Notes for the New Year
with heather victoria held
Description
Note: Sales for this class are now closed
Whether or not you were able to complete your long list of holiday cards, this Notes for the New Year workshop will help encourage the graceful art of correspondence in 2021. Let’s be inspired by the grace and opulence of the Victorian era and their fascination with “Scraps”. These small paper notes, labels and cards were used to express gratitude, humour or greetings between friends. These notes were savoured when they were received and preserved in scrapbooks. We will explore these decorative designs using a pen etching technique combined with delicate flourishes.
We will start with corners and expand to frames and labels that can embellish your notes and envelopes for years to come. The Victorian pen etching technique can be done in a single colour of ink or enhanced with watercolour and gold. You can make these designs as simple or as opulent as you would like regardless of your drawing experience. Let’s welcome this technique into our new year as we reach across the miles and share these delightful notes.
Learner Level
This workshop assumes a basic knowledge of the pointed pen and we welcome all skill levels from novice to advanced.
Details
Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th January 2021
Sunday 24th January 2021 (catch up session - 30 mins)
7pm GMT
via Zoom €50
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Joining this class gives you access to:
5 hours of learning (2 x recorded Zoom sessions each providing 2 hours of instruction and 30 minutes of Q&A).
A YouTube link to the Zoom recordings to watch until 1 February 2021 (7am GMT) - add it to your diary!
Handouts from Heather Held designed for this workshop.
Important information to note
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Sales for Notes for the New Year workshop will end on Friday 8th January 2021 9pm GMT. The recordings will only be available to students who have purchased by this date. We will not be selling the recordings after the live sessions.
Upon booking your place, you will receive an automated email with your order confirmation. You will receive all information from info@pointedpencollective.com two days before the session with handouts and details of how to join the Zoom call.
Materials
Supplies for the Victorian Ink Etching Technique
Pointed Pen in your favouite pen holder ( a medium flexible nib such as a Zebra G works well)
Pencil, eraser, small ruler ( I use a 5”cork backed metal ruler)
Any white, ivory or light pastel coloured drawing paper, cardstock or hot press watercolour paper. Heather uses Strathmore 400 series drawing paper size 8”x10 inch pad cut into strips of 4”x10”.
Etching Technique Ink: Walnut ink.
Alternatively, any of your favourite watercolours can be thinned to an ink consistency for this technique. If you choose to use watercolour you will also need a small container for the watercolour, a small brush to apply it to you pointed pen and a water dish and paper towel.
The entire workshop can be done with these few supplies above. If you want to enhance the designs with more opulent techniques, the supplies below are listed as optional.
Line and Wash Optional Supplies
Ink: The best possible inks for this technique are either McCaffery Brown, McCaffery Black or Ziller Buffalo Brown. Walnut Ink or Sumi Inks do not work for this technique.
Paper and Pen: We will be using the same paper and pen as the Ink Etching Technique
Your Favourite Watercolours: Heather will be using Daniel Smith Titanium white along with a few other floral colours such as Sap Green and Quinacridone Pink.
Small white ceramic plate for mixing paint, small pointed round brushes, paper towel, water dish
Gold Watercolour or Gouache
Sakura Gelly Roll Pen Clear Stardust
Soft Pastels along with a pastel brush and sandpaper for the background burnish
About Heather Victoria Held
Heather Victoria Held is a Canadian freelance-lettering artist who operates The Victorian Pen studio in St. George, Ontario. She has studied extensively with Master Penman Michael Sull and Master Penman Brian Walker. In 2009 she was the recipient of the Spencerian Heritage Award given through Michael Sull at the Spencerian Saga.
She was a long time member of Master Penman Brian Walker’s Spencerian Review Study Group, CLAS, The Copperplate Special Interest Group, and a faculty member of several International Calligraphy Conferences.
During 2013-2014 she served as the President of IAMPETH and continues to support IAMPETH on the Board of Directors as an advisor and as an instructor for the conferences. Her teaching style is gentle and encouraging while helping students to achieve the next level in their skill sets.
Her work in promoting handwriting skills has attracted television, magazine and radio coverage in Canada. She conducts intensive workshops in Offhand Flourishing, Decorative Lettering and Ornamental Penmanship world-wide.
Her art work is in private collections around the world and has been featured in Pen World, Bound and Lettered, Calligrafia, Somerset Studio, Romantic Homes, The Penman’s Journal, The Spencerian Review, 1000 Handmade Cards. The Speedball Textbook, The Copperplate Manual and Good Mail Day. She and her husband Chris create hand dyed or painted Held Pens, which are highly sought after and in the hands of artists throughout the world.
Important information
Terms
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