Calligraphy Workshops

with Denis Brown

 

This is a list of the Calligraphy Workshop Topics I teach- each topic is linked to full details. It is primarily for the information of workshop organizers and guilds- individuals wanting information of scheduled workshops, click here.

One Day Seminars

for all levels

... Introducing Celtic
A slide lecture plus brief introduction to drawing and writing in each of a variety of Celtic idioms

...Celtic to Digital
Multi-media slide lectures plus live demos of Celtic and Modern calligraphy that influenced Denis Brown

...Art Appreciation for Calligraphers
Multi-media slide lectures plus live demos of Celtic and Modern calligraphy that influenced Denis Brown; plus discussion of his own works.

Level:

Novice to

Intermediate

...Foundations
Scripts: roman caps / foundational / italics

...Gilding
introduction to gold leaf work

...Sharpness in Writing
achieve fine hairlines and crisp detail

...Celtic Themes
also listed separately below

... Introducing Celtic
A slide lecture plus brief introduction to drawing and writing in each of a variety of Celtic idioms

... Half Uncial
The Celtic script

...Celtic Initials
Design your own initial in Celtic style

... A Knotwork Panel
Learn how to draw & paint a complex interlaced panel from the Book of Kells

... Celtic Spirals
Learn how to draw & paint a complex spiral group from the Book of Durrow

 

Intermediate

to Advanced

...Layered Calligraphy
Text into Texture

...SHADOW BOXES
Double-sided, Layered, Translucent Artworks

...Polyrhythmic Calligraphy
Expanding rhythms of writing

...Dangerous Lines
Calligraphy with attitude

...Advanced manipulated Italic

...Experimental Gilding

... A Celtic Hybrid Script
The hybrid between Celtic and italic styles for a more modern Celtic flavor

...Gothic Scripts

... Flourishing

...Rhythm & Eurhythmics

...Get Rhythm !

...Capital Expression

...Painterly Techniques

...Dynamic Composition

...Photoshop for Calligraphers

...Website design

...Vellum & Parchment

...Broadsides revisited