Introduction to Ink Lettering

You will start by knowing Marianna, who will take you on a tour of the studies she has taken and her career in the world of letters. She will tell you some of her calligraphy and lettering , and show you some of the professionals who inspired her to follow the path of the letters.

You will lay the foundations by briefly learning what lettering and exploring compositions with ink by hand. You will discover some of the styles and types of letters you can use.

Next, Marianna will tell you in detail about each of the materials and tools you will use during the course.

You will discover simple exercises to warm your hand and get used to the pencil and paper. These exercises will help you train your eye with respect to the black and white of the letters, as well as the spacing between letters and words.

You will start working on your project by choosing a phrase with which you connect and you will sketch it with different fonts until you get the form that convinces you. Marianna will explain different techniques to create different widths, contrasts, fillings, etc.

You will pass your sketch to the final paper of high grammage in pencil, expanding your sentence to the desired size.

You will learn to make some effects with ink: gradient, borders, blends of colors and shadows before inking your design on the final paper.

Marianna will teach you to digitize your composition and correct errors, colors and lighting of your piece in Adobe Photoshop and leave your piece ready for printing.

Finally, you will learn some possible printing techniques to translate your phrase into a tote bag .