DIS Workshops
Monthly small group sessions
Each DIS Workshop lasts two hours and covers a specific topic, technique, or project. Registration comes with downloadable samples, 30 days of access to a recording of the live workshop, and 30 days of feedback through the DIS Community Forum.
October Workshop:
Brownesque Versals for Festive Engrossments
When: Saturday, October 24th. 9:30-11:30am PDT
Edwin L. Brown was one of the most beloved American engrosser’s of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His iconic style of engrossing is equal parts rustic, charming, and technical sophistication. It’s worthwhile for every student of Engrossing to be familiar with the tools and techniques he used in his famous works that populated the many penmanship journals of the past. In this workshop, we will design a single versal (initial letter) in the Brown style that can be used as a decorative element in a piece of traditional engrossing. The design (seen above) will be covered explicitly in the workshop, so some experience with watercolor, ink drawing, and general rendering will be helpful to attendees.
Required Materials
- Hot-pressed watercolor sheet. 140lb (300gsm) Saunders Waterford or similar.
- Blue artist masking tape
- HB pencil & eraser
- Ruler with a beveled edge
- French curve
- Ruling pen
- Straight pen holder
- Hunt 101 pointed pen
- One ounce of black waterproof india ink
- Size 1 pointed round watercolor brush
- Watercolor palette/mixing tray
- Paynes Gray, Cadmium Orange, Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Violet, Permanent Sap Green watercolors
- Webcam and computer (no blank screens, please)
Registration
This workshop will be $100.00 USD plus any applicable local tax based on your location.
- Who: Learners with basic watercolor and ink drawing experience.
- When: October 24th at 9:30am – 11:30am PDT
- Where: Live via online video call
