Roman Capitals form the basis for the western alphabet as we know it today. By the first century of the common era the evolutionary route for our prime letters came from the GrekoRoman forms. Before that there was a three thousand year evolutionary process from cave paintings, pictograms, cuneiform in various parts of the world.

This course will take it beginning from the Trajan Inscription. I will guide the participant through early pencil work, construction of the penned Roman Capital and leave you with a very sound foundation and a variety of styles to use as a springboard for future works.

• how to hold your pen, slant, guidelines, pen scale, reading a ductus and more.
• setting up (supplies, how to practice…)
• going letter by letter over a basic Roman capital.
• proper proportions
• proper spacing
• pangram practice
• trouble shooting: most common mistakes
• building from pencil models to penned Roman capitals
• simple Roman capitals to use with the foundational hand
• Roman numerals
• Flourished capitals