Decorated Letters; Holly Monroe
2-day (9+hour) Workshop with Holly Monroe
A series of creative exercises, centered around Versal and Lombardic Capitals. We start on tracing paper and transferring to Twinrocker handmade or other fine art paper.
Also, learn how to create decorative vines and boxes to accentuate your letters.
Tools, materials & multiple pencil sketches is the focus of Day 1, with an introduction to mixing gouache in an easy to succeed decorated letter exercise.
Choose your favorite sketches and apply the color on Day 2. Learn about the use of binders with gouache and various gold techniques, including imitation gold gouache, Instacol, Illuminators Bole, genuine gold powder, Gold Size, and Gesso with Leaf.