IAMPETH 2023 - Line Dances: Flourised Borders - Heather Held

Line Dances: Flourished Borders – All Levels

A lively dance with the pointed pen! Offhand flourishing is a peaceful and meditative skill that is done with ink directly on your art paper. The flourishes are spontaneous and organic, and the results are spectacular. Using the elements and principals of design we will flourish border designs that arch, cascade or create frames for your lettering. The flourishes can become as detailed and intricate as you like as we progress through the class. Colour can be added with watercolour or coloured pencil or you can choose to leave your designs in pen and ink. Once you see the possibilities of flourishing with the pointed pen, you will find endless opportunities to bring this magic to your artwork. Bring a sense of play with you as we work on our borders.

Class Supplies

Required Supplies:

• Straight pen holder with medium flexible nib such as the Zebra G (H104) (N118)
• Either McCaffery Brown Ink, McCaffery Penman’s Black or Ziller Buffalo Brown (I37) (I28)
• Pencil (PL21)
• Eraser (E13)
• Small Metal Cork Backed Ruler (S270)
• Paper Towels
• Small water dish (S620)
• Your Favourite practice paper such as Rhodia or Maruman (Gridded or Blank) (P64) (P55)
• 2-5 pieces of 5”x7” Light coloured Cardstock or Strathmore 400 Series Drawing Paper (PA47-57)

Optional:

• A few coloured pencils in floral colours or watercolour pencils (PL58) (PL33) (PL28)
• Watercolour (S3041) (WNWC1)
• Small, pointed round watercolour brush (BR26)
• Water dish (S620)
• Gold Gouache or Gold Watercolour (SG27) (SG893-F) (S1000)
• You may also want to try Bleedproof White and some 5”x7” dark cardstock for your flourishes. (I38) (PA112-57)
• Sakura Clear Stardust Gelly Roll Pen (M96-2)
• Dianne Townsend Soft pastel in any green colour with applicator brush and small piece of sandpaper. (S981) (S978)

Note: These designs can be done entirely in pen and ink without additional colours. I will be demonstrating the use of colour, but you can choose to travel lightly and do your designs entirely with ink.