Scribble Workshop

I attended the Scribble Workshop on September 20th at the Vasquez-Madrigal Plaza in Annapolis, Greenhills. The workshop was conducted by Alexis Ventura of Ink Scribbler. She discussed the introduction to calligraphy using a flexible dip pen. It was okay but I was expecting a little bit more. I was expecting at least more instructions about the alphabet like which stroke to draw first, you know, like a diagram with arrows. (Yeah, I’m a kid that needs to be spoon-fed. Haha.) I also think that there were too many students... in my opinion, workshops of this kind should only have 10-12 students max. Anyway, my purpose in attending the workshop was served, which was to jump-start this interest of mine.

The materials provided were worksheets in a folder, pencil, bottle of ink, wooden pen holder and a Hunt nib. Snack was served and there were biscuits and candies scattered on the tables, plus, bottled water was available, too. Tiny cups (for ink and water), tissue paper, wet wipes, cotton buds (for blotting excess ink) were also provided. There were also sample calligraphy pieces on the tables for inspiration.

The workshop was for three hours with bulk of the time spent on nib practices and exercises. I’d love it if it was longer but, of course, I understand that there’s a time limit. Here are some photos from the workshop...



A wall of strings with wooden pegs to hang and dry the worksheets...




Here's a view of half of the venue. Not in the picture is the other half on the left side.


The materials provided for each student...


Calligraphy notes/lists for inspiration...


That's Alexis in front...




One of my worksheets with ink blots and all...


And of course, a workshop wouldn't be complete without a token or a certificate...


Here we are… all the workshop attendees with Alexis. Grabbed the photo from Alexis’ blog, by the way.


More photos on my Facebook page. :)