Engrosser's Script Basics 西方沾水筆銅版體書法初班

Engrosser's Script Basics (2 day lessons)  | 西方沾水筆 - 銅版體書法初班（兩天全日制課程) 

This is a 2 day (total 10 hours) introductory course to Engrosser's Script - a historical script is known for its elegant pen lifts and consistent shaded strokes.  Engrosser's Script is a show-stopping traditional Copperplate hand. It is a historical calligraphy style that was widely popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s in the United States of America. It is written with a pointed steel nib with slow, precise motion. The key characteristics of Engrosser's Script is that each letter is made of a range of principle strokes, it requires the calligrapher to lift the nib from the paper in between strokes. 

Here are the benefits from learning Engrosser's Script:

• Build a solid letterform to enhance your current (modern) calligraphy;
• Develop a writing rhythm and consistent letter spacing through frequent pen lifts;
• Create clean shades for the downstrokes and sharp hairlines for the upstrokes;
• Produce quality work via writing mindfully and save plenty of time from aimless practicing.

Your instructor, Kalo is the first calligrapher in Hong Kong to be awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Spencerian Script and Engrosser's Script by IAMPETH (International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers, and Teachers of Handwriting.)

Kalo is also an instructor at IAMPETH, she taught Spencerian in San Antonio (2024) and she will be teaching Engrosser's Script in Norfolk in 2025.

[ Dates ]
• TBC | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (includes 1 hour lunch break)

[ Info ]
Level: BEGINNER and IMPROVER 
Venue: Room 201, 2/F, Ivy House, 18-20 Wyndham Street, Central (5 mins walk from the MTR)
Language: English only

[ Workshop Fee ]
• FOR 1 SEAT: $2,500 (2 day workshop)
• Including 1 custom folder with your name calligraphy; all handouts and copysheets. 

[ Calligraphy Tools ]
Please BRING YOUR OWN TOOLS - your penholder (preferably oblique), your favourite nib (recommended Nikko G or Zebra G) and ink (recommended Walnut or Higgins Eternal Black or any dark coloured inks) OR purchase our Calligraphy Starter Kit here.

[ Course Curriculum ]
The course focuses on technical exercises to achieve consistency in sizes, forms and structure. 

1. History of Engrosser's Script
   
2. Table Set Up & Posture & Pen Grip
3. Warm Up Exercises & Principle Strokes
4. Minuscules (lowercase)
   
5. Ligature (Letter Connections)
6. Majuscules (uppercase)
   
7. Miniscules Variations & Abbreviatons
8. Flourished Majuscules
9. Techniques - nib manipulation, pressure for shading and hairline
   
10. Appreciation of Historical Writing - original pieces from the 1800s will be presented for study

[ T & C ]
• students must be aged 12 years or above.
• all sales are final. Workshop fee is strictly non-refundable and non-transferable to another date upon registration.
• class size: min. 4, max 8 pax - class maybe cancelled if the minimum does not meet, students can change to another available workshop date.