Gestural Writing (Yves Leterme: 2.5 day)

Skill Level: Intermediate and Advanced

Gestural Writing – with emphasis on capitals. In this workshop we start with a series of exercises meant to put more energy and tension in our lines. Our moves will become gestural and we ‘ll learn about the way to keep control over the writing process even when more speed is involved. Attention will be given to aspects such as pen angle, pressure, variation, rhythm, tools, textures, finishing details etc…We’ll deal with capitals, but the acquired gestural writing skills can also be transferred to other scripts. The agility and knowledge that we develop along the way will be immediately put into practice by means of small exercises that at the same time question and sharpen our sense for non-conventional composition.

Supply List: Mechanical pencil (with refills HB 0.5 mm); Speedball nibs C5, C4 and C3; black non-waterproof ink (Pelikan is good); 50 sheets layout bond that takes ink 11×17; 3-4 sheets quality paper cut to 11×17 (e.g. BFK Rives); ruler; pointed brush; Pentel Colorbrush; some gouache; water pots; ruling pen/Cola pen.