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Italic I with Anna Pinto
Italic is the graceful, elegant handwriting of the Italian Renaissance. Students use traditional tools—broad-edged dip pens and ink, rather than fountain pens or markers—in this beginner class which covers minuscule (small) and majuscule (capital) letters, numerals and punctuation. Letterform consistency and spacing are emphasized to help students develop their eye as well as their hand. By developing skill with the broad-edged pen, students will be ready to continue their study of Italic or try other calligraphic styles such as Blackletter (Gothic), Uncial, Carolingian and Foundational.
Dates: Five Saturdays in 2019: October 5, 12, 19; November 2, 9
Time: 9:30 am–2:00 pm
Price: $260 members and non-members
Level: Beginner and all levels
Location: SVA Annex, 214 E. 21st Street (between 2nd/3rd Ave), Room 702A
Note: this is a four hour class with a half hour lunch break so please bring your lunch.
MATERIALS LIST
Higgins Eternal Ink or small bottle of Walnut Drawing Ink
Penholder
Two pen nibs: one Speedball C-2 and one of the following: Mitchell 2½ and a reservoir, Brause 1½, or, as a last resort, Speedball C-4. If you are left-handed, get left-handed nibs
9” x 12” or 11"x 14" Borden & Riley #37 Boris Marker Layout pad, or Boris Cotton Comp pad, Masking tape, paper towel or rag
Calligraphy mail order suppliers have everything and are reliable and fast: Paper & Ink Arts or John Neal Books. Basic supplies can be found locally at Dick Blick and Da Vinci.
INSTRUCTOR
Anna Pinto divides her time between all sorts of freelance work—from envelopes to awards to props for the film industry—and teaching. Her work is included in The World Encyclopedia of Calligraphy by Christopher Calderhead and Holly Cohen, and Italic and Copperplate Calligraphy: the Basics and Beyond, by Eleanor Winters, and is in the collections of the San Francisco Public Library, and libraries at Rutgers and Yale.