ONLINE - Letter as Object: Creating Representational Hand-lettering Inspired by Nature

Winter Workshop | This course has been canceled

All Levels Ages 16 to Adult

1/16/2021 (one day)

10:00 AM-3:00 PM EDT on Sat

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$110.00

Member Discount Available

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Inspired by nature, draw from plants and flowers of your own choosing and turn your flora selection into hand-lettering. Artist Sasha Prood will guide students through this process, introducing her personal style of representational lettering. Her approach focuses on turning objects into type, while balancing both the clarity of the object and the legibility of the type. Sasha will describe several different ways to create this representational lettering before helping students develop their won type art. Students will bring their personal aesthetic and favorite art materials to this style of lettering, giving it their own unique twist.

Please bring the art materials you enjoy working with - they can be anything from watercolor paints, to markers, to collage supplies. Students will leave this workshop with lettering projects that can make beautiful framed wall art!

  • This is an online class held over Zoom. We will send you all the information you'll need prior to the class via email.
  • - Drawing paper
  • - Tracing paper
  • - Pencils and pens (and additional art materials that you love working with)
  • - Eraser
  • - Pencil sharpener
  • - Ruler
  • - Plant inspiration (either actual plants/flowers or photos) to use as a reference

Sasha Prood is an illustrator and graphic designer from Philadelphia, PA. Currently based out of Brooklyn, NY, she runs a small studio specializing in hand-drawn and hand-painted designs. Sasha is the author of a medium-focused art workbook series, developed with Abrams Noterie. Her first book, Watercolor Workshop: Learn to Paint in 100 Experiments and its corresponding products, a journal, notebook, and notecards came out early '18. Her second book, Marker Workshop: Learn to Ink in 50 Experiments launched early '19. And her newest book, Pencil Workshop: Develop Your Sketching Skills in 50 Experiments will release early '20. Sasha has grown her creative skills at several institutions. She is an alumni of Carnegie Mellon's School of Design, The Cooper Union's typeface design program Type@Cooper, and the School of Visual Arts' MFA Design, entrepreneur program. Sasha has received awards, including HOW Magazine, Graphis, and Typism honors, and being named a Print Magazine 20 under 30: New Visual Artist. Her work has been published in collaboration with HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, WIRED UK, Food & Wine, Bergdorf Goodman, Madewell, BBH New York, VSA Partners, The Original Champions of Design, and Milton Glaser Inc. Sasha has taught and spoken internationally, ranging from working with kids in local art programs, to teaching workshops at TYPO Berlin, to lecturing at the Type Directors Club. Additionally, her art has shown worldwide, exhibiting in Brooklyn's “Early Bloom” and Stockholm's “Den Franska Våren.” Sasha's designs have also been featured in various publications including Gestalten's "Los Logos 7," Chronicle Book's “The Little Book of Lettering,” Real Simple Magazine, Computer Arts Magazine, Oh Joy!, and Design*Sponge.