DRAWING AND PAINTING SUMMER SESSION 3
JUNE 18–30, 2023
Jon Bocksel and Kenji Nakayama
Brush Lettering and Sign Painting
This workshop is about brush-written letters and the ability to create signs from practiced alphabet styles. Students will learn design and sign-trade techniques and create completed signs while also learning foundational alphabets to be practiced for years to come. Drawing exercises will help students improve “eyeballing” skills, sensitivity to shapes and lines, and light/dark balance. The workshop will include many brush demonstrations and both meditative and practical exercises. All levels.
Note: the studio fee for this workshop is estimated at $200-300 per student.
Jon: sign painter, studio artist; teaching: Moma Teen Arts (NYC), Laru Beya Collective (NYC); exhibition and lettering design: Brooklyn Museum (NYC), Coney Island (NYC), Jewish Museum (NYC); author of Signos de Cuba, a self-published book documenting brush lettering in Cuba; work reviewed and published in the New York Times.
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Kenji: sign painter, studio artist; teaching: Montserrat College of Art (MA), San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design; exhibitions: San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Fuller Craft Museum (MA), Simmons University (Boston), Calico Gallery (NYC); collections: Simmons University (Boston), Fuller Craft Museum (MA), Milwaukee Art Museum.
