tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151570072024-03-13T21:21:48.463-04:00Anne-Davnes ElserIntuitive Empath, Artist, & InstructorAnne Elserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425559946353875253noreply@blogger.comBlogger1405125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15157007.post-38449121641638477022023-01-24T09:27:00.004-05:002023-05-06T11:06:38.692-04:00New Website is here!<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://annedavnes.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1629" data-original-width="2418" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_HQ9ZwoGrEttvkI2ycTU3adDiQyyEm5O5pHWHb_JIUFXdywW4WzpT-sT-T4UnfuVFIv5fji5pXwHoRutkjU5S0Fj2nqjxzxWp49EM8SQbNo8BuTTy0SOe9gmZQ8H9mcrX3IL-Ev_Q1q-EdHSylcPrgwREsrZ_v5og-nW8SIeMqfV4lJcow/w640-h431/annedavnes.com.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Friends and followers, </div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I'll soon be Anne Davnes and am rebranding my presence with a new website.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">For new and updated content, </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">please visit <a href="http://www.AnneDavnes.com.">www.AnneDavnes.com.</a></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Love to all!</p><p style="text-align: center;">~Anne</p>Anne Elserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425559946353875253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15157007.post-29669237917878613812022-09-10T13:54:00.001-04:002022-09-10T13:54:11.134-04:00Talk to Calligraphers | Ep 4 Anne-Davnes Elser<iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/RMUU_FDCeH4" frameborder="0"></iframe>Anne Elserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425559946353875253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15157007.post-71869649838271549322021-10-01T12:40:00.000-04:002021-10-01T12:40:03.360-04:00Calligraphy Demonstration Lecture with Anne Elser<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZVAxbkFuzrA/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/ZVAxbkFuzrA" frameborder="0"></iframe>Anne Elserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425559946353875253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15157007.post-11564584467850331782021-02-05T16:54:00.002-05:002021-09-17T14:22:00.294-04:00Online Classes<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.anneelserclasses.eventbrite.com" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2005" data-original-width="1933" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG_7A9BNNuVMyrPctSLL_uXgikWyg8o9gM4LArkelFT8PcANNGd-5bGuaqKs7IkaPpgjuAgWbXU2BBW1c1PD-Od8BU8scwzoQYnNp8cicF95Ohw62kjYeFzLBVInslGcvHKgX/s320/ADElaughingCropped.jpeg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Hi, Friends.</p><p><br /></p><p>Come on over to Eventbrite </p><p>to learn more about the classes I offer. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://anneelserclasses.eventbrite.com " target="_blank"><b>Anne Elser Classes</b></a></p>Anne Elserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425559946353875253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15157007.post-64922521962375263102019-12-23T20:53:00.000-05:002019-12-23T20:53:58.074-05:00<style type="text/css">
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<span class="s1"><b>FLORA1 6-Week Course w/ Anne Elser</b> – ONLINE COURSE via Google Meet</span></div>
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<span class="s1">(Note: this is the beginning FLORA class, NOT the Flora 2 class.)</span></div>
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<span class="s1">6 Sessions (w one practice session)| Beginning/Intermediate (<b>Mono Linear Lettering is a prerequisite for this class.)</b>| $210 **| Min 10 Max 15| Wed PM | 6-8:30PM | Feb 26-Apr 15 </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Class Schedule: We will meet Weds evenings from 6-8:30pm. Our first meeting is a brief intro and dry-run test call. Course instruction officially begins the following Wednesday, Mar 4th from 6-8:30PM. </span><br />
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<span class="s1">This is a<b> LIVE</b> class, which is <b>recorded</b> for your enjoyment and review, then uploaded to a class folder on my Dropbox site each of our 7 weeks of class time together. If you ever have to miss a class, you can always check back later to watch what you missed and practice at your own pace. I really enjoy the live format, and meeting so many people all over the world each week in my home. Live classes allow the student to interact with me and each other for specific feedback. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Upon registration, I will email a permanent weblink to you. This will be our virtual classroom for every time we meet. When the link and intro email is sent to you, click the link, which will open a web page in your web browser. </span><br />
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<span class="s1">Week 0 • Wednesday, Feb 26 - Google Meet Dry Run Test Call (about an hour 6-7PM)</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Week 1 • Wednesday, Mar 04, 2019 6-8:30pm</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Week 2 • Wednesday, Mar 18, 2019 6-8:30pm</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Week 3 • Wednesday, Mar 25, 2019 6-8:30pm</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Week 4 • Wednesday, Apr 21, 2019 6-8:30pm</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Week 5 • Wednesday, Apr 08, 2019 6-8:30pm</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Week 6 • Wednesday, Apr 15, 2019 6-8:30pm</span></div>
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<span class="s1">• Link to our online classroom folder where you can find uploads each week and a PDF link to exemplar packet to download and print out for our first class.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">• The Google Meet Hangout Classroom link we will use every week. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">After each live class, I’ll upload either a full-length recording of my demonstrations during the class OR a 20-minute review of the pages we worked on (and snapshots of those pages) for you to later download or stream at your convenience. This makes it easier for students to keep up with the class if you cannot participate live. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">“<i>In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks</i>.“ -John Muir</span></div>
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<span class="s1">“<i>You do not have to be good.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>You do not have to walk on your knees</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>You only have to let the soft animal of your body<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>Meanwhile the world goes on.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>are moving across the landscapes,</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>over the prairies and the deep trees,</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>the mountains and the rivers.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>are heading home again.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>the world offers itself to your imagination,</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>over and over announcing your place</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>in the family of things.”</i> - Wild Geese by Mary Oliver</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Flora was born on the heels of my course “Love, Fear, and Flourishing” after a solid year of working with students from all over, who saw (many of them for the first time) the freedom an oval provides when harnessing the power of the flourish and how it relates to our lettering.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Flora is also a direct extension of “Mono Linear Lettering: Cursive Crush & Open-Shaded Script” in that we move closer to painting with the aid of a mono line celebrated with a watercolor PENCIL and awakened gently with a fine pointed brush. This two-step process is as pleasurable as it is fascinating and it is my deepest desire that you discover more of yourself in the gentle forms of curving leaves, folding petals, and sweeping stems, all along the oval paths of your letter forms and flourishes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">FLORA is a feminine personification of the healing powers of nature, and draws upon the texture florae make available when looking for a way to fill out and make more dense, our work. FLORA is first drawn with our oldest friend, the pencil - that pressure-sensitive, soft, blunt stick we are all more familiar with than most - the tool we held as toddlers that made our first marks on paper - the beloved crayon, pencil, or colored pencil.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">But now that we are grown-ups, why be satisfied with a mere pencil, when you can use a <i>watercolor pencil</i>, right?!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">The watercolor pencil’s unique gift is that it can be awakened with water, and not only that, but it can change when that water carries with it another pigment. We will use soft oval-shaped curves to describe absolutely every space-filling element on the page and with every stroke, you’ll find yourself allowing, as Mary Oliver so eloquently states, “the soft animal of your body (to) love what it loves.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">This is my prayer and goal in teaching FLORA. I am sharing with you, my personal mode of self care and healing. FLORA is what I do each and every morning as I sit by the fire to journal. I use her to process my thoughts, to welcome the day, to asks for grace, and to find the silver lining in everything that crosses my path. She is a gentle way for me to try on larger, braver strokes. She’s soft, adaptable, and portable. FLORA requires paper, a small brush, pencil, one cake of watercolor, a small amount of water, and my newest friend: you.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">• A student needs to have taken “Mono Linear Lettering: Cursive Crush & Open-Shaded Script”, before taking FLORA. If you’ve already taken Flourishing, that’s great - but if not, take that next!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">• $8 Fee due (in-person Atlanta students only) to the instructor on the first day of class or workshop.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">• If you’re in Atlanta, Anne will be bringing her dog to this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of, please email Anne directly. <a href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com"><span class="s2">Penkitten@anneelser.com</span></a></span></div>
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<b>About Anne</b></div>
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<span class="s1">After earning a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching and entertaining.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">She currently teaches private lessons from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, as well as Thursday afternoon classes at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting workshops.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Artist, calligrapher, teacher, mother, and friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for truth and is a soulful reflection of the connections shared by all.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Binders Art Supply (bindersart.com) is the best local spot to purchase supplies for this class and they will give you a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>student discount! Anything that you can’t find there, can be purchased online at amazon.com, John Neal Books (johnnealbooks.com) or Paper and Ink Arts (paperinkarts.com).</span></div>
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<span class="s1">• Derwent Graphitint Watercolor Pencils: <i>These are soft and creamy and I rarely sharpen them to their finest point. These loosen more easily into paint and I use them a lot.</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Colors I use frequently: Port (01), Steel Blue (06), Aubergine (03), Ivy (11), Autumn Brown (17), Cool Brown (15), Chestnut (13), Dark Indigo (04), Meadow (10).</span></div>
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<span class="s1">• Faber-Castell Albrect Durer Watercolor Pencils: <i>These are a harder pencil that I use more for adding crisp, sharp details when finalizing a piece.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Colors I use frequently: Light Magenta (119), Rose Carmine (124), Dark Red (225), Manganese Violet (160), Dark Naples Ochre (184), Burnt Umber (280), Light Phthalo Blue (145), Juniper Green (165), Chrome Oxide Green Fiery (276), Raw Umber (180), Olive Green Yellowish (175), Cobalt Green (156), Deep Scarlet Red (219). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">• Winsor & Newton Professional OR Cotman (student-grade) Watercolors Compact Set with 14 half pans. There IS a price difference between professional ($75) and student grade ($20). I’ve been using the student grade just fine. I’ll upgrade to professional in the near future.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">For the Google Meet to work, you'll need to be using a set of headphones during demo time to plug into your computer. During instruction, your microphones should be muted, but cameras on. This cuts down on background noise while I am demonstrating. However, when we begin introductions, and for class discussion after each exercise is completes, you should be unmuted so we can all have a lively discussion! So please purchase a pair of earbuds if you don't already have a set. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Click here to read what Google has to say about participating in a <a href="https://support.google.com/meet/?hl=en#topic=7306097"><span class="s3">Google Meet</span></a>. From my experience, here are some things you can do to improve your online experience and some trouble shooting if any technical issues come up. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">• Quit all other open applications on your device that are actively using the internet.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">• Make sure you're as close as you can get to your router (that box that has all the wires and gives you wifi). You can still have a good connection to your router of it's in a different room in your home, but large mirrors and other large devices can interfere with reception. Note that you may have great success even without taking these measures - this is just my practice here at home. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">• If your connection isn't the greatest (poor image or no sound/video), hang up the call and return. Upon returning, if it hasn't improved, quit your browser and restart your computer. That ALWAYS helps.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Every single class is live so that we can all interact with each other. I record EVERY class and upload this file immediately after class ends. File sizes range from 3-4 Gigabytes and are avialble to you for download. I record my classes so that students can still participate if they can't attend because of illness, time zone differences, or other issues. If in the event a recording malfunction occurs, I upload a brief review of the class, using the notes and pages I already created. I also upload images of my pages for you to view and keep for your personal use.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">You must be in the live class to participate int he weekly envelope exchange. You must also add your mailing address to the dropbox file we create during our first intro meeting. You can leave your mailing address as a comment. Please be sure to cover up a portion of the envelope addres if you'd like to share your work via social media. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">You may upload your homework and share on social media but if you'd like me to see it, you need to TAG ME. (@anneelser) on Instagram or Anne-Davnes Elser on Facebook. This is a wonderful way to keep in touch with the progress of your classmates and with me! If you'd rather be more private, go ahead and email me your work and we can correspond that way. </span></div>
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<span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Dear Friends, </span><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">It has been an incredible year of growth and I can hardly believe 2018 drawing to a close. My online presence has grown since I began teaching across the globe, and I have met the most wonderful people along the way. Below are the last of my 2018 courses. New here is FLORA II, an extension of FLORA. She'll return next year with bells on, along with all of my other classes, including new ones I have yet to talk about. </span><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>
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Class Schedule: We will meet Tuesday mornings from 10am-12:30pm <strong>EDT for the first three weeks</strong>, then 10am-12:30pm <strong>EST for the remaining 4</strong>. Our first meeting is a brief intro and dry-run test call on Tuesday Oct 16th from 10-11AM EDT. Course instruction officially begins the following Tuesday, Oct 23rd from 10-12:30AM EDT.<br />
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This course is presented to you at the request of my first batch of online FLORA students who did NOT want our 6 weeks to end. Truthfully, I didn't either! We'll be using the same handouts you've already recieved, but will be building upon that process to produce new foliage leaning into the FALL and WINTER holiday seasons. Think holly, apples, garlands, ribbons, evergreens, and all things pumpkin spice!<br />
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This is a<strong> LIVE</strong> class, which is <strong>recorded</strong> for your enjoyment and review, then uploaded to a class folder on my Dropbox site each of our 7 weeks of class time together. If you ever have to miss a class, you can always check back later to watch what you missed abd practice at your own pace. I really enjoy the live format, and meeting so many people all over the world each week in my home. Live classes allow the student to interact with me and each other for specific feedback.<br />
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When registration closes, I will email a permanent weblink to you. This will be our virtual classroom for every time we meet. When the link and intro email is sent to you, click the link, which will open a web page in your web browser. And that's it! Google may ask you to download their software and if they do, just follow their prompts.</div>
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Please read technical notes way down at the bottom for details about participating in an online class via Google Hangout.</div>
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Week 0 • Tuesday, Oct 16, 2018 ---> Google Hangout Dry Run Test Call (about an hour 10-11AM EDT</div>
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Week 1 • Tuesday, Oct 23, 2018 10AM-12:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 2 • Tuesday, Oct 30, 2018 10AM-12:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 3 • Tuesday, Nov 06, 2018 10AM-12:30pm EST</div>
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Week 4 • Tuesday, Nov 13, 2018 10AM-12:30pm EST</div>
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Flora was born on the heels of my course “Love, Fear, and Flourishing” after a solid year of working with students from all over, who saw (many of them for the first time) the freedom an oval provides when harnessing the power of the flourish and how it relates to our lettering.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Flora is also a direct extension of “Mono Linear Lettering: Cursive Crush & Open-Shaded Script” in that we move closer to painting with the aid of a mono line celebrated with a watercolor PENCIL and awakened gently with a fine pointed brush. This two-step process is as pleasurable as it is fascinating and it is my deepest desire that you discover more of yourself in the gentle forms of curving leaves, folding petals, and sweeping stems, all along the oval paths of your letter forms and flourishes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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FLORA is a feminine personification of the healing powers of nature, and draws upon the texture florae make available when looking for a way to fill out and make more dense, our work. FLORA is first drawn with our oldest friend, the pencil - that pressure-sensitive, soft, blunt stick we are all more familiar with than most - the tool we held as toddlers that made our first marks on paper - the beloved crayon, pencil, or colored pencil.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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This is my prayer and goal in teaching FLORA. I am sharing with you, my personal mode of self care and healing. FLORA is what I do each and every morning as I sit by the fire to journal. I use her to process my thoughts, to welcome the day, to asks for grace, and to find the silver lining in everything that crosses my path. She is a gentle way for me to try on larger, braver strokes. She’s soft, adaptable, and portable. FLORA requires paper, a small brush, pencil, one cake of watercolor, a small amount of water, and my newest friend: you.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• A student needs to have taken “Mono Linear Lettering: Cursive Crush & Open-Shaded Script”, before taking FLORA. If you’ve already taken Flourishing, that’s great - but if not, take that next!</div>
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After earning a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching and entertaining.</div>
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She currently teaches private lessons from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, as well as Thursday afternoon classes at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting workshops.</div>
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Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.</div>
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Binders Art Supply (bindersart.com) is the best local spot to purchase supplies for this class and they will give you a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>student discount! Anything that you can’t find there, can be purchased online at amazon.com, John Neal Books (johnnealbooks.com) or Paper and Ink Arts (paperinkarts.com).</div>
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Colors I use frequently: Light Magenta (119), Rose Carmine (124), Dark Red (225), Manganese Violet (160), Dark Naples Ochre (184), Burnt Umber (280), Light Phthalo Blue (145), Juniper Green (165), Chrome Oxide Green Fiery (276), Raw Umber (180), Olive Green Yellowish (175), Cobalt Green (156), Deep Scarlet Red (219). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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For the Google Hangout to work, you'll need to be using a set of headphones during demo time to plug into your computer. During instruction, your microphones should be muted, but cameras on. This cuts down on background noise while I am demonstrating. However, when we begin introductions, and for class discussion after each exercise is completes, you should be unmuted so we can all have a lively disucssion! So please purchase a pair of earbuds if you don't already have a set. </div>
