As part of my Fall 2023 Renaissance Painting & Drawing Techniques course at SRISA, I had a pleasure to invite a Master Calligrapher Stefano Gelao as a guest artist.
Stefano demonstrated quill cutting process and every participant of the workshop was able to cut their own writing and drawing quill pen and experiment drawing and calligraphy with the Iron Gall Ink students prepared earlier.
To learn more about the Renaissance Painting & Drawing Techniques course, please visit: courses.shtyrmer.com/renaissance/
Stefano Gelao's website: scrittoamano.com/
Our host for this workshop and my courses: Santa Reparata International School of Art (SRISA): srisa.org/
In the end of the video, calligraphy work is by one of course students Alexis Downing.
Quill cutting etching is from the book: La Operina di Ludovico Vicentino da imparare di scrivere littera cancellarescha. - Il Modo de temperare le penne, con le varie sorti de littere... by Ludovico Degli Arrighi (1480?-1527?) - gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1511562s.image
Music: Serenity by Janomusic tunetank.com/track/1337-serenity/