LETTERS CA STYLE 2024 - Cherri Moote - Playbook

Playbook by Cherri Moote – Level: All levels welcome.

The blank page can strike fear in the heart of even the most seasoned artist. But then, when you add a slash of ink, a splash of colour, or a caressing stroke of graphite, suddenly the paper starts to join you in a conversation. Working in a sketch book and facing that blank page every time you open it can be daunting. It can dissuade you from the regular routine of practise and play with design and materials that is so necessary to all artists. In this class we will meet the large, blank page with enthusiasm, exploring a variety of ways to create interest and intent with mediums and tools that leave the surface amenable to later layers of lettering and imagery. Then it is time for our full sheets of paper to be used to create three folded books that already contain your own creative touch. I call these books playbooks, each page already started and alive with potential and possibility, ready to talk to you each time you sit down to engage it with your writing and drawing tools.

Class Supplies:

• Mechanical pencil and white eraser
• Kneaded eraser
• Soft lead pencil(s) 2B or softer
• Craft knife or scalpel and extra blade
• Self-healing cutting mat
• Bone folder
• Embossing tool
• Paper slitting knife if you own one
• Scissors (large and fine)
• 18” stainless steel ruler with cork back
• Omnigrid Ruler (6” x 12” recommended)
• Small set of pan watercolors or three small tubes of watercolor and mixing tray
• Little bit of walnut or sumi ink or Higgins Eternal
• Very basic calligraphy set including pen holders, variety of nibs, mixing pan
• Linex or Ames Lining guide if you own one
• Ruling pen or ruling writer, coke pen, butterfly pen or similar that you already own
• Fountain pen or parallel pen you already have and like to use and appropriate ink
• Brush you love to write with (Pentel is fine)
• 1” or larger inexpensive flat brush or small foam brush
• Fine point black or dark brown pen with fairly waterproof ink (like Pigma)
• Small fine mister for water
• Fresh glue stick
• Few pieces of decorated, distinctive or natural paper (approx. 4” x 6”)
• Water container

Supply Fee: $30 for papers and other materials