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Click here to read what Google has to say about participating in a <a data-mce-href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangout</a>. From my experience, here are some things you can do to improve your online experience and some trouble shooting if any technical issues come up. </div>
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Send Anne an email to: PenKitten@Anne Elser.com</div>
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Every single class is live so that we can all interact with each other. I record EVERY class and upload this file immediately after class ends. You may stream the recording and you may also download and keep it. I record my classes so that students can still participate if they can't attend because of illness, time zone differences, or other issues. If in the event a recording malfunction occurs, I upload a brief review of the class, using the notes and pages I already created. I also upload images of my pages for you to view and keep for your personal use. If you can't be there.</div>
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You must be in the live class to participate int he weekly envelope exchange. You must also add your mailing address to the dropbox file we create during our first intro meeting. You can leave your mailing address as a comment. Please be sure to cover up a portion of the envelope addres if you'd like to share your work via social media. </div>
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<strong></strong>You may upload your homework and share on social media but if you'd like me to see it, you need to TAG ME. (@anneelser) on Instagram or Anne-Davnes Elser on Facebook. This is a wonderful way to keep in touch with the progress of your classmates and with me! If you'd rather be more private, go ahead and email me your work and we can correspond that way. </div>
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Class Schedule: We will meet Tuesday evenings from 6PM-8:30PM EDT for <strong>EDT for the first three weeks</strong>, then 6PM-8:30PM <strong>EST for the remaining 4.</strong> Our first meeting is a brief intro and dry-run test call on Tue Oct 16th from 6-7pm EDT. Course instruction officially begins the following Tuesday, Oct 23rd and goes from 6pm-8:30pm EDT.<br />
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This is a <strong>LIVE</strong> class, which is <strong>recorded</strong> for your enjoyment and review, then uploaded to a class folder on my Dropbox site each of our 6 weeks of class time together. If you ever have to miss a class, you can always check back later to watch what you missed abd practice at your own pace. I really enjoy the live format, and meeting so many people all over the world each week in my home. Live classes allow the student to interact with me and each other for specific feedback.<br />
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When registration closes, I will email a permanent weblink to you. This will be our virtual classroom for every time we meet. When the link and intro email is sent to you, click the link, which will open a web page in your web browser. And that's it! Google may ask you to download their software and if they do, just follow their prompts.<br />
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Please read technical notes way down at the bottom for details about participating in an online class via Google Hangout.<br />
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Here's the class schedule (Please note the change in time from ED to ES):</div>
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Week 0 • Tuesday, Oct 16, 2018 ---> Google Hangout Dry Run Test Call (about an hour 6-7PM EDT</div>
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Week 1 • Tuesday, Oct 23, 2018 6pm-8:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 2 • Tuesday, Oct 30, 2018 6pm-8:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 4 • Tuesday, Nov 13, 2018 6pm-8:30pm EST</div>
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Week 6 • Tuesday, Dec 04, 2018 6pm-8:30pm EST<br />
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<strong>Shortly before our first class you will receive a</strong><strong> welcome email containing:</strong></div>
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• PDF link to exemplar packet.</div>
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• Link to our Online Classroom</div>
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• Link to Online folders where class recordings are kept</div>
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<span class="s1">After each live class, I’ll upload either a full-length recording of my demonstrations during the class OR a 20-minute review of the pages we worked on (and snapshots of those pages) for you to later download at your conveneince. This makes it easier for students to keep up with the class if you cannot participate live. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Note: these videos will take a day or two to appear in the class notes folder, as they are very large and take a long time for them to fully upload onto my Dropbox account. Please allow for at least a day and a half after a class date before you go searching for any content of that class.</span></div>
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<strong>Week 1-3: Cursive Crush</strong></div>
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The speed of digital communication today has gifted us with more time to pursue things we love. But somewhere along the way, we’ve forgotten how good it feels to use a writing instrument to record our thoughts for ourselves and to those we love. Writing, and the time it takes to produce letterforms, is good for the body, mind, and spirit. It is also a gift to the recipient, who holds your elevated thoughts in their hands, literally, and with far more consideration and pause than through a text or email. </div>
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The child of Spencerian calligraphy, Cursive Handwriting is not forgotten, because we have made a table for you to come join us in one fun and joyous day of lettering. Students will learn (or re-learn!) capitals and lower case letterforms, through formal exercises in structure, rhythm and flow - all standards similar to those taught not that long ago. </div>
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The second half of this class or workshop is spent on the construction of open-shaded letterforms based on principles of script writing done with pointed pen. </div>
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Using a mono linear tool to describe the contour of a shaded stroke offers insight into its construction with its native tools, the broad-edge, pointed pen, or paint brush. Drawing these letter forms is not only useful in sketching out and planning of larger projects to be later filled in with ink, I believe they are also valid and beautiful class of letter forms in and of themselves. Because these letter forms are drawn with tools more commonly used today, they are the style I use more frequently in my every day writing, and therefore, have become more useful and precious to me than anything created with a dip pen. I am constantly writing letters and notes, whether on a chalkboard for my students, wedding signage for clients, fabric labels, canvas bags, handkerchiefs, monograms, journal pages, letters to friends, and much more. </div>
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Rendering a shade with a contour line offers the artist another opportunity to love the letter and learn more about the letter, and deepen your understanding of its relationship with other forms and unique features. Expression of the universal line of beauty need not be restricted to our ability to carry a pointed pen and ink well around with us every day. We can, with any mono linear tool and at any moment, study and celebrate our love of these forms with a crayon on the back of a paper menu, a pencil at the top of a grocery list, a marker labeling a box of preserved memories or a bag of home-made treats for a friend, the inside label of our child’s school uniform, every page in our journal entries, letters to friends, notes to beloved partners, and even our fingers in the sand. </div>
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• Bienfang Graphics 360 9’’x12’’ 100% Rag Marker Pad OR Borden & Riley 9’’x12’’ 100s Smooth Cotton Comp Pad</div>
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• <span class="s1">Classic Crest Antique Gray 24 lb. Smooth Writing Paper.</span> This comes in a ream of 500 8.5 x 11 sheets and works very well with fountain pen ink. Buy at www.neenahpaper.com.</div>
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• <span class="s1">Southworth Resumé</span> paper by Neenah. Office Supply stores sell this as well as amazon.com. Comes in white or ivory and has two weights: 24lb and 32 lb. I’ve used both for folding letters/envelopes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• My ultimate favorite mono linear tool is a fine-nib fountain pen. Mine is a MontBlanc LaGrande Meisterstuck. I’ve had students who have taken this course tell me that once they invested in a fountain pen, they set aside all the pens they had been using at home because a fountain pen is luxurious to write with as it glides across paper and as the wet ink dries and pools at the end of a stroke. You don’t need an expensive one. Start with a Lamy on the low end (Amazon and jetpens.com are both great places to look.) For ink, my faves are transparent grey inks: MontBlanc/Oyster Grey and Kiri-Same/Iroshizuku. These come in bottles and you’ll have to make sure you get a converter for your fountain pen instead of a box of cartridges, so you can fill your pen with bottled ink (more economical but a little more high-maintenance.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• Pentel Slicci 025 pen (Super ultra tiny, smooth and can be scratchy if you press too hard. Wonderful for precise and tiny lettering.)</div>
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For the Google Hangout to work, you'll need to be using a set of headphones during demo time to plug into your computer. During instruction, your microphones should be muted, but cameras on. This cuts down on background noise while I am demonstrating. However, when we begin introductions, and for class discussion after each exercise is completes, you should be unmuted so we can all have a lively disucssion! So please purchase a pair of earbuds if you don't already have a set. </div>
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Click here to read what Google has to say about participating in a <a data-mce-href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangout</a>. From my experience, here are some things you can do to improve your online experience and some trouble shooting if any technical issues come up. </div>
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• Make sure you're as close as you can get to your router (that box that has all the wires and gives you wifi). You can still have a good connection to your router of it's in a different room in your home, but large mirrors and other large devices can interfere with reception. Note that you may have great success even without taking these measures - this is just my practice here at home. </div>
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• <span class="pre-formatted-text">Anne Will be bringing her dog to this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of, please email Anne directly. </span><a data-mce-href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com" href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com" target="_blank">Penkitten@anneelser.com</a></div>
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<strong>About Anne</strong></div>
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After earning a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching and entertaining.</div>
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She currently teaches private lessons in person and on-line from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, occasional workshops at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting workshops.</div>
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Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.</div>
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Artist, calligrapher, teacher, mother, and friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for truth and is a soulful reflection of the connections shared by all.</div>
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This is an adult class. Childrens classes coming soon!</div>
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Send Anne an email to: PenKitten@Anne Elser.com</div>
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<strong>Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends?</strong></div>
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Every single class is live so that we can all interact with each other. I record EVERY class and upload this file immediately after class ends. You may stream the recording and you may also download and keep it. I record my classes so that students can still participate if they can't attend because of illness, time zone differences, or other issues. If in the event a recording malfunction occurs, I upload a brief review of the class, using the notes and pages I already created. I also upload images of my pages for you to view and keep for your personal use. If you can't be there.</div>
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You must be in the live class to participate int he weekly envelope exchange. You must also add your mailing address to the dropbox file we create during our first intro meeting. You can leave your mailing address as a comment. Please be sure to cover up a portion of the envelope addres if you'd like to share your work via social media. </div>
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<strong></strong>You may upload your homework and share on social media but if you'd like me to see it, you need to TAG ME. (@anneelser) on Instagram or Anne-Davnes Elser on Facebook. This is a wonderful way to keep in touch with the progress of your classmates and with me! If you'd rather be more private, go ahead and email me your work and we can correspond that way. </div>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-fear-flourishing-online-fall-18-oct-dec-wedpm-tickets-50990980395"><strong>Love, Fear, & Flourishing 6-Week Course w/ Anne Elser</strong> – ONLINE COURSE via Google Hangouts</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-fear-flourishing-online-fall-18-oct-dec-wedpm-tickets-50990980395">6 Sessions (w one practice session)| Intermediate | $200 | Min 10 Max 24| Wed Evenings | 6-8:30PM EDT & EST | Oct 17 - Dec 12 (No classes Oct 31 & Nov 21)</a><br />
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Class Schedule: We will meet Wednesday evenings from 6-8:30pm EDT for the first 2 classes, and then 6-8:30PM EST for the remaining 4. Our first meeting is a brief intro and dry-run test call on Wednesday Oct 17th from 6-7PM EDT. Course instruction officially begins the following Wednesday, Oct 24th from 6-8:30PM EDT.<br />
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This is a<strong> LIVE</strong> class, which is <strong>recorded</strong> for your enjoyment and review, then uploaded to a class folder on my Dropbox site each of our 7 weeks of class time together. If you ever have to miss a class, you can always check back later to watch what you missed abd practice at your own pace. I really enjoy the live format, and meeting so many people all over the world each week in my home. Live classes allow the student to interact with me and each other for specific feedback.<br />
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When registration closes, I will email a permanent weblink to you. This will be our virtual classroom for every time we meet. When the link and intro email is sent to you, click the link, which will open a web page in your web browser. And that's it! Google may ask you to download their software and if they do, just follow their prompts.<br />
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Please read technical notes way down at the bottom for details about participating in an online class via Google Hangout.<br />
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Week 1 • Wednesday, Oct 24, 2018 6-7pm EDT</div>
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The definition of flourish is to flower. <strong>We all flower</strong> in our language, thoughts, hopes and dreams, body movements, voices, and in our relationships with each other and the beautiful big world we share. But most importantly, we flourish all by ourselves - <strong>our bodies do this automatically</strong> - we were built this way. Look at the branching of blood vessels in our bodies, how our fingers splay open or fan out like flowers, the growth pattern of the hair on our heads, all the many muscles in our face that produce a genuine smile. That’s flourishing.</div>
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You have permission to flourish. And THAT is the largest obstacle we all face. </div>
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<strong>Everyone can flourish</strong>, but it is a daunting task for so many of us to draw one on paper. This workshop is designed to create a sense of ease with the idea of flourishing. We will identify points of fear and anxiety in our approach to flourishing, that wobble our lines and tense up our bodies, and we will heal ourselves from these negative work habits that make any exploration, especially this one, an unpleasant task.</div>
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We’ll <strong>train the eye and awakening the body</strong> (fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders and breath) to align with each other. We’ll begin with identifying the unique capabilities of our joints and how they best function in relation to the kinds of strokes we are drawing, from the wrist, elbow, shoulder, and fingers. We will begin to train our bodies to capably reproduce the elements of flourishes that make them work and that our eyes have learned to identify: Ovals, Perpendicular Intersections, Intersecting Ovals, Parallel Strokes, Shade and Hairline Relationships, Accents, Textures, and MORE.</div>
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<strong>We'll fall in love with the oval</strong>, so that are lines are never lost, always at home, and always pointing back towards home, <em>at every angle and size imaginable</em>. You cannot flourish without making ovals. And you won't want to make one, if it doesn't FEEL GOOD to make one. We'll make it feel good AND we'll train your eyes to identify opportunities for oval placement. </div>
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Working in pencil, straight/oblique pointed pens, and everyday pens (everything from felt tip, roller ball, gel pens, fountain pens, etc.) we’ll <strong>memorize standard flourishing movements and exercises</strong> that have been around a long time, and how to adjust and vary their proportions to suit our needs. We’ll learn how to exaggerate ascenders and descenders, the crossing of t’s, and the endings of words. We’ll learn to curl these strokes around the graceful curve of an oval, so that our pens are never lost, our strokes finding their way back home, even through the most subtle of suggestions. We’ll make flourishes that stand alone, work with each other, and that accent a word.</div>
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And best of all, we’ll do this together. We'll undo and heal all the negative thoughts you have in your head about your capacity to flourish. <strong>This course is a giant oval-shaped hug</strong> for your hands, your body, your thoughts, and of course - your work. </div>
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After earning a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching and entertaining.</div>
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She currently teaches private lessons from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, as well as Thursday afternoon classes at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting workshops.</div>
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Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.</div>
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Artist, calligrapher, teacher, mother, and friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for truth and is a soulful reflection of the connections shared by all.</div>
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Purchase a pair of <strong>earbuds or headphones</strong> to wear during class. </div>
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Binders Art Supply (<a data-mce-href="http://www.bindersart.com/" href="http://www.bindersart.com/" target="_blank">bindersart.com</a>) is the best local Atlanta spot to purchase supplies for this class and they will give you a student discount! Anything that you can’t find there, can be purchased at John Neal Books (<a data-mce-href="http://www.johnnealbooks.com/" href="http://www.johnnealbooks.com/" target="_blank">johnnealbooks.com</a>) or Paper and Ink Arts (<a data-mce-href="http://www.paperinkarts.com/" href="http://www.paperinkarts.com/" target="_blank">paperinkarts.com</a>).</div>
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Transparent Marker Paper: Suggested brands below, but use whichever brands you’re comfortable with.</div>
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• Southworth Résumé Paper in White or Ivory (24 or 32 lb.). Neenah Paper sells this 100% cotton sheet in boxes of 100 at any office supply store or on amazon.com.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• Pointed pen nib for lettering and flourishing and a pen holder. I prefer using an oblique pen holder, but you’re more than welcome to use a straight holder<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span>if you prefer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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For the Google Hangout to work, you'll need to be using a set of headphones during demo time to plug into your computer. During instruction, your microphones should be muted, but cameras on. This cuts down on background noise while I am demonstrating. However, when we begin introductions, and for class discussion after each exercise is completes, you should be unmuted so we can all have a lively disucssion! So please purchase a pair of earbuds if you don't already have a set. </div>
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Click here to read what Google has to say about participating in a <a data-mce-href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangout</a>. From my experience, here are some things you can do to improve your online experience and some trouble shooting if any technical issues come up. </div>
