Learn Gothic Calligraphy & Lettering in this online calligraphy course. All available as a digital download.

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Below is a listing of the course topics . . .

Welcome Page

Table of Contents

Materials that you can use You can use pen or brush for this course. Pen – A recommended pen is the Pilot Parallel Calligraphy Pen 6.0mm (purchase online at Amazon or others) Brush – 10mm wide flat-brush or similar . (introductory brushes are around $5 to $10). The course notes have been designed around this ( 3/8th inch, 10mm) size. A Winsor & Newton brush or any brush with spring is acceptable. Curry’s, Michaels, or even a local paint and wallpaper store will have these available. A palette to thin paint. Cup for water and mixing paint. Acrylic Paint – red, black, or dark colour. I recommend picking up a few tester paints for a $1.00 each. You don’t actually need much paint as it lasts quite long when thinned properly. Some extra paper (no much, just regular bond paper, nothing special as it is for practice) I spend roughly 50 minutes in my video explaining popular calligraphy materials and how to care for them.



Part 1 About Me What You will Learn in this Course History of Gothic Fraktur Fraktur is known by . . . North American Versions of Fraktur What do I bring to Gothic Fraktur Why Fraktur and Brush Calligraphy? Inspiration and Analysis of Fraktur? Lettering Fraktur is an Art Form Getting Started – Thinning the Paint Three Key concepts to Learning Calligraphy and Lettering Letter size considerations Understanding splay Brush basics warm up exercises Pen manipulation exercise Cleaning your brushes



Part 2 Case study – Lettering on glass Case study – Creating layout patterns Architecture of the Gothic Fraktur Letter Using other pens to better understand the Gothic letter architecture Calligraphy paper and inks Using graph paper with your liners? Gothic Calligraphy & Lettering Colours Upper Case Letters – A – M



Part 3 Case Study – Creating a mural Upper Case Letters – N- Z Class assignment details



Part 4 Why flourish or decorate letters? Adding Decoration and Flourishing Lower Case Letters a – m



Part 5 Digital calligraphy Case study – Lettering using oil based paints Lower Case Letters n – z, 0 – 9



Part 6 Special Letter Effects Resources for you after this class Next Steps / Applications of Flat Brush Fraktur Share your Calligraphy with Social Media



Appendices

Exemplars Designed For Brush Calligraphy

10MM 7X GOTHIC FRAKTUR CAPITALS

10MM 4X GOTHIC FRAKTUR CAPITALS

10MM 7X GOTHIC FRAKTUR LOWERCASE

10MM 5X BLANK LINER

Exemplars Designed for Pilot Parallel Calligraphy Pens

6MM 7X GOTHIC FRAKTUR CAPITALS

6MM 7X GOTHIC FRAKTUR LOWERCASE

6MM 7X GOTHIC FRAKTUR BOLD CAPITALS

6MM 5X BLANK LINER

Other Special Acknowledgement Credits / End Notes – BOOKS Credits / End Notes – IMAGES Definitions Contact & Connect with Steve Czajka Interested in setting up a Live Course? Thank You!

