
Learn to loosen up calligraphy to create zippy, bouncy lettering. Explore hidden rules for making words bounce, practice with any instrument, and finish a postcard you can mail.
Explore typography terminology for bounce calligraphy, including baseline, waist line, x height, ascender, defender, center line, top line, bar, steane, counter, and swash inflorescence.
Explore project 2 by using varied calligraphy sizes to craft different layouts and emphasize the phrase 'wing it' for a thumbnail design with minimal embellishment.
Learn the inking technique from draft to final piece by transferring layouts with tracing paper, refining alignment and spacing, and applying downstrokes and swashes, then trim and finish.
Do you want to make your calligraphy bouncy? :)
Bounce Calligraphy is fun and easy if you know the tricks. All the letters and words seem to be without any order and randomly placed together, but somehow, they all look so happily co-existing. That's why I often say an excellent bounce calligraphy writing is like a good party- all the letters are having a good time together, and nobody is left out.
In this class, I will show you how to be a good host of this fun lettering party. You will learn the secret of making word-arrangement look zippy and effortless. We will practice these party tricks by doing two class projects together.
I will be using a regular size brush pen, drawing paper, and tracing paper. You are free to choose your favorite writing tools.