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Every single class is live so that we can all interact with each other. I record EVERY class and upload this file immediately after class ends. You may stream the recording and you may also download and keep it. I record my classes so that students can still participate if they can't attend because of illness, time zone differences, or other issues. If in the event a recording malfunction occurs, I upload a brief review of the class, using the notes and pages I already created. I also upload images of my pages for you to view and keep for your personal use. If you can't be there.</div>
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You must be in the live class to participate int he weekly envelope exchange. You must also add your mailing address to the dropbox file we create during our first intro meeting. You can leave your mailing address as a comment. Please be sure to cover up a portion of the envelope addres if you'd like to share your work via social media. </div>
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<strong></strong>You may upload your homework and share on social media but if you'd like me to see it, you need to TAG ME. (@anneelser) on Instagram or Anne-Davnes Elser on Facebook. This is a wonderful way to keep in touch with the progress of your classmates and with me! If you'd rather be more private, go ahead and email me your work and we can correspond that way. </div>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flora-online-fall18-oct-dec-satam-tickets-50991519006"><strong>FLORA 6-Week Course w/ Anne Elser</strong> – ONLINE COURSE via Google Hangouts</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flora-online-fall18-oct-dec-satam-tickets-50991519006">(Note: this is the beginning FLORA class, NOT the Flora 2 class.)</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flora-online-fall18-oct-dec-satam-tickets-50991519006">6 Sessions (w one practice session)| Beginning/Intermediate (<strong>Mono Linear Lettering is a prerequisite for this class.)</strong>| $200 **| Min 10 Max 24| Sat mornings | 10am-12:30PM EDT&EST | Oct 20 - Dec 08 (NO class Nov 24)</a><br />
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Class Schedule: We will meet Saturday mornings from 10am-12:30pm EDT for the first 3 weeks, and then 10am-12:30pm EST for the remaining 3 weeks. Our first meeting is a brief intro and dry-run test call on Saturday Oct 20th from 10-11AM EDT. Course instruction officially begins the following Saturday, Oct 27th from 10AM-12:30PM EDT.<br />
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This is a<strong> LIVE</strong> class, which is <strong>recorded</strong> for your enjoyment and review, then uploaded to a class folder on my Dropbox site each of our 7 weeks of class time together. If you ever have to miss a class, you can always check back later to watch what you missed abd practice at your own pace. I really enjoy the live format, and meeting so many people all over the world each week in my home. Live classes allow the student to interact with me and each other for specific feedback.<br />
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When registration closes, I will email a permanent weblink to you. This will be our virtual classroom for every time we meet. When the link and intro email is sent to you, click the link, which will open a web page in your web browser. And that's it! Google may ask you to download their software and if they do, just follow their prompts.<br />
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Please read technical notes way down at the bottom for details about participating in an online class via Google Hangout.<br />
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<span class="s1">After each live class, I’ll upload either a full-length recording of my demonstrations during the class OR a 20-minute review of the pages we worked on (and snapshots of those pages) for you to later download at your conveneince. This makes it easier for students to keep up with the class if you cannot participate live. </span></div>
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Flora was born on the heels of my course “Love, Fear, and Flourishing” after a solid year of working with students from all over, who saw (many of them for the first time) the freedom an oval provides when harnessing the power of the flourish and how it relates to our lettering.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Flora is also a direct extension of “Mono Linear Lettering: Cursive Crush & Open-Shaded Script” in that we move closer to painting with the aid of a mono line celebrated with a watercolor PENCIL and awakened gently with a fine pointed brush. This two-step process is as pleasurable as it is fascinating and it is my deepest desire that you discover more of yourself in the gentle forms of curving leaves, folding petals, and sweeping stems, all along the oval paths of your letter forms and flourishes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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FLORA is a feminine personification of the healing powers of nature, and draws upon the texture florae make available when looking for a way to fill out and make more dense, our work. FLORA is first drawn with our oldest friend, the pencil - that pressure-sensitive, soft, blunt stick we are all more familiar with than most - the tool we held as toddlers that made our first marks on paper - the beloved crayon, pencil, or colored pencil.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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This is my prayer and goal in teaching FLORA. I am sharing with you, my personal mode of self care and healing. FLORA is what I do each and every morning as I sit by the fire to journal. I use her to process my thoughts, to welcome the day, to asks for grace, and to find the silver lining in everything that crosses my path. She is a gentle way for me to try on larger, braver strokes. She’s soft, adaptable, and portable. FLORA requires paper, a small brush, pencil, one cake of watercolor, a small amount of water, and my newest friend: you.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• A student needs to have taken “Mono Linear Lettering: Cursive Crush & Open-Shaded Script”, before taking FLORA. If you’ve already taken Flourishing, that’s great - but if not, take that next!</div>
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• $8 Fee due (in-person Atlanta students only) to the instructor on the first day of class or workshop.</div>
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• If you’re in Atlanta, Anne will be bringing her dog to this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of, please email Anne directly. Penkitten@anneelser.com</div>
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After earning a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching and entertaining.</div>
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She currently teaches private lessons from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, as well as Thursday afternoon classes at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting workshops.</div>
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Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.</div>
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Artist, calligrapher, teacher, mother, and friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for truth and is a soulful reflection of the connections shared by all.</div>
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Binders Art Supply (bindersart.com) is the best local spot to purchase supplies for this class and they will give you a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>student discount! Anything that you can’t find there, can be purchased online at amazon.com, John Neal Books (johnnealbooks.com) or Paper and Ink Arts (paperinkarts.com).</div>
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• <span class="s2">Arches BFK Rives White Velin paper</span> 19 x 26 sheets that I cut down to 8.5 x 11 or smaller. I love this paper because it’s thin, soft, and folds easily and isn’t as expensive as watercolor paper. Save the scraps for testing colors. Note that this paper is very unsuitable for pointed pen - so if you want to add pointed pen embellishments to your work, use a hot press watercolor sheet instead.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Colors I use frequently: Port (01), Steel Blue (06), Aubergine (03), Ivy (11), Autumn Brown (17), Cool Brown (15), Chestnut (13), Dark Indigo (04), Meadow (10).</div>
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Colors I use frequently: Light Magenta (119), Rose Carmine (124), Dark Red (225), Manganese Violet (160), Dark Naples Ochre (184), Burnt Umber (280), Light Phthalo Blue (145), Juniper Green (165), Chrome Oxide Green Fiery (276), Raw Umber (180), Olive Green Yellowish (175), Cobalt Green (156), Deep Scarlet Red (219). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Click here to read what Google has to say about participating in a <a data-mce-href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangout</a>. From my experience, here are some things you can do to improve your online experience and some trouble shooting if any technical issues come up. </div>
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Every single class is live so that we can all interact with each other. I record EVERY class and upload this file immediately after class ends. You may stream the recording and you may also download and keep it. I record my classes so that students can still participate if they can't attend because of illness, time zone differences, or other issues. If in the event a recording malfunction occurs, I upload a brief review of the class, using the notes and pages I already created. I also upload images of my pages for you to view and keep for your personal use. If you can't be there.</div>
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You must be in the live class to participate int he weekly envelope exchange. You must also add your mailing address to the dropbox file we create during our first intro meeting. You can leave your mailing address as a comment. Please be sure to cover up a portion of the envelope addres if you'd like to share your work via social media. </div>
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<strong></strong>You may upload your homework and share on social media but if you'd like me to see it, you need to TAG ME. (@anneelser) on Instagram or Anne-Davnes Elser on Facebook. This is a wonderful way to keep in touch with the progress of your classmates and with me! If you'd rather be more private, go ahead and email me your work and we can correspond that way. </div>
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Class Schedule: We will meet Tuesday mornings from 6PM-8:30PM EDT for 7 weeks. Our first meeting is a brief intro and dry-run test call on Tue Aug 14 from 10-11am EDT. Course instruction officially begins the following Tuesday, Aug 21st and goes from 10am-12:30pm EDT. </div>
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This is a <strong>LIVE</strong> class, which is <strong>recorded</strong> for your enjoyment and review, then uploaded to a class folder on my Dropbox site each of our 6 weeks of class time together. If you ever have to miss a class, you can always check back later to watch what you missed abd practice at your own pace. I really enjoy the live format, and meeting so many people all over the world each week in my home. Live classes allow the student to interact with me and each other for specific feedback. </div>
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When registration closes, I will email a permanent weblink to you. This will be our virtual classroom for every time we meet. When the link and intro email is sent to you, click the link, which will open a web page in your web browser. And that's it! Google may ask you to download their software and if they do, just follow their prompts.</div>
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Please read technical notes way down at the bottom for details about participating in an online class via Google Hangout.</div>
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Week 0 • Tuesday Aug 14, 2018 ---> Google Hangout Dry Run Test Call (30 mins) 10-11AM EDT</div>
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Week 1 • Tuesday Aug 21, 2018, 10AM-12:30PM EDT</div>
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<strong>Shortly before our first class you will receive a</strong><strong> welcome email containing:</strong></div>
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• Link to our Online Classroom</div>
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• Link to Online folders where class recordings are kept</div>
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<span class="s1">After each live class, I’ll upload either a full-length recording of my demonstrations during the class OR a 20-minute review of the pages we worked on (and snapshots of those pages) for you to later download at your conveneince. This makes it easier for students to keep up with the class if you cannot participate live. </span></div>
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The speed of digital communication today has gifted us with more time to pursue things we love. But somewhere along the way, we’ve forgotten how good it feels to use a writing instrument to record our thoughts for ourselves and to those we love. Writing, and the time it takes to produce letterforms, is good for the body, mind, and spirit. It is also a gift to the recipient, who holds your elevated thoughts in their hands, literally, and with far more consideration and pause than through a text or email. </div>
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The child of Spencerian calligraphy, Cursive Handwriting is not forgotten, because we have made a table for you to come join us in one fun and joyous day of lettering. Students will learn (or re-learn!) capitals and lower case letterforms, through formal exercises in structure, rhythm and flow - all standards similar to those taught not that long ago. </div>
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Using a mono linear tool to describe the contour of a shaded stroke offers insight into its construction with its native tools, the broad-edge, pointed pen, or paint brush. Drawing these letter forms is not only useful in sketching out and planning of larger projects to be later filled in with ink, I believe they are also valid and beautiful class of letter forms in and of themselves. Because these letter forms are drawn with tools more commonly used today, they are the style I use more frequently in my every day writing, and therefore, have become more useful and precious to me than anything created with a dip pen. I am constantly writing letters and notes, whether on a chalkboard for my students, wedding signage for clients, fabric labels, canvas bags, handkerchiefs, monograms, journal pages, letters to friends, and much more. </div>
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Rendering a shade with a contour line offers the artist another opportunity to love the letter and learn more about the letter, and deepen your understanding of its relationship with other forms and unique features. Expression of the universal line of beauty need not be restricted to our ability to carry a pointed pen and ink well around with us every day. We can, with any mono linear tool and at any moment, study and celebrate our love of these forms with a crayon on the back of a paper menu, a pencil at the top of a grocery list, a marker labeling a box of preserved memories or a bag of home-made treats for a friend, the inside label of our child’s school uniform, every page in our journal entries, letters to friends, notes to beloved partners, and even our fingers in the sand. </div>
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• Bienfang Graphics 360 9’’x12’’ 100% Rag Marker Pad OR Borden & Riley 9’’x12’’ 100s Smooth Cotton Comp Pad</div>
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• <span class="s1">Strathmore Calligraphy Writing Paper</span> Pad 8.5 x 11.</div>
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• <span class="s1">Classic Crest Antique Gray 24 lb. Smooth Writing Paper.</span> This comes in a ream of 500 8.5 x 11 sheets and works very well with fountain pen ink. Buy at www.neenahpaper.com.</div>
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• <span class="s1">Southworth Resumé</span> paper by Neenah. Office Supply stores sell this as well as amazon.com. Comes in white or ivory and has two weights: 24lb and 32 lb. I’ve used both for folding letters/envelopes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• My ultimate favorite mono linear tool is a fine-nib fountain pen. Mine is a MontBlanc LaGrande Meisterstuck. I’ve had students who have taken this course tell me that once they invested in a fountain pen, they set aside all the pens they had been using at home because a fountain pen is luxurious to write with as it glides across paper and as the wet ink dries and pools at the end of a stroke. You don’t need an expensive one. Start with a Lamy on the low end (Amazon and jetpens.com are both great places to look.) For ink, my faves are transparent grey inks: MontBlanc/Oyster Grey and Kiri-Same/Iroshizuku. These come in bottles and you’ll have to make sure you get a converter for your fountain pen instead of a box of cartridges, so you can fill your pen with bottled ink (more economical but a little more high-maintenance.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• A variety of ultra fine, fine, and medium point pens (for wide markers make sure to get bullet point and not chisel). These need to be your favorites. Listed below are pens I’ve loved and used in the past.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• Pentel Slicci 025 pen (Super ultra tiny, smooth and can be scratchy if you press too hard. Wonderful for precise and tiny lettering.)</div>
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For the Google Hangout to work, you'll need to be using a set of headphones during demo time to plug into your computer. During instruction, your microphones should be muted, but cameras on. This cuts down on background noise while I am demonstrating. However, when we begin introductions, and for class discussion after each exercise is completes, you should be unmuted so we can all have a lively disucssion! So please purchase a pair of earbuds if you don't already have a set. </div>
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Click here to read what Google has to say about participating in a <a data-mce-href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangout</a>. From my experience, here are some things you can do to improve your online experience and some trouble shooting if any technical issues come up. </div>
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• Ask other members of your household not to use the internet/wifi while you're streaming the class</div>
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• Make sure you're as close as you can get to your router (that box that has all the wires and gives you wifi). You can still have a good connection to your router of it's in a different room in your home, but large mirrors and other large devices can interfere with reception. Note that you may have great success even without taking these measures - this is just my practice here at home. </div>
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• If your connection isn't the greatest (poor image or no sound/video), hang up the call and return. Upon returning, if it hasn't improved, quit your browser and restart your computer. That ALWAYS helps.</div>
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• <span class="pre-formatted-text">Anne Will be bringing her dog to this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of, please email Anne directly. </span><a data-mce-href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com" href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com" target="_blank">Penkitten@anneelser.com</a></div>
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<strong>About Anne</strong></div>
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After earning a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching and entertaining.</div>
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She currently teaches private lessons in person and on-line from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, occasional workshops at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting workshops.</div>
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Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.</div>
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Artist, calligrapher, teacher, mother, and friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for truth and is a soulful reflection of the connections shared by all.</div>
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<strong>FAQs</strong></div>
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<strong>Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?</strong></div>
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This is an adult class. Childrens classes coming soon!</div>
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<strong>What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?</strong></div>
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<strong>How can I contact the organizer with any questions?</strong></div>
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Send Anne an email to: PenKitten@Anne Elser.com</div>
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<strong>What's the refund policy?</strong></div>
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Refunds are not available at this time.</div>
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<strong>Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?</strong></div>
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<strong>Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable?</strong></div>
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<strong>Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends?</strong></div>
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Yes. If you purchased this class or workshop as a gift, please let me know the name of the person taking the class when you register. </div>
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<strong>If this is an online class and I can't be there live, how do I participate?</strong></div>
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Every single class is live so that we can all interact with each other. I record EVERY class and upload this file immediately after class ends. You may stream the recording and you may also download and keep it. I record my classes so that students can still participate if they can't attend because of illness, time zone differences, or other issues. If in the event a recording malfunction occurs, I upload a brief review of the class, using the notes and pages I already created. I also upload images of my pages for you to view and keep for your personal use. If you can't be there.</div>
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<strong>How do I participate in the envelope exchange at the end of the class? </strong></div>
