Welcome to the wonderful world of calligraphy!  You may want to start your journey by attending our Study Mornings which are run throughout the year.  These are informal, relaxed sessions and the perfect way to try out this beautiful hobby.

Study Mornings

Complete beginners will be given advice and guidance from members to get you underway.

Basic equipment to bring:

•   HB Pencil
•   Eraser
•   Sharpener
•   30cm ruler
•   Kitchen roll
•   Nibs / Penholders*

*You may already have nibs & holders or calligraphy fountain pen gift set, just bring what you have.

We can provide practice paper, & ink and can loan you pens, holders a portable drawing board to use for the session.

If you decide you want to dive straight in you can buy most equipment from one of the providers listed on our useful links page.

Complete beginners will be given guidance in the correct way to set up your work area, the correct posture, the basics of calligraphy and an introduction to pattern making & a traditional founding script.

 

•   Equipment
•   Posture
•   Basic terminology
•   Anatomy of a letter
•   X-Height – what is it?
•   Pen Angle – what is it?
•   Letter & word spacing
•   History

 

Workshops Course Details

Our courses will introduce you to core scripts like Foundational, Uncial, Italic and Gothic – the building blocks of many other calligraphic scripts.

You will learn about the history of the script, the correct angle to hold a pen and how to make the strokes to form the letters.

The classes are fun and informal.