Engrosser's Script, as the the Master Penman Mr. William Lilly calls it, or more commonly known as Copperplate, will be offered. You will learn about the oblique penholder, inks, nibs and paper to use with this script and other pointed pen scripts.

The class will start with how to use the oblique pen holder to make the basic strokes for this script which form the lower case letters. Then, combining everything to write the lower case letters, you'll learn how to connect each lower case letter to form words. Sounds rather elementary, but learning the proper letter form truly makes a difference in this script. After the lower case letters, we will move on to the beautiful capital letters. Combining everything you will learn spacing techniques with the capitals and between words. A final project will hopefully be achieved at the end of the course to display what you have learned with this beautiful script.

June 14 - 20, 2010     Ghost Ranch Abiquiu

Registration fee: $365 (includes $15 lab fee) + housing & meals
Before May 15: Save $100

Bill Kemp, Albuquerque, NM Bill has been studying the calligraphic arts for more than 30 years. His instructors have been Dick Jackson, Mike Kesceg, Gwen Weaver and Mr. William Lilly. His mentor for this script (Copperplate) is Mr. Lilly. Mr. Lilly is one of the last graduates from the Zanerian College that was in Columbus, Ohio. If you have or can obtain a copy of The Zanerian Manual of Alphabets and Engrossing, it will explain what the college taught. Mr. Lilly's main focus was Engrosser's Script. Bill has been a student of Mr. Lilly's for over five years, and is still continuing his lessons with Mr. Lilly. Bill is a member of Escribiente in Albuquerque, NM, other guilds throughout the country and of IAMPETH (International Association of Master Penman, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting) where he is currently serving on the Executive Board. He has been teaching pointed pen in Berkeley, CA at Castle in the Air for eight years, has taught in Houston (September, 2009) and Albuquerque, and will be teaching at the IAMPETH Convention in 2010. An engineer by trade until his retirement in 2006, lettering form has always interested him since a young age. He took his first calligraphy class in 1972 and the rest is history.

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