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You must be in the live class to participate int he weekly envelope exchange. You must also add your mailing address to the dropbox file we create during our first intro meeting. You can leave your mailing address as a comment. Please be sure to cover up a portion of the envelope addres if you'd like to share your work via social media. </div>
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<strong>How do I receive feedback on my homework?</strong></div>
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<strong></strong>You may upload your homework and share on social media but if you'd like me to see it, you need to TAG ME. (@anneelser) on Instagram or Anne-Davnes Elser on Facebook. This is a wonderful way to keep in touch with the progress of your classmates and with me! If you'd rather be more private, go ahead and email me your work and we can correspond that way. </div>
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<strong>How soon after a class ends, will I be able to view it online?</strong> </div>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flora-augsep-2018-online-6-wk-tue-pm-course-tickets-48025330055"><strong>FLORA 6-Week Course w/ Anne Elser</strong> – ONLINE COURSE via Google Hangouts</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flora-augsep-2018-online-6-wk-tue-pm-course-tickets-48025330055">6 Sessions (w one practice session)| Beginning/Intermediate (<strong>Mono Linear Lettering is a prerequisite for this class.)</strong>| Price: $200 **| Min 10 Max 24| Tue Evenings | 6-8:30PM EDT|Aug 14 - Sep 25</a></div>
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Class Schedule: We will meet Tuesday evenings from 6-8:30pm EDT for six weeks with one 1-hour practice session a week before class starts. Our first meeting is a brief intro and dry-run test call on Tuesday Aug 14th from 6-7PM EDT. Course instruction officially begins the following Tuesday, Aug 21st from 6-8:30PM EDT. </div>
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This is a<strong> LIVE</strong> class, which is <strong>recorded</strong> for your enjoyment and review, then uploaded to a class folder on my Dropbox site each of our 7 weeks of class time together. If you ever have to miss a class, you can always check back later to watch what you missed abd practice at your own pace. I really enjoy the live format, and meeting so many people all over the world each week in my home. Live classes allow the student to interact with me and each other for specific feedback. </div>
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When registration closes, I will email a permanent weblink to you. This will be our virtual classroom for every time we meet. When the link and intro email is sent to you, click the link, which will open a web page in your web browser. And that's it! Google may ask you to download their software and if they do, just follow their prompts.</div>
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Please read technical notes way down at the bottom for details about participating in an online class via Google Hangout.</div>
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Here's the class schedule:</div>
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Week 0 • Tuesday, Aug 14, 2018 ---> Google Hangout Dry Run Test Call (about an hour 6-7PM EDT</div>
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Week 1 • Tuesday, Aug 21, 2018 6-8:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 2 • Tuesday, Aug 28 2018 6-8:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 3 • Tuesday, Sep 04, 2018 6-8:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 4 • Tuesday, Sep 11, 2018 6-8:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 5 • Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 6-8:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 6 • Tuesday, Sep 25, 2018 6-8:30pm EDT</div>
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<strong>After you register and before the class begins, you will receive a</strong><strong> welcome email containing:</strong></div>
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• Link to our online classroom folder where you can find uploads each week and a PDF link to exemplar packet t download and print out for our first class.</div>
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• The Google Hangout Classroom link we will use every week. </div>
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<span class="s1">After each live class, I’ll upload either a full-length recording of my demonstrations during the class OR a 20-minute review of the pages we worked on (and snapshots of those pages) for you to later download at your conveneince. This makes it easier for students to keep up with the class if you cannot participate live. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Note: these videos will take a day or two to appear in the class notes folder, as they are very large and take a long time for them to fully upload onto my Dropbox account. Please allow for at least a day and a half after a class date before you go searching for any content of that class.</span></div>
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Welcome to <span class="s1">FLORA</span> with Anne Elser! <span class="s1">•</span></div>
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“<i>In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks</i>.“ -John Muir</div>
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“<i>You do not have to be good.</i></div>
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<i>You do not have to walk on your knees</i></div>
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<i>for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.</i></div>
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<i>You only have to let the soft animal of your body<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></div>
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<i>love what it loves.</i></div>
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<i>Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.</i></div>
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<i>Meanwhile the world goes on.</i></div>
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<i>Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain</i></div>
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<i>over the prairies and the deep trees,</i></div>
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<i>the mountains and the rivers.</i></div>
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<i>Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,</i></div>
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<i>Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,</i></div>
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<i>the world offers itself to your imagination,</i></div>
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<i>calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –</i></div>
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<i>in the family of things.”</i> - Wild Geese by Mary Oliver</div>
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Flora was born on the heels of my course “Love, Fear, and Flourishing” after a solid year of working with students from all over, who saw (many of them for the first time) the freedom an oval provides when harnessing the power of the flourish and how it relates to our lettering.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Flora is also a direct extension of “Mono Linear Lettering: Cursive Crush & Open-Shaded Script” in that we move closer to painting with the aid of a mono line celebrated with a watercolor PENCIL and awakened gently with a fine pointed brush. This two-step process is as pleasurable as it is fascinating and it is my deepest desire that you discover more of yourself in the gentle forms of curving leaves, folding petals, and sweeping stems, all along the oval paths of your letter forms and flourishes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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FLORA is a feminine personification of the healing powers of nature, and draws upon the texture florae make available when looking for a way to fill out and make more dense, our work. FLORA is first drawn with our oldest friend, the pencil - that pressure-sensitive, soft, blunt stick we are all more familiar with than most - the tool we held as toddlers that made our first marks on paper - the beloved crayon, pencil, or colored pencil.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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But now that we are grown-ups, why be satisfied with a mere pencil, when you can use a <i>watercolor pencil</i>, right?!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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The watercolor pencil’s unique gift is that it can be awakened with water, and not only that, but it can change when that water carries <span class="s2">with it another pigment. We will use soft oval-shaped curves to</span> describe absolutely every space-filling element on the page and with every stroke, you’ll find yourself allowing, as Mary Oliver so eloquently states, “the soft animal of your body (to) love what it loves.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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This is my prayer and goal in teaching FLORA. I am sharing with you, my personal mode of self care and healing. FLORA is what I do each and every morning as I sit by the fire to journal. I use her to process my thoughts, to welcome the day, to asks for grace, and to find the silver lining in everything that crosses my path. She is a gentle way for me to try on larger, braver strokes. She’s soft, adaptable, and portable. FLORA requires paper, a small brush, pencil, one cake of watercolor, a small amount of water, and my newest friend: you.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• A student needs to have taken “Mono Linear Lettering: Cursive Crush & Open-Shaded Script”, before taking FLORA. If you’ve already taken Flourishing, that’s great - but if not, take that next!</div>
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• $8 Fee due (in-person Atlanta students only) to the instructor on the first day of class or workshop.</div>
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• If you’re in Atlanta, Anne will be bringing her dog to this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of, please email Anne directly. Penkitten@anneelser.com</div>
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<strong>About Anne</strong></div>
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After earning a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching and entertaining.</div>
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She currently teaches private lessons from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, as well as Thursday afternoon classes at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting workshops.</div>
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Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.</div>
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Artist, calligrapher, teacher, mother, and friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for truth and is a soulful reflection of the connections shared by all.</div>
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Supply List:</div>
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Binders Art Supply (bindersart.com) is the best local spot to purchase supplies for this class and they will give you a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>student discount! Anything that you can’t find there, can be purchased online at amazon.com, John Neal Books (johnnealbooks.com) or Paper and Ink Arts (paperinkarts.com).</div>
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<span class="s2">Transparent Marker Paper</span>: great for tracing and warm-ups. Can withstand a VERY <i>small</i> amount of paint for experimenting and warming up, but not great for final work as it gets quite wrinkly when wet. Suggested brands below, but use whichever brands you’re comfortable with.</div>
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• Bienfang Graphics 360 9’’x12’’ Marker Pad</div>
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• <span class="s2">Classic Crest Antique Gray, Smooth Writing Paper, 24W</span>. Neenah Paper (neenahpaper.com) sells this by the 500-sheet ream at $33.95 (item #01361). It’s what I use in my sketchbooks each morning. This paper does well with fountain pen ink, and can also stand a bit of water color.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Any Hot Press (smooth) watercolor paper will perform very well. Below are brands I’ve used and liked. You’ll want to have at least ten 8.5 x 11 sheets of either of these.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• <span class="s2">Arches BFK Rives White Velin paper</span> 19 x 26 sheets that I cut down to 8.5 x 11 or smaller. I love this paper because it’s thin, soft, and folds easily and isn’t as expensive as watercolor paper. Save the scraps for testing colors. Note that this paper is very unsuitable for pointed pen - so if you want to add pointed pen embellishments to your work, use a hot press watercolor sheet instead.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• <span class="s2">Arches or Fabriano Artistico 140 lb Hot Press Watercolor Paper</span> cut down to 8.5 x 11 or smaller.</div>
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Watercolor Pencils: I use 2 brands for different purposes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• <span class="s2">Derwent Graphitint Watercolor Pencils:</span> <i>These are soft and creamy and I rarely sharpen them to their finest point. These loosen more easily into paint and I use them a lot.</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Colors I use frequently: Port (01), Steel Blue (06), Aubergine (03), Ivy (11), Autumn Brown (17), Cool Brown (15), Chestnut (13), Dark Indigo (04), Meadow (10).</div>
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• <span class="s2">Faber-Castell Albrect Durer Watercolor Pencils:</span> <i>These are a harder pencil that I use more for adding crisp, sharp details when finalizing a piece.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></div>
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Colors I use frequently: Light Magenta (119), Rose Carmine (124), Dark Red (225), Manganese Violet (160), Dark Naples Ochre (184), Burnt Umber (280), Light Phthalo Blue (145), Juniper Green (165), Chrome Oxide Green Fiery (276), Raw Umber (180), Olive Green Yellowish (175), Cobalt Green (156), Deep Scarlet Red (219). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• <span class="s2">Dr. Martin’s Bleedproof White</span> I scoop out a dab to my watercolor palette and let it dry in each corner of my mixing tray. This makes a great white to mix in with any of your watercolors.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Watercolor Pan Set: <i>(NOTE - IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE YOU LIKE, FEEL FREE TO USE IT INSTEAD OF THIS ONE!)</i></div>
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• <span class="s2">Winsor & Newton Professional OR Cotman (student-grade) Watercolors Compact Set</span> with 14 half pans. There IS a price difference between professional ($75) and student grade ($20). I’ve been using the student grade just fine. I’ll upgrade to professional in the near future.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• Pentel Aquash Water Brush - FINE.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• Mechanical pencil to line paper</div>
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• White or kneaded eraser</div>
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• Chocolate</div>
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• Dog Treats</div>
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<strong>Google Hangout Technical Notes: </strong></div>
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For the Google Hangout to work, you'll need to be using a set of headphones during demo time to plug into your computer. During instruction, your microphones should be muted, but cameras on. This cuts down on background noise while I am demonstrating. However, when we begin introductions, and for class discussion after each exercise is completes, you should be unmuted so we can all have a lively disucssion! So please purchase a pair of earbuds if you don't already have a set. </div>
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Click here to read what Google has to say about participating in a <a data-mce-href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangout</a>. From my experience, here are some things you can do to improve your online experience and some trouble shooting if any technical issues come up. </div>
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• Quit all other open applications on your device that are actively using the internet.</div>
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• Ask other members of your household not to use the internet/wifi while you're streaming the class</div>
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• Make sure you're as close as you can get to your router (that box that has all the wires and gives you wifi). You can still have a good connection to your router of it's in a different room in your home, but large mirrors and other large devices can interfere with reception. Note that you may have great success even without taking these measures - this is just my practice here at home. </div>
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• If your connection isn't the greatest (poor image or no sound/video), hang up the call and return. Upon returning, if it hasn't improved, quit your browser and restart your computer. That ALWAYS helps.</div>
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• If your camera suddenly goes blank, use the camera icon at the top of your screen to toggle it off and on again. </div>
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<strong>Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?</strong></div>
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This is an adult class. Childrens classes coming soon!</div>
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<strong>What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?</strong></div>
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<strong>How can I contact the organizer with any questions?</strong></div>
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Send Anne an email to: PenKitten@Anne Elser.com</div>
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<strong>What's the refund policy?</strong></div>
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Refunds are not available at this time.</div>
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<strong>Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?</strong></div>
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<strong>Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable?</strong></div>
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No. </div>
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<strong>Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends?</strong></div>
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Yes. If you purchased this class or workshop as a gift, please let me know the name of the person taking the class when you register. </div>
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<strong>If this is an online class and I can't be there live, how do I participate?</strong></div>
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Every single class is live so that we can all interact with each other. I record EVERY class and upload this file immediately after class ends. You may stream the recording and you may also download and keep it. I record my classes so that students can still participate if they can't attend because of illness, time zone differences, or other issues. If in the event a recording malfunction occurs, I upload a brief review of the class, using the notes and pages I already created. I also upload images of my pages for you to view and keep for your personal use. If you can't be there.</div>
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<strong>How do I participate in the envelope exchange at the end of the class? </strong></div>
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You must be in the live class to participate int he weekly envelope exchange. You must also add your mailing address to the dropbox file we create during our first intro meeting. You can leave your mailing address as a comment. Please be sure to cover up a portion of the envelope addres if you'd like to share your work via social media. </div>
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<strong>How do I receive feedback on my homework?</strong></div>
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<strong></strong>You may upload your homework and share on social media but if you'd like me to see it, you need to TAG ME. (@anneelser) on Instagram or Anne-Davnes Elser on Facebook. This is a wonderful way to keep in touch with the progress of your classmates and with me! If you'd rather be more private, go ahead and email me your work and we can correspond that way. </div>
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<strong>How soon after a class ends, will I be able to view it online?</strong> </div>
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It generally takes 12-24 hours for a class recording to fully upload. </div>
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Class Schedule: We will meet Wednesday evenings from 6-8:30pm EDT for six weeks with one 1-hour practice session a week before class starts. Our first meeting is a brief intro and dry-run test call on Wednesday Aug 15th from 6-7PM EDT. Course instruction officially begins the following Wednesday, Aug 22nd from 6-8:30PM EDT. </div>
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This is a<strong> LIVE</strong> class, which is <strong>recorded</strong> for your enjoyment and review, then uploaded to a class folder on my Dropbox site each of our 7 weeks of class time together. If you ever have to miss a class, you can always check back later to watch what you missed abd practice at your own pace. I really enjoy the live format, and meeting so many people all over the world each week in my home. Live classes allow the student to interact with me and each other for specific feedback. </div>
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When registration closes, I will email a permanent weblink to you. This will be our virtual classroom for every time we meet. When the link and intro email is sent to you, click the link, which will open a web page in your web browser. And that's it! Google may ask you to download their software and if they do, just follow their prompts.</div>
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Please read technical notes way down at the bottom for details about participating in an online class via Google Hangout.</div>
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Here's the class schedule:</div>
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Week 0 • Wednesday, Aug 15, 2018 ---> Google Hangout Dry Run Test Call (about an hour 6-7PM EDT</div>
