Anne Elser- Open-Shaded Script with a Glass Dip Pe
Based on principles of script writing done with a pointed pen, Open-Shaded Script constructs letterforms by describing the swell or shade made by a pointed pen with at least two contour monoline strokes, drawn in the same sequence seen in traditional scripts such as Roundhand or Copperplate. The second stroke of a shade or extension of a hairline acts as a mentor stroke to the previous and is meant to offer gentle correction to curves (if needed) and to suggest the growth of a flourish, flower, leaf, or vine. This is a very portable lettering art form: we can, with any monoline tool and at any moment, study and celebrate these forms with a crayon on the back of a menu, a pencil at the top of a grocery list, a marker labeling a box of memories or home-made treats, or even with a finger in the sand. You'll enjoy working with the glass dip pen, watching wet ink pool and dry at the end of a stroke, giving your strokes a depth of value.
- Glass dip pen, recommended with pen cap to protect delicate tip
- Fountain Pen Inks (recommend Ferris Wheel Press sample sizes in colors youll enjoy mixing)
- Metallic accent inks or pens (metallic white/pearl gelly roll pen or Finetec watercolors)
- Transparent marker paper (Bienfang Graphics 360 9 X 12 100% Rag Marker Pad OR Borden & Riley 9 X 12
- Mechanical pencil
- Eraser
- Plastic ruler
- Water container
- Paper towels
- Dinky dips (one for each of your colors)
- Brush to load metal- lic inks onto glass nib