Starting Monday 24th November until Monday 8th December

Join Rosie for a joyful, Christmas-themed calligraphy course designed especially for those who already know the basics and want to take their skills a step further. Across three inspiring online sessions, you’ll explore creative and achievable ways to bring your calligraphy into festive card designs.

You’ll be guided through a range of fresh techniques and concepts, with plenty of inspiration for making your lettering shine. From playful compositions and decorative flourishes to clever ways of incorporating festive motifs, this course is all about elevating your calligraphy and making something truly special.

Expect lots of tips, time to experiment, and a relaxed, friendly atmosphere where you can build your confidence and enjoy the creative process. Whether you’re making cards for loved ones or looking to develop your portfolio, this is a wonderful way to get into the Christmas spirit with ink in hand.

What’s Included

• 3 live online sessions with Rosie

• Demonstrations, warm-up exercises, and time to create your own designs

• Techniques including:

  • Double flourishes

  • Mixing seasonal colour palettes

  • Using stencils for pattern and texture

  • Bold brush pen lettering and delicate pointed nib styles

  • Incorporating illustration into your designs

  • Adding ribbons and beads to create gift tags and elevate envelopes

• Design inspiration for the backs of cards, including adding your own name or brand

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• By the end of the course, you’ll have created:

  • 2 Christmas postcard designs

  • Christmas tags

  • Beaded envelopes

  • A folded card design

  • Plus, plenty of ideas to take forward into your own festive projects

    
    

• Resources and inspiration sheets - N.B. if you chose the No Kit option, your email pack includes swatch & greeting card master copies.  Please print these onto the heaviest watercolour card compatible with your printer.

  
  

• Access to recordings if you can’t make a session live

  
  

Come along and make this your most creative Christmas yet.

Workshop Kit

If you choose the ticket that includes a kit, it will be posted to you the week before the first workshop.

Included in the Kit

• 10-well blending palette

• 3 printed postcard templates

• 1 A4 printed watercolour card for a reference card

• Black, cyan, magenta, yellow, and white inks

• Hunt 22 nib

• Pen holder

• KB brush pen

• 1 folded A6 watercolour card template

• 1 A6 envelope

• Buddy cup

• 4 pipettes

• Paintbrush

• Stencil and stencil brush

• Sari ribbon and beads to add to envelopes

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Resources You Will Need to Bring

Please have the following items ready for the course. These are simple, inexpensive tools to help you get the most from each session:

• Yoghurt pot lid (for colour application and stencil work)

• Soft pencil, rubber, and ruler

• Kitchen roll

• Inexpensive or scrap paper for practising colour techniques

• Scissors

• Craft knife and cutting surface

• Spray water bottle

• Washi tape

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Optional extras:

• Light pad

• Paper trimmer

  
  

No Kit Ticket

If you choose the No Kit option, you will need to supply the above items. Worksheets will be emailed to you prior to the start date of the course.

Payment Option

There is now the option to split your payment into 3 monthly instalments by using Clearpay at the checkout.

Postage

Postage is included within the ticket price for the UK mainland only, not Islands or Highlands. For other UK and international locations, please email Nadine at enquiries@themoderncalligraphyco.com with your name, address, and the workshop/course title and date you would like to attend. She will be able to let you know the additional postage charge and estimated delivery time for your kit via Royal Mail.

PLEASE NOTE

Once your kit has been posted, workshop tickets are not refundable. This does not affect your statutory rights.

System requirements

Cancellation/Refund Policy

We are unable to offer refunds for this event.

System Requirements

This workshop will be hosted via Zoom. Your Zoom invite will come with your booking email confirmation, and we'll send it to you in your reminder email 3 days before your workshop. Please check your Spam folder in case the emails end up there.