26 Seeds: a Year to
Grow
Overview of
Traditional Course,
New Format, Reggie Ezell
Session 1
Alphabets: Monoline Romans, pencil and metal nib
Broadedge Romans, metal nibs
Materials and Techniques:
gouache, correcting errors,
nib honing, layout and design process,
touch up for
reproduction
Session 2
Alphabets: Pressurized Romans with serifs, Mitchell nibs
Drawn Romans, pencil
Materials and Techniques:
gouache, transfer paper,
spray fixative, gum sandarac, paper sizing, nib honing,
gilding, good paper
Session 3
Alphabets: Roman Variations
Materials and Techniques:
gouache, gilding,
acetone transfer, embossing, good paper
Session 4
Alphabets: Carolingian (increasingly smaller)
Carolingian Variations
Materials and Techniques: stick
inks – black and
color, grinding stones, Linex Liner, snipping and honing
metal nib, manuscript book, calfskin vellum, good
paper,
acrylic quill
Session 5
Alphabets: Italic
Italic Variations
Materials and Techniques: dry
pigments, watercolors,
reverse photocopy, good paper, Linex Liner, acrylic quill,
quill cutting
Session 6
Alphabets: Brush, pointed and broad edge
Materials and Techniques: Pentel
Color Brush, ¼”broad
edge brush, large brass nibs
Each session is a two day weekend, 9 to 5, meeting every
other
month; eg. Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov
Reggie Ezell
contactreggie@comcast.net
www.reggieezell.com
6101 W. Warwick Ave. Chicago, IL 60634
773-202-8321
click to return to 26 Seeds Page