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Week 1 • Wednesday, Aug 22, 2018 6-8:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 2 • Wednesday, Aug 29 2018 6-8:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 3 • Wednesday, Sep 05, 2018 6-8:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 4 • Wednesday, Sep 12, 2018 6-8:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 5 • Wednesday, Sep 19, 2018 6-8:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 6 • Wednesday, Sep 26, 2018 6-8:30pm EDT</div>
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<strong>After you register and before the class begins, you will receive a</strong><strong> welcome email containing:</strong></div>
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• Link to our online classroom folder where you can find uploads each week and a PDF link to exemplar packet t download and print out for our first class.</div>
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• The Google Hangout Classroom link we will use every week. </div>
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<span class="s1">After each live class, I’ll upload either a full-length recording of my demonstrations during the class OR a 20-minute review of the pages we worked on (and snapshots of those pages) for you to later download at your conveneince. This makes it easier for students to keep up with the class if you cannot participate live. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Note: these videos will take a day or two to appear in the class notes folder, as they are very large and take a long time for them to fully upload onto my Dropbox account. Please allow for at least a day and a half after a class date before you go searching for any content of that class.</span></div>
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<strong>Calligraphic Flourishing Course Description:</strong></div>
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The definition of flourish is to flower. <strong>We all flower</strong> in our language, thoughts, hopes and dreams, body movements, voices, and in our relationships with each other and the beautiful big world we share. But most importantly, we flourish all by ourselves - <strong>our bodies do this automatically</strong> - we were built this way. Look at the branching of blood vessels in our bodies, how our fingers splay open or fan out like flowers, the growth pattern of the hair on our heads, all the many muscles in our face that produce a genuine smile. That’s flourishing.</div>
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You have permission to flourish. And THAT is the largest obstacle we all face. </div>
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<strong>Everyone can flourish</strong>, but it is a daunting task for so many of us to draw one on paper. This workshop is designed to create a sense of ease with the idea of flourishing. We will identify points of fear and anxiety in our approach to flourishing, that wobble our lines and tense up our bodies, and we will heal ourselves from these negative work habits that make any exploration, especially this one, an unpleasant task.</div>
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We’ll <strong>train the eye and awakening the body</strong> (fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders and breath) to align with each other. We’ll begin with identifying the unique capabilities of our joints and how they best function in relation to the kinds of strokes we are drawing, from the wrist, elbow, shoulder, and fingers. We will begin to train our bodies to capably reproduce the elements of flourishes that make them work and that our eyes have learned to identify: Ovals, Perpendicular Intersections, Intersecting Ovals, Parallel Strokes, Shade and Hairline Relationships, Accents, Textures, and MORE.</div>
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<strong>We'll fall in love with the oval</strong>, so that are lines are never lost, always at home, and always pointing back towards home, <em>at every angle and size imaginable</em>. You cannot flourish without making ovals. And you won't want to make one, if it doesn't FEEL GOOD to make one. We'll make it feel good AND we'll train your eyes to identify opportunities for oval placement. </div>
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Working in pencil, straight/oblique pointed pens, and everyday pens (everything from felt tip, roller ball, gel pens, fountain pens, etc.) we’ll <strong>memorize standard flourishing movements and exercises</strong> that have been around a long time, and how to adjust and vary their proportions to suit our needs. We’ll learn how to exaggerate ascenders and descenders, the crossing of t’s, and the endings of words. We’ll learn to curl these strokes around the graceful curve of an oval, so that our pens are never lost, our strokes finding their way back home, even through the most subtle of suggestions. We’ll make flourishes that stand alone, work with each other, and that accent a word.</div>
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And best of all, we’ll do this together. We'll undo and heal all the negative thoughts you have in your head about your capacity to flourish. <strong>This course is a giant oval-shaped hug</strong> for your hands, your body, your thoughts, and of course - your work. </div>
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<strong>About Anne</strong></div>
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After earning a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching and entertaining.</div>
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She currently teaches private lessons from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, as well as Thursday afternoon classes at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting workshops.</div>
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Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.</div>
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Artist, calligrapher, teacher, mother, and friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for truth and is a soulful reflection of the connections shared by all.</div>
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<strong>Supply List:</strong></div>
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<strong>For all online courses: </strong></div>
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Purchase a pair of <strong>earbuds or headphones</strong> to wear during class. </div>
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Binders Art Supply (<a data-mce-href="http://www.bindersart.com/" href="http://www.bindersart.com/" target="_blank">bindersart.com</a>) is the best local Atlanta spot to purchase supplies for this class and they will give you a student discount! Anything that you can’t find there, can be purchased at John Neal Books (<a data-mce-href="http://www.johnnealbooks.com/" href="http://www.johnnealbooks.com/" target="_blank">johnnealbooks.com</a>) or Paper and Ink Arts (<a data-mce-href="http://www.paperinkarts.com/" href="http://www.paperinkarts.com/" target="_blank">paperinkarts.com</a>).</div>
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White Paper:</div>
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Transparent Marker Paper: Suggested brands below, but use whichever brands you’re comfortable with.</div>
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• Bienfang Graphics 360 9’’x12’’ Marker Pad</div>
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or Borden & Riley 9’’x12’’ 100s Smooth Cotton Comp Pad</div>
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Colored Paper: Any smooth paper that works well with Dr. Martin’s Bleedproof white. Suggested brands below.</div>
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• Strathmore Artagain pad. (Black paper.)</div>
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• Colored or Ivory Cover Paper: Any ink-friendly paper that won’t bleed with the ink you are using. Cut to around 5 x 7.</div>
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• Canson cover weight papers</div>
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• Arches Hot Press Watercolor paper.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Paper for Folding Envelopes: Ink-friendly high-quality paper. Any of these below will do.</div>
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• Strathmore Calligraphy Pad (This is a lovely ivory laid sheet.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• Southworth Résumé Paper in White or Ivory (24 or 32 lb.). Neenah Paper sells this 100% cotton sheet in boxes of 100 at any office supply store or on amazon.com.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Dark Ink: Any dark ink that shows up on white practice paper.</div>
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• Sumi, Higgens Eternal, Mcaffrey’s, Walnut, etc.</div>
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• Colored inks of your choosing that won’t bleed. (My favorites are gouache/water/gum arabic mixtures).</div>
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• Metallic Pan (cake) inks: Finetec metallics and other brands.</div>
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• PearlEx powder pigments mixed with water and gum arabic (try starting with equal parts of each.)</div>
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• Dr. Martin’s Bleedproof White (water based that is thinned to your taste with water.)</div>
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• Pointed pen nib for lettering and flourishing and a pen holder. I prefer using an oblique pen holder, but you’re more than welcome to use a straight holder<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span>if you prefer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• Hard fine pencil for rules</div>
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• Feel free to bring in embellishments like stickers and stamps!</div>
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• Any glitter pen or glue you’d like to use accent your lettering. I Love a Clear Star Gelly Roll pen by Sakura.</div>
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• Chocolate</div>
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• Dog Treats</div>
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• More Chocolate</div>
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<strong>Google Hangout Technical Notes: </strong></div>
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For the Google Hangout to work, you'll need to be using a set of headphones during demo time to plug into your computer. During instruction, your microphones should be muted, but cameras on. This cuts down on background noise while I am demonstrating. However, when we begin introductions, and for class discussion after each exercise is completes, you should be unmuted so we can all have a lively disucssion! So please purchase a pair of earbuds if you don't already have a set. </div>
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Click here to read what Google has to say about participating in a <a data-mce-href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangout</a>. From my experience, here are some things you can do to improve your online experience and some trouble shooting if any technical issues come up. </div>
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• Quit all other open applications on your device that are actively using the internet.</div>
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• Ask other members of your household not to use the internet/wifi while you're streaming the class</div>
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• Make sure you're as close as you can get to your router (that box that has all the wires and gives you wifi). You can still have a good connection to your router of it's in a different room in your home, but large mirrors and other large devices can interfere with reception. Note that you may have great success even without taking these measures - this is just my practice here at home. </div>
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• If your connection isn't the greatest (poor image or no sound/video), hang up the call and return. Upon returning, if it hasn't improved, quit your browser and restart your computer. That ALWAYS helps.</div>
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<strong>Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?</strong></div>
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This is an adult class. Childrens classes coming soon!</div>
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<strong>What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?</strong></div>
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<strong>How can I contact the organizer with any questions?</strong></div>
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Send Anne an email to: PenKitten@Anne Elser.com</div>
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<strong>What's the refund policy?</strong></div>
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<strong>Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?</strong></div>
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<strong>Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable?</strong></div>
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<strong>Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends?</strong></div>
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Yes. If you purchased this class or workshop as a gift, please let me know the name of the person taking the class when you register. </div>
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<strong>If this is an online class and I can't be there live, how do I participate?</strong></div>
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Every single class is live so that we can all interact with each other. I record EVERY class and upload this file immediately after class ends. You may stream the recording and you may also download and keep it. I record my classes so that students can still participate if they can't attend because of illness, time zone differences, or other issues. If in the event a recording malfunction occurs, I upload a brief review of the class, using the notes and pages I already created. I also upload images of my pages for you to view and keep for your personal use. If you can't be there.</div>
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<strong>How do I participate in the envelope exchange at the end of the class? </strong></div>
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You must be in the live class to participate int he weekly envelope exchange. You must also add your mailing address to the dropbox file we create during our first intro meeting. You can leave your mailing address as a comment. Please be sure to cover up a portion of the envelope addres if you'd like to share your work via social media. </div>
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<strong>How do I receive feedback on my homework?</strong></div>
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<strong></strong>You may upload your homework and share on social media but if you'd like me to see it, you need to TAG ME. (@anneelser) on Instagram or Anne-Davnes Elser on Facebook. This is a wonderful way to keep in touch with the progress of your classmates and with me! If you'd rather be more private, go ahead and email me your work and we can correspond that way. </div>
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<strong>How soon after a class ends, will I be able to view it online?</strong> </div>
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It generally takes 12-24 hours for a class recording to fully upload. </div>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flora-aug-oct-2018-online-6-wk-sat-am-course-tickets-48025851615"><strong>FLORA 6-Week Course w/ Anne Elser</strong> – ONLINE COURSE via Google Hangouts</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flora-aug-oct-2018-online-6-wk-sat-am-course-tickets-48025851615">6 Sessions (w one practice session)| Beginning/Intermediate (<strong>Mono Linear Lettering is a prerequisite for this class.)</strong>| Price: $200 **| Min 10 Max 24| Sat mornings | 10am-12:30PM EDT|Aug 18 - Oct 6 (NO class Sep 22)</a></div>
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Class Schedule: We will meet Saturday mornings from 10am-12:30pm EDT for six weeks with one 1-hour practice session a week before class starts. Our first meeting is a brief intro and dry-run test call on Saturday Aug 18th from 10-11AM EDT. Course instruction officially begins the following Saturday, Aug 25th from 10AM-12:30PM EDT. </div>
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This is a<strong> LIVE</strong> class, which is <strong>recorded</strong> for your enjoyment and review, then uploaded to a class folder on my Dropbox site each of our 7 weeks of class time together. If you ever have to miss a class, you can always check back later to watch what you missed abd practice at your own pace. I really enjoy the live format, and meeting so many people all over the world each week in my home. Live classes allow the student to interact with me and each other for specific feedback. </div>
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When registration closes, I will email a permanent weblink to you. This will be our virtual classroom for every time we meet. When the link and intro email is sent to you, click the link, which will open a web page in your web browser. And that's it! Google may ask you to download their software and if they do, just follow their prompts.</div>
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Please read technical notes way down at the bottom for details about participating in an online class via Google Hangout.</div>
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Week 0 • Saturday, Aug 18, 2018 ---> Google Hangout Dry Run Test Call (about an hour 10-11AM EDT</div>
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Week 1 • Saturday, Aug 25, 2018 10-12:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 2 • Saturday, Sep 01 2018 10-12:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 3 • Saturday, Sep 08, 2018 10-12:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 4 • Saturday, Sep 15, 2018 10-12:30pm EDT</div>
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Week 6 • Saturday, Oct 06, 2018 10-12:30pm EDT</div>
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<strong>After you register and before the class begins, you will receive a</strong><strong> welcome email containing:</strong></div>
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• Link to our online classroom folder where you can find uploads each week and a PDF link to exemplar packet t download and print out for our first class.</div>
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• The Google Hangout Classroom link we will use every week. </div>
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<span class="s1">After each live class, I’ll upload either a full-length recording of my demonstrations during the class OR a 20-minute review of the pages we worked on (and snapshots of those pages) for you to later download at your conveneince. This makes it easier for students to keep up with the class if you cannot participate live. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Note: these videos will take a day or two to appear in the class notes folder, as they are very large and take a long time for them to fully upload onto my Dropbox account. Please allow for at least a day and a half after a class date before you go searching for any content of that class.</span></div>
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Welcome to <span class="s1">FLORA</span> with Anne Elser! <span class="s1">•</span></div>
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“<i>In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks</i>.“ -John Muir</div>
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“<i>You do not have to be good.</i></div>
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<i>You do not have to walk on your knees</i></div>
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<i>for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.</i></div>
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<i>You only have to let the soft animal of your body<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></div>
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<i>love what it loves.</i></div>
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<i>Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.</i></div>
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<i>Meanwhile the world goes on.</i></div>
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<i>Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain</i></div>
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<i>Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,</i></div>
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<i>are heading home again.</i></div>
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<i>Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,</i></div>
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<i>in the family of things.”</i> - Wild Geese by Mary Oliver</div>
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Flora was born on the heels of my course “Love, Fear, and Flourishing” after a solid year of working with students from all over, who saw (many of them for the first time) the freedom an oval provides when harnessing the power of the flourish and how it relates to our lettering.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Flora is also a direct extension of “Mono Linear Lettering: Cursive Crush & Open-Shaded Script” in that we move closer to painting with the aid of a mono line celebrated with a watercolor PENCIL and awakened gently with a fine pointed brush. This two-step process is as pleasurable as it is fascinating and it is my deepest desire that you discover more of yourself in the gentle forms of curving leaves, folding petals, and sweeping stems, all along the oval paths of your letter forms and flourishes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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FLORA is a feminine personification of the healing powers of nature, and draws upon the texture florae make available when looking for a way to fill out and make more dense, our work. FLORA is first drawn with our oldest friend, the pencil - that pressure-sensitive, soft, blunt stick we are all more familiar with than most - the tool we held as toddlers that made our first marks on paper - the beloved crayon, pencil, or colored pencil.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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But now that we are grown-ups, why be satisfied with a mere pencil, when you can use a <i>watercolor pencil</i>, right?!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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The watercolor pencil’s unique gift is that it can be awakened with water, and not only that, but it can change when that water carries <span class="s2">with it another pigment. We will use soft oval-shaped curves to</span> describe absolutely every space-filling element on the page and with every stroke, you’ll find yourself allowing, as Mary Oliver so eloquently states, “the soft animal of your body (to) love what it loves.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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This is my prayer and goal in teaching FLORA. I am sharing with you, my personal mode of self care and healing. FLORA is what I do each and every morning as I sit by the fire to journal. I use her to process my thoughts, to welcome the day, to asks for grace, and to find the silver lining in everything that crosses my path. She is a gentle way for me to try on larger, braver strokes. She’s soft, adaptable, and portable. FLORA requires paper, a small brush, pencil, one cake of watercolor, a small amount of water, and my newest friend: you.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• A student needs to have taken “Mono Linear Lettering: Cursive Crush & Open-Shaded Script”, before taking FLORA. If you’ve already taken Flourishing, that’s great - but if not, take that next!</div>
