dr Ph Martins Bleedproof or Pen-White
- Watercolors of your choice: either tube or pans
- Round WC brush....size 6 or 8
- Gum Arabic
PAPER:
- Pad of Strathmore Drawing paper - trim down to 8.5X11” (300 series is fine)
- Tracing paper.
- Several smaller size papers such as Arches Text Wove/MBM/Ingress (approx: 8X5”or smaller).
- One sheet black paper (Canson Mi-Teintes Black /Fabriano Black/Black approx: 8X5” or smaller).
LAST SESSION:
- Cutting mat
- 12” metal ruler
- X-acto knife
- Binder clips (2)
- Glue Stick (I prefer UHU)
- Bone Folder
- One (1) large sheet of decorative paper no smaller than 9X12”
- (2) cut pieces of scrap mat board or cardboard 7-8X1”
- Gold Pearl EX powder (be sure to have gum arabic)
- favorite quotes or poems.
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