Course Information

Age Group : Upper Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Adults

Have you ever wanted to learn calligraphy but afraid to? Well, this is a course for you! Nafisah will guide you through with ease.

She has taught Brush Calligraphy in schools and community centres of all ages. Learn how to write with a watercolour brush and bring your new skills digitally. From basic drills, lettering, words and a little bit of doodling, you will finish this course with not only skills but a final masterpiece to flaunt to everyone.

At the end of each lesson, Nafisah will review all the works that you have submitted and give you suggestions on how you may improve your letterings.

Nafisah Binte Mohamed

Nafisah graduated from Lasalle -SIA College of the Arts and has taught art and media in schools and in the community for 4 years. Besides teaching art, Nafisah has her online art shop. She has pioneered aa popular course on Brush Calligraphy which she has brought online to Big Art.

Course Content

V1.1 Introduction
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A quick welcome to Brush Calligraphy from paper to digital. An overview of what to expect in the course

Nafisah Binte Mohamed
Visual Arts
  0H 05M

V1.2 What is Calligraphy
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We will go through slides to understand where calligraphy starts and where it is now. Materials to prepare.

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Visual Arts
  0H 05M

V1.2 Basic Strokes
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With the worksheet provided, we will learn the basic strokes with watercolour.

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Visual Arts
  0H 05M

Practicing the drills
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Start Date: 22nd February - 31st December (SGT)

2.1 Letters
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Now that you are experts with the drills, we are moving onto the letters! Learn how to combine the drills into letters!

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Visual Arts
  0H 05M

Letters
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Start Date: 22nd February - 31st December (SGT)

2.2 Connecting Letters
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With the lettering skills that you have now, we are going to learn how to join the letters to form into words!

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Visual Arts
  0H 05M

Connecting Letters
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Start Date: 22nd February - 31st December (SGT)

3.1 Going digital!
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In this video, we will learn how to use the Sketchbook pro app.  Brushes, undo, easer tool, colour picker and more! All you need is just your tablet and stylus!

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Visual Arts
  0H 05M

Going Digital!
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Start Date: 22nd February - 31st December (SGT)

3.2 Practice
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In this video, we will use the ruler to create lines and start to practice our drills, letters and better yet, apply what we’ve learn and start to letter our names!

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Visual Arts
  0H 05M

Practice
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Start Date: 22nd February - 31st December (SGT)

4.1 Composition and Doodling
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In this video, we will learn how to composite our words in a blank page and sketch out some doodles!

Nafisah Binte Mohamed
Visual Arts
  0H 06M

Composition and Doodling
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Start Date: 22nd February - 31st December (SGT)

4.2 Calligraphy your name
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We have practiced writing our name countless times in lesson 3.2, now it’s time to decorated it with a banner and some doodles!

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Visual Arts
  0H 15M

Calligraphy your name
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Start Date: 22nd February - 31st December (SGT)

5.1 Choose your quote
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In this video, we will need to choose a quote that we relate with and start sketching 6 different compositions.

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Visual Arts
  0H 09M

Choose your quote
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Start Date: 22nd February - 31st December (SGT)

5.2 Colour Swatch
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In this video, we will pick the composition that we like best and add in some colours by creating our very own colour swatches that relates with our quote.

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Visual Arts
  0H 07M

Colour Swatch
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Start Date: 22nd February - 31st December (SGT)

6.1 Finishing Touches
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In this video, we will clean up the sketch, add some doodles along the way and finish your quote with a bang!

Nafisah Binte Mohamed
Visual Arts
  0H 11M

Finishing Touches
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Start Date: 22nd February - 31st December (SGT)

Course Completion Survey
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Start Date: 16th June - 31st December (SGT)

Certificate

Get your certificate when you complete every activity in this course and have it checked by your instructor.