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• $8 Fee due (in-person Atlanta students only) to the instructor on the first day of class or workshop.</div>
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• If you’re in Atlanta, Anne will be bringing her dog to this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of, please email Anne directly. Penkitten@anneelser.com</div>
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<strong>About Anne</strong></div>
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After earning a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching and entertaining.</div>
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She currently teaches private lessons from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, as well as Thursday afternoon classes at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting workshops.</div>
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Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.</div>
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Artist, calligrapher, teacher, mother, and friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for truth and is a soulful reflection of the connections shared by all.</div>
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Supply List:</div>
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Binders Art Supply (bindersart.com) is the best local spot to purchase supplies for this class and they will give you a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>student discount! Anything that you can’t find there, can be purchased online at amazon.com, John Neal Books (johnnealbooks.com) or Paper and Ink Arts (paperinkarts.com).</div>
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Practice Paper:</div>
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• <span class="s2">Strathmore Calligraphy Pad.</span> I LOVE this ivory laid sheet that comes in a nifty pad. She’s super for folding envelopes and can handle more watercolor than the transparent pad above. Not great for final work (will wrinkle some) but if you already have these sheets, you may use these.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• <span class="s2">Classic Crest Antique Gray, Smooth Writing Paper, 24W</span>. Neenah Paper (neenahpaper.com) sells this by the 500-sheet ream at $33.95 (item #01361). It’s what I use in my sketchbooks each morning. This paper does well with fountain pen ink, and can also stand a bit of water color.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• <span class="s2">Arches BFK Rives White Velin paper</span> 19 x 26 sheets that I cut down to 8.5 x 11 or smaller. I love this paper because it’s thin, soft, and folds easily and isn’t as expensive as watercolor paper. Save the scraps for testing colors. Note that this paper is very unsuitable for pointed pen - so if you want to add pointed pen embellishments to your work, use a hot press watercolor sheet instead.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Watercolor Pencils: I use 2 brands for different purposes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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• <span class="s2">Derwent Graphitint Watercolor Pencils:</span> <i>These are soft and creamy and I rarely sharpen them to their finest point. These loosen more easily into paint and I use them a lot.</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Colors I use frequently: Port (01), Steel Blue (06), Aubergine (03), Ivy (11), Autumn Brown (17), Cool Brown (15), Chestnut (13), Dark Indigo (04), Meadow (10).</div>
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• <span class="s2">Faber-Castell Albrect Durer Watercolor Pencils:</span> <i>These are a harder pencil that I use more for adding crisp, sharp details when finalizing a piece.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></div>
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Colors I use frequently: Light Magenta (119), Rose Carmine (124), Dark Red (225), Manganese Violet (160), Dark Naples Ochre (184), Burnt Umber (280), Light Phthalo Blue (145), Juniper Green (165), Chrome Oxide Green Fiery (276), Raw Umber (180), Olive Green Yellowish (175), Cobalt Green (156), Deep Scarlet Red (219). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Watercolor Pan Set: <i>(NOTE - IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE YOU LIKE, FEEL FREE TO USE IT INSTEAD OF THIS ONE!)</i></div>
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• <span class="s2">Winsor & Newton Professional OR Cotman (student-grade) Watercolors Compact Set</span> with 14 half pans. There IS a price difference between professional ($75) and student grade ($20). I’ve been using the student grade just fine. I’ll upgrade to professional in the near future.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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<strong>Google Hangout Technical Notes: </strong></div>
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For the Google Hangout to work, you'll need to be using a set of headphones during demo time to plug into your computer. During instruction, your microphones should be muted, but cameras on. This cuts down on background noise while I am demonstrating. However, when we begin introductions, and for class discussion after each exercise is completes, you should be unmuted so we can all have a lively disucssion! So please purchase a pair of earbuds if you don't already have a set. </div>
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Click here to read what Google has to say about participating in a <a data-mce-href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangout</a>. From my experience, here are some things you can do to improve your online experience and some trouble shooting if any technical issues come up. </div>
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• Quit all other open applications on your device that are actively using the internet.</div>
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This is an adult class. Childrens classes coming soon!</div>
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Send Anne an email to: PenKitten@Anne Elser.com</div>
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Yes. If you purchased this class or workshop as a gift, please let me know the name of the person taking the class when you register. </div>
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Every single class is live so that we can all interact with each other. I record EVERY class and upload this file immediately after class ends. You may stream the recording and you may also download and keep it. I record my classes so that students can still participate if they can't attend because of illness, time zone differences, or other issues. If in the event a recording malfunction occurs, I upload a brief review of the class, using the notes and pages I already created. I also upload images of my pages for you to view and keep for your personal use. If you can't be there.</div>
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<strong>How do I participate in the envelope exchange at the end of the class? </strong></div>
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You must be in the live class to participate int he weekly envelope exchange. You must also add your mailing address to the dropbox file we create during our first intro meeting. You can leave your mailing address as a comment. Please be sure to cover up a portion of the envelope addres if you'd like to share your work via social media. </div>
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<strong>How do I receive feedback on my homework?</strong></div>
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<strong></strong>You may upload your homework and share on social media but if you'd like me to see it, you need to TAG ME. (@anneelser) on Instagram or Anne-Davnes Elser on Facebook. This is a wonderful way to keep in touch with the progress of your classmates and with me! If you'd rather be more private, go ahead and email me your work and we can correspond that way. </div>
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<strong>How soon after a class ends, will I be able to view it online?</strong> </div>
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It generally takes 12-24 hours for a class recording to fully upload. </div>
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Not only can you take a Calligraphy or Bookbinding class or workshop from me at Binders Art Supply or Aikido Decatur, you can schedule a <a href="http://annepages.blogspot.com/2010/07/private-calligraphy-instruction.html">private lesson</a> and stuff a stocking with an Anne Elser Gift Certificate!<br />
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<a href="http://annepages.blogspot.com/2010/07/private-calligraphy-instruction.html">Private lessons</a> are $250, two and a half hours long, come with complete handouts, and are conducted in my home studio in Decatur, GA.<br />
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Download a <a href="http://annepages.blogspot.com/2009/01/calligraphy-supply-lists.html" target="_blank">supply list</a> for everything you'll need to make your someone special FEEL special. </div>
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<strong>Monolinear Lettering: Cursive Crush & Open-Shaded Script </strong> 6-Week Online Course w/ Anne-Davnes Elser</div>
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6 Sessions | All Levels | Price: $200 ** | Min 4 Max 15 | Tuesday mornings from 10AM-12:30PM – Aug 1 - Sep 5, 2017.</div>
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<strong>This class or workshop is suitable for calligraphers, tweens, and all adults. </strong></div>
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Class Schedule: We will meet Tuesday Mornings from 10AM-12:30PM EDT for six weeks.</div>
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<em>**Eventbrite charges a fee for you to use their credit card precessing system. To AVOID this fee, you may send a check to 408 Tuxworth Circle • Decatur, GA 30033. Don't forget to list your email address and the course name/date so that the ticket for the class you want to take can be emailed to you. </em></div>
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This is a LIVE class, which is recorded for your enjoyment and review, then uploaded to a class folder on my Dropbox site each of our 6 weeks of class time together. If you ever have to miss a class, you can always check back later to watch what you missed abd practice at your own pace. I really enjoy the live format, and meeting so many people all over the world each week in my home. Live classes allow the student to interact with me and each other for specific feedback. </div>
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When registration closes, I will email a permanent weblink to you. This will be our virtual classroom for every time we meet. When the link and intro email is sent to you, click the link, which will open a web page in your web browser. And that's it! Google may ask you to download their software and if they do, just follow their prompts.</div>
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For the Google Hangout to work, we will all need to be using a set of headphones during demo time to plug into your computer. Your microphones should be muted, but cameras on. This cuts down on background noise while I am demonstrating. However, when we begin introductions, and for class discussion after each exercise is completes, you shoudl be unmuted so we can all have a lively disucssion! So please purchase a pair of earbuds if you don't already have a set. </div>
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Click here for more info about participating in a <a data-mce-href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" href="https://gsuite.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangout</a>.</div>
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• Monday, July 31, 2017 ---> Google Hangout Dry Run Test Call (15 mins) 10-10:15AM EDT</div>
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Week 1 • Tuesday, Aug 1, 2017</div>
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Week 2 • Tuesday, Aug 8, 2017</div>
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Week 3 • Tuesday, Aug 15, 2017</div>
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Week 4 • Tuesday, Aug 22, 2017</div>
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Week 5 • Tuesday, Aug 29, 2017</div>
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Week 6 • Tuesday, Sep 5, 2017</div>
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<strong>Shortly before our first class you will receive a</strong><strong> welcome email containing:</strong></div>
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• PDF link to exemplar packet.</div>
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• Link to our Online Classroom</div>
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• Link to Online folders where class recordings are kept</div>
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<span class="s1">After each live class, I’ll upload either a full-length recording of my demonstrations during the class OR a 20-minute review of the pages we worked on (and snapshots of those pages) for you to later download at your conveneince. This makes it easier for students to keep up with the class if you cannot participate live. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Note: these videos will take a day or two to appear in the class notes folder, as they are very large and take a long time for them to fully upload onto my Dropbox account. Please allow for at least a day and a half after a class date before you go searching for any content of that class.</span></div>
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<strong>Week 1-3: Cursive Crush</strong></div>
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The speed of digital communication today has gifted us with more time to pursue things we love. But somewhere along the way, we’ve forgotten how good it feels to use a writing instrument to record our thoughts for ourselves and to those we love. Writing, and the time it takes to produce letterforms, is good for the body, mind, and spirit. It is also a gift to the recipient, who holds your elevated thoughts in their hands, literally, and with far more consideration and pause than through a text or email. </div>
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The child of Spencerian calligraphy, Cursive Handwriting is not forgotten, because we have made a table for you to come join us in one fun and joyous day of lettering. Students will learn (or re-learn!) capitals and lower case letterforms, through formal exercises in structure, rhythm and flow - all standards similar to those taught not that long ago. </div>
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Time is spent on spacing and lower case characters. Later we’ll dance with capitals and dive right into an envelope addressing/letter writing project. </div>
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<strong>Week 4-6: Open-Shaded Script</strong></div>
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The second half of this class or workshop is spent on the construction of open-shaded letterforms based on principles of script writing done with pointed pen. </div>
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Using a mono linear tool to describe the contour of a shaded stroke offers insight into its construction with its native tools, the broad-edge, pointed pen, or paint brush. Drawing these letter forms is not only useful in sketching out and planning of larger projects to be later filled in with ink, I believe they are also valid and beautiful class of letter forms in and of themselves. Because these letter forms are drawn with tools more commonly used today, they are the style I use more frequently in my every day writing, and therefore, have become more useful and precious to me than anything created with a dip pen. I am constantly writing letters and notes, whether on a chalkboard for my students, wedding signage for clients, fabric labels, canvas bags, handkerchiefs, monograms, journal pages, letters to friends, and much more. </div>
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Rendering a shade with a contour line offers the artist another opportunity to love the letter and learn more about the letter, and deepen your understanding of its relationship with other forms and unique features. Expression of the universal line of beauty need not be restricted to our ability to carry a pointed pen and ink well around with us every day. We can, with any mono linear tool and at any moment, study and celebrate our love of these forms with a crayon on the back of a paper menu, a pencil at the top of a grocery list, a marker labeling a box of preserved memories or a bag of home-made treats for a friend, the inside label of our child’s school uniform, every page in our journal entries, letters to friends, notes to beloved partners, and even our fingers in the sand. </div>
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• Bienfang Graphics 360 9’’x12’’ Marker Pad</div>
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or Borden & Riley 9’’x12’’ 100s Smooth Cotton Comp Pad</div>
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• Rhodia Lined No 18 Pad</div>
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• Strathmore Calligraphy Pad (ivory paper that takes ink well and is great for folding envelopes. </div>
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• A variety of ultra fine, fine, and medium point pens (for markers bullet point and not chisel)</div>
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• Pencils (two taped together if you’d like to draw letterforms originally drawn with a chisel nib)</div>
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• Pentel Slicci 025 pen</div>
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• Pentel Hybrid Technica pen</div>
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These pens come in a variety of thicknesses. You’ll want to have variety and choose something that writes very fine like the Slicci and have a slightly thicker width pen to see what feels right for you. </div>
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• Your favorite/preferred pens from home. Can be fine or medium point or bullet point. Ballpoint, felt tip, rollerball, gel pens, Sharpies, etc. Fountain pens are also wonderful. All are welcome and suitable for this class.</div>
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• Envelopes and stationary paper at least 5-10 envelopes/sheets </div>
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• Feel free to bring in embellishments like stickers, gems, and stamps!</div>
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• Mechanical Pencil</div>
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• Eraser</div>
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• Self-healing cutting mat (or the back of a pad of paper)</div>
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• <span class="pre-formatted-text">Anne Will be bringing her dog to this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of, please email Anne directly. </span><a data-mce-href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com" href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com" target="_blank">Penkitten@anneelser.com</a></div>
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After earning a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching and entertaining.</div>
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She currently teaches private lessons in person and on-line from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, occasional workshops at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting workshops.</div>
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Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.</div>
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Artist, calligrapher, teacher, mother, and friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for truth and is a soulful reflection of the connections shared by all.</div>
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<strong>Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?</strong></div>
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This is an adult class. Childrens classes coming soon!</div>
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Plenty of parking is provided in the parking lot and off-treet parking nearby is also available. </div>
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Send Anne an email to: PenKitten@Anne Elser.com</div>
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<strong>What's the refund policy?</strong></div>
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Refunds are not available at this time.</div>
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<strong>Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?</strong></div>
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Yes please, to the first night of class, or show your ticket on your smartphone. </div>
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<strong>Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends?</strong></div>
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Yes. If you purchased this class or workshop as a gift, please let me know the name of the person taking the class when you register. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1206396">2 Sessions | Intermediate | Price: $200 | Max. 15 | <u style="text-underline: #353535;">Saturday & Sunday</u>, Mar 4/5, 11am – 4:30pm</a></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2-Day
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The
definition of flourish is to flower. We all flower in our language, thoughts,
hopes and dreams, body movements, voices, and in our relationships with each
other and the beautiful big world we share. But most importantly, we flourish
all by ourselves - our bodies do this automatically - we were built this way.
Look at the branching of blood vessels in our bodies, how our fingers splay
open or fan out like flowers, the growth pattern of the hair on our heads, all
the many muscles in our face that produce a genuine smile. That’s flourishing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Everyone
can flourish, but it is a daunting task for so many of us to draw one on paper.
