Tutor: Claire Delfont

Come and join The Modern Calligraphy Co. and learn how to create beautiful lettering in this relaxed and informal class. Modern calligraphy is about lettering that is dynamic and has energy, so rather than worrying about getting every letter identical, you can relax and have fun with it. Creating your own style and enjoying the process is what it’s all about.

If you have always wanted to try modern calligraphy but you’re concerned you don't have nice handwriting or you can’t draw, don’t worry, that really doesn’t matter!  We teach you the tricks to turn your hand to modern calligraphy whatever your skill set; and anyway, it’s the imperfections that make it human, and that is it’s appeal.

Our 2.5 hour dip pen workshop is specifically designed for beginners. Carefully structured, our lesson plan takes you through guided exercises, creating the letters of the alphabet and turning them into elegant words. Finally, you’ll work onto our lovely card templates, designed by Kirsten Burke, the UK’s leading modern calligrapher.

We’ll build your confidence by gradually adding to your understanding of the techniques which make modern calligraphy so beautiful. By the end of the class you’ll have progressed from making basic strokes to being able to connect letter forms and create your own calligraphic words and phrases.

All your worksheets and templates are yours to keep, so you can continue to practice your calligraphy with them at home. 

As well as guiding the whole class with demonstrations and instructions, your tutor will be there to provide you with one-on-one tuition and troubleshooting any issues you may come across.

Throughout the workshop you’ll learn about letterforms and try your hand at colour blending. With these techniques in your repertoire, you'll soon be creating greeting cards, party invitations and artworks for your home and loved ones!

All the materials you’ll need are provided, so you can just relax and enjoy! 

We  are pleased to say that as a COVID secure venue, we are able to  continue hosting workshops in our studios. We hope that being able to  attend our workshops will give our students a much-needed opportunity to  learn and relax in safety when so many other options are unavailable.

We  take safety at our workshops seriously and we will do everything  necessary to keep you safe and have a great workshop. We have a rigorous  workshop hygiene procedure, socially distanced work stations, and  practice no-touch teaching.

We  ask that you please do not attend if you are feeling ill, or think that  you may have been exposed to the virus. You are really welcome to  attend a workshop with someone from your bubble but we cannot accept  bookings of groups over six. Bubble members will be seated together,  socially distanced from other bubbles and individuals. Please wear a  mask to enter and move around the studio, but you are free to remove  your mask if you want when you are seated.

We  are continually reviewing our measures as new government guidelines are  released, and latest version of our safety procedures can always be  found on our website, including what to expect when you attend a  workshop.

For our up to date health and safety procedures please visit our Keeping You Safe page: https://www.themoderncalligraphyco.com/keeping-you-safe

Additional Information: 

The workshop will be upstairs in the function room. 

The bar and kitchen will be open if you would like to purchase food and drink to bring up with you.

The pub also serves really lovely meals, so we'd recommend booking lunch after the workshop!