Thank you all so much for your patience with the postponed workshops, at the moment I’m still unsure as to when these will be ready to go ahead again but please be rest assured that as soon as I know what the government and venues have in place for social groups then I’ll be able to work out how to best re-start workshops in a new socially distanced format.
Read MoreFor the whole of the lockdown I’ll be offering my kids calligraphy worksheets for you to download and print for free. They are a great creative resource for budding calligraphers. All you need is a Crayola pen or similar brush pen and to follow each page step by step, tracing first and then practicing after.
Read MoreFor me my modern calligraphy journey started way back in 2009. I used to spend my lunch breaks reading blog posts on Design Sponge and looking at all the stunning wedding stationery that was featured.
Read MoreThank you so much to Femail magazine for featuring my luxury beginners modern calligraphy kit in your April 2020 online article on learning a new lockdown hobby.
Read MoreThere are lots of reasons why one would be looking to learn modern calligraphy at home. You may not be able to visit the location where the calligraphy workshop is being held. You might be the main carer at home or have small children and childcare is difficult to arrange (believe me I’ve been there with the childcare issues!).
Read MoreIf you’re on Instagram and you follow a lot of makers you’ll probably notice that over the years they participate is something called “March Meet the Maker”. Every year a lovely illustrator named Joanne Hawker sets up a list of daily prompts for the month of March.
Read MoreIndeed it’s a question that I pretty much ask myself all the time especially when struggling to learn different styles. In the case of pretty much everything we learn, including calligraphy - the best advice really is “practice makes perfect”.
Read MoreFor me I love all forms of calligraphy and whilst I’ll spend the rest of my life learning every possible style that I can find, I will never forget my adoration of modern calligraphy. It was the first style that I feel really connected with me, I learnt my basic strokes.
Read MoreIf you feel that you have progressed from modern calligraphy and are now taking an interest in the other forms of pointed pen calligraphy available then I am sure that you have probably seen this still of calligraphy when browsing the web.
Read MoreI hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer making some great memories, frolicking about in the sea and spending time with loved ones?!
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