This workshop is designed to create a sense of ease with the idea of
flourishing. We will identify points of fear and anxiety in our approach to
flourishing, that wobble our lines and tense up our bodies, and we will heal
ourselves from these negative work habits that make any exploration, especially
this one, an unpleasant task.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We’ll
train the eye and awakening the body (fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders and
breath) to align with each other. We’ll begin with identifying the unique
capabilities of our joints and how they best function in relation to the kinds
of strokes we are drawing, from the wrist, elbow, shoulder, and fingers. We
will begin to train our bodies to capably reproduce the elements of flourishes
that make them work and that our eyes have learned to identify: Ovals,
Perpendicular Intersections, Intersecting Ovals, Parallel Strokes, Shade and
Hairline Relationships, Accents, Textures, and MORE.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in pencil, straight/oblique pointed pens, and everyday pens (everything from
felt tip, roller ball, gel pens, fountain pens, etc) we’ll memorize standard
flourishing movements that have been around a long time, and how to adjust and
vary their proportions to suit our needs. We’ll learn how to exaggerate
ascenders and descenders, the crossing of t’s, and the endings of words. We’ll
learn to curl these strokes around the graceful curve of an oval, so that our
pens are never lost, our strokes finding their way back home, even through the
most subtle of suggestions. We’ll make flourishes that stand alone, work with
each other, and that accent a word.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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bringing her dog to this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs
to be aware of, please email Anne directly. </span><a href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com">Penkitten@anneelser.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">After earning a BFA in painting from the
Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The
Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter,
bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching experience,
her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting
both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and
full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">She currently teaches private lessons from her
home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply
in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, as well as Thursday
afternoon classes at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops
at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting
workshops. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background: white;">Her work has been featured in books and magazines
across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as </span>Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis
Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth
Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Artist, calligrapher, teacher, mother, and
friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for truth and is a soulful
reflection of the connections shared by all. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="pre-formatted-text">Please Note: Anne Will be bringing her dog
to this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of,
please email Anne directly. </span><a href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com">Penkitten@anneelser.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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List:</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Binders
Art Supply (bindersart.com) is the best local spot to purchase supplies for
this class and they will give you a 10% student discount. Anything that you
can’t find there, can be purchased at John Neal Books (johnnealbooks.com) or
Paper and Ink Arts (paperinkarts.com).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><u><span style="line-height: 120%;">White
Paper</span></u><span style="line-height: 120%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Transparent
Marker Paper: Suggested brands below, but use whichever brands you’re
comfortable with<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">•
Bienfang Graphics 360 9’’x12’’ Marker Pad<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">or
Borden & Riley 9’’x12’’ 100s Smooth Cotton Comp Pad<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><u><span style="line-height: 120%;">Black
Paper</span></u><span style="line-height: 120%;">: Any
smooth paper that works well with Dr. Martin’s Bleedproof white. Suggested
brand below<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">•
Strathmore Artagain pad.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Colored
or Ivory Cover Paper: Any ink-friendly paper that won’t bleed with the ink you
are using. Cut to around 5 x 7.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Canson cover weight papers<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><u><span style="line-height: 120%;">Envelopes</span></u><span style="line-height: 120%;">: Ink-friendly high-quality
envelopes, just a few in any size and color.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Paper Source envelopes work very well with a variety of inks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Dark
Ink: Any dark ink that shows up on white practice paper<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Sumi, Higgens Eternal, Mcaffrey’s, Walnut, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Ink Colors and metallic inks: Suggested brands below<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Metallic Pan (cake) inks: Finetec metallics and other brands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">•
PearlEx powder pigments mixed with water and gum arabic (try starting with equal
parts of each.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">•
Colored inks of your choosing that won’t bleed. (My favorites are
gouache/water/gum arabic mixtures).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Ink</span></u><span style="line-height: 120%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">•
Dr. Martin’s Bleedproof White (water based that is thinned to your taste with
water.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Your favorite pencil/eraser and markers/gel pens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">•
A variety of your favorite ultra fine, fine, and medium point pens (for markers
bullet point and not chisel).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">These
pens come in a variety of thicknesses. You’ll want to have variety and choose
something that writes very fine like the Slicci and have a slightly thicker
width pen to see what feels right for you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Your favorite/preferred pens from home. Can be fine or medium point or bullet
point. Ballpoint, felt tip, roller ball, gel pens, Sharpies, etc. Fountain pens
are also wonderful. All are welcome and suitable for this class.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Envelopes and stationary paper at least 5-10 envelopes/sheets<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218825"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Italic Calligraphy w/ Anne Elser – PCM Binders</span></b></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218825">6 Sessions | Beginner to Intermediate| Price: $200 | Max. 15 </a><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218825">| <u style="text-underline: #353535;">Tuesdays</u>, Mar 7 – Apr 11, 6-8:30pm</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">The Italic calligraphic hand is one of the most
widely used and versatile alphabets around. Its generously wide strokes,
produced with a broad edge nib can easily be dressed up or down. Italic is the
perfect hand to learn for the beginning calligrapher yet versatile enough to
experiment with for the advanced. This is the hand that Shakespeare used
to pen his masterpieces!</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">Italic is less
about pretty handwriting, but more about DRAWING each and every letter. It’s
about establishing a pacing and rhythmic motion as you write - giving you a
consistency of shapes and letters, and spaces in between words and lines. It is
highly relaxing and meditative. Like yoga for the hands, it centers, calms, and
enchants the person making as well as and the person admiring it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">During this course or workshop, </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">students will be given exemplars,
learning the intricate details of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>the minuscules and majuscules. We will also address spacing and layout
for addressing envelopes. More importantly will discover the connection between
mind and body, practicing good habits and movement, thusly finding our flow and
allowing the body to take charge, automatically producing the heart’s musings
in a spirit of openness, adventure, and wonder.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">More information:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">• </span></span><span class="pre-formatted-text"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">$5 Fee due to
the instructor on the first day of class or workshop.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">• </span><span class="pre-formatted-text"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Anne Will be
bringing her dog to this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs
to be aware of, please email Anne directly. </span></span><a href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Penkitten@anneelser.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">About Anne<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">After earning a BFA in
painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic
Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a
painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching
experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience
is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are
also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she
inspires enriching and entertaining. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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lessons from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at
Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, as well
as Thursday afternoon classes at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes
and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad
conducting workshops. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Helvetica;">Her work has been featured in
books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate
clients such as </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton,
Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue,
Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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teacher, mother, and friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for
truth and is a soulful reflection of the connections shared by all. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of, please email
Anne directly. </span></span><a href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Penkitten@anneelser.com</span></a><span class="pre-formatted-text"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1205071">6 Sessions | Beginner to Intermediate | Price $200 | Max. 15 | <u style="text-underline: #353535;">Wednesdays</u> | Mar 8 – Apr 12, 6-8:30pm</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">This is an introductory look at Copperplate, an elegant and elastic
hand frequently used for formal invitations, documents and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>bridal
events. Completely enchanting, the dramatic thick and thins of this delicate
hand will make you swoon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Copperplate is less about pretty handwriting, but more
about DRAWING each and every letter. It’s about establishing a pacing and
rhythmic motion as you write - giving you a consistency of shapes and letters,
and spaces in between words and lines. It is highly relaxing and meditative.
Like yoga for the hands, it centers, calms, and enchants the person making as
well as and the person admiring it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and layout for addressing envelopes. More importantly will discover the
connection between mind and body, practicing good habits and movement, thusly
finding our flow and allowing the body to take charge, automatically producing
the heart’s musings in a spirit of openness, adventure, and wonder.</span></div>
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class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of, please
email Anne directly. </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com">Penkitten@anneelser.com</a></span></div>
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This post is more than another push of my products, it’s the deeper story, a recap of the year that brought us here, and the reason I continue to come back, making things, earning things, building, and growing.</div>
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Since college graduation, I’ve made Christmas presents and cards for close friends and family members. After my divorce, I was hit with the notion that if I were to survive (happily) and really thrive, I had better use my talents as a form of income. I was determined to take my first steps into the second half of my life with my OWN shoes on, even if that meant being terrified that I might fail. That experiment has so far proved to be very successful. I’ve carefully crafted a schedule, audience, and pace for my work, and have largely gotten the most joy returned to me from my students. Clients are wonderful and all that, but students and colleagues and peers… that’s where all the love comes pouring in, in buckets and tons and mountains and…</div>
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My use of social media has become increasingly valuable. It is so interesting that I sell a craft of making and learning how to make handmade things, using the technology that is supposedly killing it. It’s not. This is great news! We can all have both! And aren’t we lucky. The voice I use on Instagram and Facebook is extremely personal - I like it that I can reach people via this medium and my musings and yearnings are amplified to the world - I love our connectedness - this garden I have carefully tended to over the years. It’s a garden I’ve cultivated - I’ve been careful about unfollowing accounts that don’t bring me pleasure, I’ve blocked a few haters here and there, and stay in touch with folks I haven’t seen in years - and even developed close friendships with people I may likely never meet in the flesh. It’s a beautiful place to be - to be kept in the loop of the lives of others. I’ve depended upon the accounts of many of you who stay connected in areas I don’t know very much about or subjects I don’t have much of a stomach for. And I like to think that what I share is of unique interest to some of you who sometimes yearn for a curse word surrounded by flowers or a Mary Oliver poem, or a sharpie drawing on the back of a beautiful person… I do it all, am it all.</div>
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But when Trump ran against Hillary - it was all too tempting to not watch. I joined in with gusto, with brash confidence that he would lose. I got nice and dirty and I loved it, getting my fix of negativity. I felt a part of things and deliciously connected to my own anger and addicted to yours. And the eve of the election, I was ready to take a deep sigh of relief that the fight would be finally over. I would this holiday season, make my usual holiday card - maybe something about Star Wars or Girl Power or flowers fucking or who knows… I was happy and so excited.</div>
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And then the worst happened. 911 all over again - trauma and disappointment at my doorstep - my fingertips - my country broke up with me and chose THAT guy. I, like many of you, cried for days. Just so bereft. No words, except one thought - one delightful, venomous phrase popped into my head the next morning - I know what my 2016 Christmas card is going to be - a poster a big as fuck, in my best lettering <span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;">“FUCK 2016”.</span></div>
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I spent a good portion of my Thanksgiving break sketching it out. I did version after version, turning the leaves and flourishes to flow with the occasional poison berry and prickly holly leaf… I was piping mad and disgusted. Fuck this year. I’d spent many times by the fire on my phone, clicking through one article after another until I’d read myself into a migraine. I’d had an RA flare that effected my work flow, I ended a toxic relationship I hadn’t known was toxic at the time, I was recovering and healing and doing my best to grow - and then this. I was going to solve that angry, pulsing ache with a card that would sum up what the last year had been like for me. FUCK YOU, 2016, the year that shall not be named again.</div>
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I remembered who I was before any of life began to scar me and support in the contortion of Anne into all the other Anne’s that really weren’t me at all. I thought of my boy - who was watching his mom manage her own career - create a brand for herself - make LIFE and all the times he gets to watch me do what I do, knowing he’s gonna use my presentation of myself as a partial reference or his own choices in life. All I had to do was remember myself and remember that this is still MY garden, MY country, and I have control over how I frame and respond to what’s going on around me.</div>
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So I decided to create a calendar for the new year. I want my first step into 2017 to be on a good foot. There is plenty of time for me to curse again - to fling the mud and rant and rave and go bananas, but right now, I’m healing and offering light. A seed of solid hope for every single day of the next year ahead. That’s what this poster is all about.</div>
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Blossoming love - without law. It’s the single most thing that I do best.</div>
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So for those of you who marched on a cold rainy day, who keep your fingers on the pulse of all the details of this fucking awful storm that is shaking all of us at our core, I thank you. I thank you for being where you are - where and when it feels right to you, and for being here with me right now, just for reading.</div>
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“Love is the flower of life, and blossoms without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.” -D.H. Lawrence</div>
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<span class="s1"><b>There will be </b></span><span class="s3"><b>no </b></span><span class="s2"><b><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1206401">Brush Lettering</a> </b></span><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><b>workshop this weekend</b></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><b>, at Binders Buckhead</b></span></div>
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<b style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Please bring a $5 fee payable to the instructor </b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Anne Elser) the first day of a class, </span></div>
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<span class="s1">and sharing the experience with followers, so if you see yourself, </span></div>
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<span class="s1">called the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAtlantaPenablers?ref=bookmarks"><span class="s2"><b>The Atlanta Penablers</b></span></a>. I started the group a few years ago </span></div>
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<span class="s1">instructors from around the world. In the past we have had weekend </span></div>
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<span class="s6">workshops with <a href="http://www.barbaracalzolari.com/"><span class="s5">Barbara Calzolari</span></a>, <a href="https://www.heathervictoriaheld.com/"><span class="s5">Heather Held</span></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Peter-Thornton/100002138966243"><span class="s5">Peter Thornton</span></a>, </span></div>
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<span class="s3"><a href="https://yvesleterme.wordpress.com/">Yves Letterme</a></span><span class="s6">, and <a href="http://www.billscalligraphy.com/"><span class="s5">Bill Kemp</span></a>, and more!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Here’s a link to the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/anneelser/playlist/51wnJZw9NrMwAbAP5KvsAx"><span class="s2">Calligraphy Spotify Playlist</span></a> of the inspirational music I often play </span></div>
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<span class="s1">there are several available at the two stores above. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">My favorites are hand made by Heather Held and her husband Chris. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">* Pentel Aquash Water Brushes or Color Brushes or Pocket Brushes. Some of these are already loaded with ink. These are all acceptable. You may choose to use the inks inside, or keep them unloaded, so you can dip them into any ink or paint you so choose. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">* (optional colored inks) Liquid Acrylic Inks in your favorite colors including one white and one black/dark brown. Suitable brands: Liquitex INK!, Daeler Rowney FW Inks, Dr. Martins Liquid Acrylic Inks. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below are <b>new</b> classes and workshops I will be offering in the Atlanta area for 2017. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click the links for details and sign up. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.aikidodecatur.com/">Aikido Decatur</a>: 104 Sycamore Place, 30030</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #353535; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(I am still offering classes and workshops </span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at Binders (Ponce City Market and Buckhead) and at Spruill Center for the Arts in Dunwoody.)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday After School one-hour 6-week courses for Cursive Handwriting to children ages 9-12. </span><a href="http://www.aikidodecatur.com/" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aikido Decatur</a><span style="color: #353535; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: 104 Sycamore Place, 30030</span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1205071">6 Sessions | Beginner to Intermediate | Price $200 | Max. 15 </a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1205071">|ARTZ0000 | <u style="text-underline: #353535;">Wednesdays</u> | Mar 8 – Apr 12, 6-8:30pm</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218812"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #353535;">Copperplate Calligraphy Wknd Wrkshp w/ Anne Elser - PCM Binders</span></b><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218812"><span style="color: #353535;">2 Sessions | Beginner to Intermediate | Price: $200 | Max. 15 | </span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218812"><b><span style="color: #353535;">ARTZPCM0000</span></b></a><span style="color: #353535;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218812">| <u style="text-underline: #353535;">Saturday & Sunday</u>, Apr 1/2, 11am – 4:30pm</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218807"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #353535;">Copperplate Calligraphy w/ Anne Elser – PCM Binders</span></b><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218807"><span style="color: #353535;">6 Sessions | Beginner to Intermediate | Price: $200 | Max. 15 | </span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218807"><b><span style="color: #353535;">ARTZPCM0000</span></b></a><span style="color: #353535;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218807">| <u style="text-underline: #353535;">Tuesdays</u>, May 16 – Jun 20, 6-8:30pm</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #353535;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1205083">Italic w/ Anne Elser – Buckhead Binders</a></span></b><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1205083"><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1205083">|ARTZ0000 | <u style="text-underline: #353535;">Wednesdays</u> | May 17 – Jun 21, 6-8:30pm</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #353535;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1206398">Calligraphic Flourishing Wknd Wkshp w/ Anne Elser – Buckhead Binders</a></span></b><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1206398"><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1224391"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #353535;">Italic Calligraphy w/ Anne Elser – PCM Binders</span></b><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1224391"><span style="color: #353535;">6 Sessions | Beginner to Intermediate | Price: $200 | Max. 15 | </span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1224391"><b><span style="color: #353535;">ARTZPCM0000</span></b></a><span style="color: #353535;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1224391">| <u style="text-underline: #353535;">Tuesdays</u>, Jul 18 – Aug 22, 6-8:30pm</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1206576"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #353535;">Brush Lettering w/ Anne Elser – Buckhead Binders</span></b><span style="color: #353535;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #353535; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1206576">ARTZ0000 | <u style="text-underline: #353535;">Wednesdays</u> | Jul 19 – Aug 23, 6-8:30pm</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #353535;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218834">Italic Calligraphy Wknd Wrkshp w/ Anne Elser – PCM Binders</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218834"><span style="color: #353535;">2 Sessions | Beginner to Intermediate | Price: $200 | Max. 15 | </span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218834"><b><span style="color: #353535;">ARTZPCM0000</span></b></a><span style="color: #353535;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1218834">| <u style="text-underline: #353535;">Saturday & Sunday</u>, Sep 16/17, 11am – 4:30pm</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anne Elserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425559946353875253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15157007.post-13950458829651456752016-12-15T11:31:00.003-05:002016-12-15T11:33:32.731-05:00Telescoping Box Weekend Workshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";">Spend a fun weekend
making a box base with a separate custom-fitted lid – the Telescoping Box! We’ll
learn how to customize them for a variety of uses: storing pencils, art &
craft supplies, trinkets, books, business cards, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A functional, yet decorative work of art, this box is made
from 2-ply chipboard you measure and cut and covered with Japanese decorative
papers: Kozo, Yuzen, and Lokta papers, as well as pages from vintage recycled
books, maps, and prints. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";">We’ll also learn how to
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";">We’ll take a break to
eat lunch and by the <span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">end of class, you’ll be
very proud of your first beautiful, strong and function</span>al box(es).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";">Min. 4, max. 15
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">We’ll take about an hour break each day to
eat lunch somewhere in the city of Decatur (you may also bring your lunch) and
by the end of class, you’ll be very proud of your first set of telescoping
boxes! Anne’s workshops are meaningful, educational, enriching, and fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">After earning a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">With over 20 years teaching experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching and entertaining.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">She currently teaches private lessons from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, as well as Thursday afternoon classes at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14pt;">Her work has been featured in books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Artist, calligrapher, teacher, mother, and friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for truth and is a soulful reflection of the connections shared by all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="pre-formatted-text"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Please Note: Anne Will be bringing her dog to this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of, please email Anne directly.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com">Penkitten@anneelser.com</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">• 4-ply chipboard measuring guide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">• Wet Bookbinding Adhesive to use the 1<sup>st</sup>
day of class. I will demonstrate how to prepare your own adhesive so that you
can use yours the second day of class.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">Supply list: (purchased separately by
students.)</span></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">Many of these items can be purchased at <a href="http://www.bindersart.com/">Binders Art
Supply</a> in Buckhead or their Ponce City Market location. They
give a 10% student discount and have a very helpful staff to help you find
products.</span></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">Another source for supplies is <a href="http://www.papersource.com/">Paper Source</a> in
Virginia Highlands or the Shops at Lenox in Buckhead.</span></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">• $7 supply fee to instructor payable the
first day of class<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">• If you would like to make a telescoping
box to fit a book you’ve made or any other object, please bring that object
with you, so we can accurately measure them for precise results. </span></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">• 1.5 oz. container of Lineco® Pure Methyl
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threaded lids (to prepare and store your glue mixture and methyl cellulose.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">• Lineco® bone or horn folder (real bone or
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">• Decorative Cover Papers (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This is decorative handmade paper that comes
in many different patterns, textures and weights. Common names are: Washi
Paper, Japanese Decorative Papers, Kozo Paper, <a href="http://www.papersource.com/item/Yuzen-Pool-Gold-Waves-Fine-Paper/12441950.html">Yuzen Paper</a>, <a href="http://www.papersource.com/item/Lokta-Gold-Crossed-Lines-on-Red-Fine-Paper/102199.html">Lokta Paper</a>. Pick at least 3-5 sheets you like
that are not tissue paper thin or too stiff to be bent without cracking, and
that can withstand adhesion with wet glue. We will cover our boards with this
paper and within the pages of your book for collage and binding. ) Binders Art Supply
carries a beautiful variety of colors and patters, as does Paper Source. Below
are a couple more links to some papers that would be appropriate.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">*<a href="http://www.papersource.com/item/Katazome-Pool-Vines-Red-Flowers-Fine-Paper/13689350.html">http://www.papersource.com/item/Katazome-Pool-Vines-Red-Flowers-Fine-Paper/13689350.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">*<a href="http://www.papersource.com/item/Pink-Red-White-Flower-Fine-Paper/44384350.html"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.papersource.com/item/Pink-Red-White-Flower-Fine-Paper/44384350.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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books, illustrations, maps or ephemera to collage with your other decorative papers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; letter-spacing: 0.35pt;">Anne Elser: Penkitten@AnneElser.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anne Elserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425559946353875253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15157007.post-60221792893808567932016-12-07T11:26:00.001-05:002016-12-07T12:48:05.468-05:00Announcing A New Class/Workshop: Calligraphic Flourishing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/calligraphic-flourishing-tickets-30086673049"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">6-Week Course</span> </span><span style="color: black;">– </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Decatur<o:p></o:p></span> </span></a></span></b><br />
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<a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1206396?mc_cid=56ca2002ed&mc_eid=%5BUNIQID%5D"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Weekend Workshop</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"> – Buckhead Binders</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><o:p></o:p></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1206398?mc_cid=56ca2002ed&mc_eid=%5BUNIQID%5D">2 Sessions | IntermediateBeginner to Advanced | Price: $200 | Max. 15 |ARTZ0000 | Saturday &Sunday, Jun 24/25, 11am – 4:30pm</a></span></div>
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with Anne Elser</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 120%;">The
definition of flourish is to flower. We all flower in our language, thoughts,
hopes and dreams, body movements, voices, and in our relationships with each
other and the beautiful big world we share. But most importantly, we flourish
all by ourselves - our bodies do this automatically - we were built this way.
