Five week course starting on Wednesday 5th November until 3rd December

Step into the festive season with the art of watercolour calligraphy, where creativity meets Christmas sparkle. Over five weeks, you’ll learn how to combine expressive brush lettering with festive borders, winter florals, and decorative wreaths—perfect for creating unique handmade cards, tags, and seasonal artwork.

We’ll begin with the foundations of brush calligraphy, exploring brush control, watercolour flow, and letter shapes. As you progress, you’ll discover how to blend rich colours in your calligraphy while adding seasonal details such as holly, mistletoe, berries, and frosty foliage.

By the final week, you’ll bring everything together in a selection of hand painted Christmas card designs.

Course Outline

Week 1 – The Foundations of Brush Calligraphy

Learn to control the water brush and paintbrush, understanding pressure and release to create graceful letters.

Week 2 – Festive Alphabets

Discover how to adapt your lettering styles, adding a seasonal twist to your calligraphy.

Week 3 – Christmas Colours

Mix and experiment with seasonal palettes—reds, greens, golds, and icy winter tones. Explore blending, ombré effects, and transparency.

Week 4 – Festive Borders & Florals

Create holly sprigs, mistletoe, winter berries as borders to frame your lettering.

Week 5 – Designing a Christmas Card or Two

Plan, sketch, and compose a completed Christmas designs, combining your calligraphy with festive foliage to frame it.

Full Kit Ticket

Includes everything you need to take part:

• Van Gogh watercolour palette (15 pans)

• Water-brush

• Pipette

• Dual-tipped brush pen

• Goldline watercolour paper

• Langton Prestige watercolour paper

• Envelopes

• Worksheets

• A4 Rhodia pad

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No Kit Ticket

If you already have supplies, you’ll receive printable worksheets via email.

Payment & Postage

• Clearpay option available—spread your ticket price over 3 monthly instalments.

• Postage included for UK mainland. For Islands, Highlands, or international delivery, please email Nadine at enquiries@themoderncalligraphyco.com for details.

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Please Note

Once your kit has been posted, workshop tickets are non-refundable (this does not affect your statutory rights).

System Requirements

This live course will be hosted via Zoom. Your invite link will be included in your booking confirmation and again in a reminder email 3 days before the workshop (please check your Spam folder).