Look at the branching of blood vessels in our bodies, how our fingers splay
open or fan out like flowers, the growth pattern of the hair on our heads, all
the many muscles in our face that produce a genuine smile. That’s flourishing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Everyone
can flourish, but it is a daunting task for so many of us to draw one on paper.
This workshop is designed to create a sense of ease with the idea of
flourishing. We will identify points of fear and anxiety in our approach to
flourishing, that wobble our lines and tense up our bodies, and we will heal
ourselves from these negative work habits that make any exploration, especially
this one, an unpleasant task.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 120%;">We’ll
train the eye and awakening the body (fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders and
breath) to align with each other. We’ll begin with identifying the unique
capabilities of our joints and how they best function in relation to the kinds
of strokes we are drawing, from the wrist, elbow, shoulder, and fingers. We
will begin to train our bodies to capably reproduce the elements of flourishes
that make them work and that our eyes have learned to identify: Ovals,
Perpendicular Intersections, Intersecting Ovals, Parallel Strokes, Shade and
Hairline Relationships, Accents, Textures, and MORE.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Working
in pencil, straight/oblique pointed pens, and everyday pens (everything from
felt tip, roller ball, gel pens, fountain pens, etc) we’ll memorize standard
flourishing movements that have been around a long time, and how to adjust and
vary their proportions to suit our needs. We’ll learn how to exaggerate ascenders
and descenders, the crossing of t’s, and the endings of words. We’ll learn to
curl these strokes around the graceful curve of an oval, so that our pens are
never lost, our strokes finding their way back home, even through the most
subtle of suggestions. We’ll make flourishes that stand alone, work with each
other, and that accent a word.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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best of all, we’ll do this together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">More information:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">• </span></span><span class="pre-formatted-text"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">$5 Fee due to the instructor on the first day
of class or workshop.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span class="pre-formatted-text"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Anne Will be bringing her dog to this
class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of, please
email Anne directly. </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com">Penkitten@anneelser.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">After earning a BFA in
painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic
Design at The Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a
painter, bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. </span></div>
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experience, her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience
is, prompting both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are
also FUN and full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she
inspires enriching and entertaining. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">She currently teaches private
lessons from her home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at
Binder Art Supply in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, as well
as Thursday afternoon classes at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes
and workshops at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad
conducting workshops. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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books and magazines across the country, and for both private and corporate
clients such as </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis Vuitton,
Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth Avenue,
Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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teacher, mother, and friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for
truth and is a soulful reflection of the connections shared by all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs to be aware of,
please email Anne directly. </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com">Penkitten@anneelser.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Bienfang Graphics 360 9’’x12’’ Marker Pad<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Paper</u>: Any smooth paper that works well with Dr. Martin’s Bleedproof white.
Suggested brand below<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Strathmore Artagain pad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Canson cover weight papers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ink-friendly high-quality envelopes, just a few in any size and color.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sumi, Higgens Eternal, Mcaffrey’s, Walnut, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ink Colors and metallic inks: Suggested brands below<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Metallic Pan (cake) inks: Finetec metallics and other brands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PearlEx powder pigments mixed with water and gum arabic (try starting with
equal parts of each.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Colored inks of your choosing that won’t bleed. (My favorites are gouache/water/gum
arabic mixtures).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 120%;"><u>White
Ink</u>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dr. Martin’s Bleedproof White (water based that is thinned to your taste with
water.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 120%;"><u>Pens/Pencils</u>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Your favorite pencil/eraser and markers/gel pens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A variety of your favorite ultra fine, fine, and medium point pens (for markers
bullet point and not chisel).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 120%;">These
pens come in a variety of thicknesses. You’ll want to have variety and choose
something that writes very fine like the Slicci and have a slightly thicker
width pen to see what feels right for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Your favorite/preferred pens from home. Can be fine or medium point or bullet
point. Ballpoint, felt tip, roller ball, gel pens, Sharpies, etc. Fountain pens
are also wonderful. All are welcome and suitable for this class.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Envelopes and stationary paper at least 5-10 envelopes/sheets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ruler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gems, etc., for accents.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #948a54; font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1206401">Brush Lettering Weekend Workshop w/ Anne Elser - Buckhead Binders</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1206401">2 Sessions | All Levels | Price: $200 | Max. 15</a> </span><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/binders-art-school/shop/activities/1206401" style="font-family: Helvetica;">| <u>Saturday & Sunday,</u> Jan 7/8, 11am – 4:30pm</a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">The gift of
the brush is that it offers superb sensitivity and flow – more than any pen or
pencil ever could. There is nothing quite as pleasurable and sensuous as a
paintbrush with a thousand fibers, waiting to push and pull paint around at
your command. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">Because of
its great flexibility, the thought of commanding the attention of every single
fiber to produce a predictable stroke, can be daunting and frustrating. There
is no other way to cure this frustration, than to use the brush A LOT and make
it your friend. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">On the
market these days are brush markers, made to appeal to those of us who find the
brush so intimidating. But the marker can only produce 10-20 percent of the
language a brush can, thereby limiting your potential for expression. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">The goal of
this class or workshop is to engage in formal measured stroke exercises, to
produce predictable shapes. These shapes become the foundation of the
calligraphic Brush Lettering hand and its many variations – limitless and
powerful expressions of your own heart and hands. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">The alphabet
in both minuscule and majuscule characters will be studied, as well as numerals
and opportunities for flourishing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Envelopes, quotes, flourishes, and accents – we’ll be painting our
hearts out among friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">Painting
meets drawing meets writing. In this class or workshop, you’ll be able to set
your brush markers aside and replace them with a master’s tools – YOUR brush,
your hands, and your voice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">More information:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">• </span></span><span class="pre-formatted-text"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">$5 Fee due to the instructor on the first
day of class or workshop.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">• </span><span class="pre-formatted-text"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Anne will be
bringing her dog to this class. If you have an allergy or phobia that she needs
to be aware of, please email Anne directly. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="mailto:Penkitten@anneelser.com"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Penkitten@anneelser.com</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica"; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">About
Anne<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">After earning a BFA in painting from the
Cleveland Institute of Art and graduate studies in Graphic Design at The
Portfolio Center, Anne Elser began her artistic career as a painter,
bookbinder, designer, and calligrapher. With over 20 years teaching experience,
her students often report how fulfilling the classroom experience is, prompting
both personal and artistic transformations. Anne's classes are also FUN and
full of laughter. Students find the sense of community she inspires enriching
and entertaining. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">She currently teaches private lessons from her
home studio in Decatur, classes and workshops year round at Binder Art Supply
in Buckhead and at their Ponce City Market location, as well as Thursday
afternoon classes at The Spruill Center for the Arts, and classes and workshops
at Aikido Decatur. She also travels in the states and abroad conducting
workshops. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">Her work has been featured in books and magazines
across the country, and for both private and corporate clients such as </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">Tiffany&Co, Mont Blanc, Louis
Vuitton, Paces Papers, Landor, Martha Stewart Weddings, Belk, Saks Fifth
Avenue, Bloomingdales, Clicquot Veauvé, World50, Ogilvy, and more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">Artist, calligrapher, teacher, mother, and
friend, Anne believes making art creates a channel for truth and is a soulful
reflection of the connections shared by all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">• Mechanical
Pencil for drawing guidelines and an eraser<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">• <u>Sketching
Paper</u>: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">*
Transparent Layout Paper for practice work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">Suitable
Brands: Bienfang Graphics 360 100% Rag Marker Paper, Borden & Riley #100S
Smooth Cotton Comp, and Strathmore Layout Bond 400 Series<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">• <u>Paper for
final work</u>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">* Cover
weight stock in any color. Arches Watercolor Paper, Canson , Strathmore
Artagain Black Pad, and many more are all acceptable brands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">• <u>Brushes</u>: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">* 2 sizes of
brushes: Small and Medium<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">* Pentel Aquash
Water Brushes or Color Brushes or Pocket Brushes. Some of these are already
loaded with ink. These are all acceptable. You may choose to use the inks
inside, or keep them unloaded, so you can dip them into any ink or paint you so
choose. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Calligraphy meets Bookbinding!</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monogrammed-journal-calligraphy-bookbinding-weekend-workshop-tickets-28835365354"><span class="s3"><b>Monogrammed Journal Bookbinding/Calligraphy Weekend Workshop - Aikido Decatur</b></span></a></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monogrammed-journal-calligraphy-bookbinding-weekend-workshop-tickets-28835365354"><span style="font-size: small;">2 Sessions | All Levels | Price: $200 | Max 10 | Sat/Sun Dec 3/4, 10am-5pm</span></a></div>
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Description:</div>
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The anatomy of a book is fascinating, as are the personal adjustments one can make to create this decorative and functional work of art. A personal handmade journal is a vehicle in which you can fill your hopes and dreams, drawings, musings, sketches, lettering practice, and more.</div>
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If you enjoy stitching, gluing, folding, drawing, painting, laughing, and the freedom to be yourself in good company, this class is for you.</div>
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Spend a weekend making your very own Coptic Journal with folded blank or lined pages that you prefer writing on, sewn together with a bookbinding needle and waxed perl cotton thread. Front and back covers are cut from raw chipboard you then cover with imported handmade papers (Washi Paper.)</div>
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The Coptic Bound Book, developed by early Christians in Egypt, began its origins way back in the 2nd century AD. This functional, decorative work of art makes a great gift for you or someone who would enjoy filling it! </div>
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A very flexible and visible spine allows it to open completely flat and therefore makes a fabulous sketchbook, journal, or lettering drill practice, as your hand does not have to fight the center of the book as you write. </div>
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To make your book even more unique, we’ll personalize the cover with a monogram I’ll help you design. Using any lettering style or font you like, I’ll show you the secret to building out a well-balanced monogram and transferring that design to your cover with liquid acrylic inks and a brush, or a cut paper collage with the aide of scissors and fine details cut with an exacto blade. </div>
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We’ll take about an hour break each day to eat lunch somewhere in the city of Decatur (you may also bring your lunch) and by the end of class, you’ll be very proud of your first coptic bound journal. Anne’s workshops are meaningful, educational, enriching, and fun.</div>
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IMPORTANT NOTES: Please let Anne know (penkitten@anneelser.com) the full size of the paper you will be using for pages, so that we can have a your covers cut to their intended size. <br />
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Anne will be bringing her dog Inga to the workshop. If you have a phobia or allergy, please let her know beforehand, so that everyone is comfortable.<br />
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This is an All Skill Level course. </div>
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• Semi-transparent marker layout paper (for sketching out monogram)</div>
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• Lineco® bookbinding needles </div>
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• Bookbinding Needles</div>
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• $15 supply fee to instructor payable the first day of class</div>
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• If you would like to paint your monogram, please bring a small or medium Pentel Aquash Water Brush. </div>
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• Lineco® medium-duty awl</div>
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• Lineco® bone folder (bone, not plastic, please.)</div>
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(Washi Paper, Japanese Decorative Paper, Kozo Paper Yuzen Paper, Lokta Paper) These come in large sheets and are hand made and printed. Each student should have 2 to 3 to use and collage with, to cover their boards and to bind within the book signatures. Needs to be strong enough for gluability, yet not too stiff that it’s hard to bed. Below are some examples at Paper Source that will work.</div>
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*<span class="s1">http://www.papersource.com/item/Lokta-Gold-Crossed-Lines-on-Red-Fine-Paper/102199.html</span></div>
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<span class="s4">*<a href="http://www.papersource.com/item/Katazome-Pool-Vines-Red-Flowers-Fine-Paper/13689350.html"><span class="s5">http://www.papersource.com/item/Katazome-Pool-Vines-Red-Flowers-Fine-Paper/13689350.html</span></a></span></div>
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• Lineco® glue brush or stiff & springy kiddie craft glue brush (at least one inch wide). Paper Source also carries a good glue brush.</div>
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Strathmore Calligraphy Pad, Strathmore Parchment Pad, Strathmore Writing Paper Pad (unlined), Rhodia and Claire-Fonatine pads: Lined, Graph, Dot, or blank. </div>
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panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Cambria;
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;
text-underline:single;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-noshow:yes;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;
text-underline:single;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
</style>
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