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ENGRAVING CLASSES
Calligraphy Engraving:
Basics to Beyond
Take your calligraphy to a whole new set of surfaces! This comprehensive course shows you the exact process of engraving on multiple surfaces including glass, metal, stone and more!
Calligraphy Engraving:
Going Pro
Want to add engraving to your professional calligraphy services? Learn the ins and outs of offering engraving to private clients and luxury brands. Includes enrollment in Basics to Beyond Course
Learn proper techniques from quality instructors for a successful calligraphy and engraving experience.
Serious about learning?
The true rockstar calligraphers we all admire take the same class multiple times and they take the same subject from multiple instructors to continue developing their skills. If you want to make a master calligrapher laugh, just say, "I already took that class."
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Pointed Pen: Tips & Tricks
Perfect for those who wonder how people make it look so easy! Gain success and confidence by building the foundational skills left out of most workshops because there simply isn't time! This is the game-changer you've been waiting for.
Shadow Letters, The Art of Hand Embossing
Is there anything more captivating than using texture and light to create your designs? Learn this fabulous technique for adding dimension to your paper.
Address List Management for Calligraphers
Learn the computer side of calligraphy envelope addressing to make centering a breeze and save you time and energy when dealing with large lists of names and addresses.
Bottle Painting: Leveling Up
Whitney Forbes takes your bottle painting skills to a whole new level! Not required but highly recommended that you have taken Whitney's January bottle painting course to be familiar with her techniques.
Conquering Layouts
Ready to tackle long pieces without breaking your brain? Learn the approaches of Harvest Crittenden, Suzanne Cunningham & Kestrel Montes! They unlock the mystery of arranging quantities of text and adding design elements without any headaches.
Open Shaded Script
Create the impression of pointed pen with pure monoline strokes! Grab glass pen, fountain pen, colored pencils and learn this fun script from its designer, Anne Davnes (Elser)!
Copperplate Script
Keep improving (or just get started) in Copperplate with Suzanne Cunningham! This classic hand is a timeless favorite for its swells and hairlines.
Fanciful Flourishing
Learn the whimsical and bold flourishes that deck Schin Loong's calligraphy and engravings! Swirls and curls and fancy fun make Schin's style extra romantic.
Lush and Dainty Club
Jerome Jonathan grows our flower powers with all the supporting actors: smaller flowers and greenery! Build your repertoire of flowers so our bouquets will burst.
Line Art Florals
It's time to draw florals with Jen Sweeney! These florals will be a perfect addition to your calligraphy pieces or your engravings! Paint them in, leave them outlines, or engrave them on glass. Heck, you might even design your first tattoo!
Animation for Calligraphers
Did you know you can use your iPad and Procreate to make your calligraphy come to life in motion? Haven't seen that yet? It brings a whole new meaning to "it jumps right off the page."
Need help getting started?
Calligraphy can be tricky at first. Knowing what tools to buy and then how to successfully use them can be daunting. We have you covered!
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Blackletter
Perfect for titles and stunning name plates, Blackletter commands attention and oozes sophistication. Learn the letterforms with a broad nib or parallel pen or draw them to fill with paint.
Watercolor House Portraits
House portraits make the most amazing gifts or commissions! Jen Sweeney walks us through her steps from drafting to adding the most intricate details that bring these homes to life.
The Business of Calligraphy
Kestrel Montes, of INKMETHIS, reveals her strategies to building a thriving creative business: determining the focus, finding clients, licenses, marketing, social media, offering services, selling products, diversifying revenue streams, passive income, buying wholesale & more!
Flora: Blooming Letters
Bust out your watercolor pencils with Anne Davnes (Elser) and get ready for some Flora magic! You'll learn to incorporate gentle forms of curving leaves, folding petals, and sweeping stems into and along the oval paths of your letterforms and flourishes.
Deck the Halls: Holiday Envelopes
Every November, we all wait with anticipation to see what Suzanne Cunningham will create for her yearly holiday mailing. And she's going to gather all her designs and share them with us in time for this year's season!!
Italic Hand
Curvy yet angular, Sachin Shah gives a fluid and graceful touch to this Renaissance era alphabet. Italic hand combines well with many calligraphy script styles making it a dynamic and popular choice for invitations and art pieces.
Fashion Illustration
Transform an image into a simple and quick line drawing. Then, add the right touch of watercolor and bam! Schin Loong shows us how she uses this skill to offer live event illustration services to luxury brands and to create fun personal art projects!
Pointed Pen: Tips & Tricks
Perfect for those who wonder how people make it look so easy! Gain success and confidence by building the foundational skills involved in pointed pen left out of most workshops because there simply isn't time! This really is the game-changer you've been waiting for.
Watercolor Maps
Grab your brushes and let's create custom watercolor maps with Jen Sweeney! What a fun gift for a new couple, a baby's room, a new home or add this skill as a new service you offer clients! (Feel free to use colored pencils instead of paint.)
Illuminated Initials
Finally add show-stopping elements to your certificates and keepsake pieces! And we mean using real gold leaf, not just gold paint. You're in luck!! Master Penman Harvest Crittenden will teach us the step-by-step process to create stunning illuminated initials.
Flourishing: The Art of the Oval
Take your calligraphy to the next level with Suzanne Cunningham! When executed correctly, flourishing is a beautiful way to enhance & elevate your letterforms. Learn Suzanne's favorite flourishes and the rules that unlock the secrets to making yours look balanced and elegant.
The Bouquet Waltz
Join Jerome Jonathan in composing stunning bouquets of watercolor flowers! Let's bring all the big beauties, filler flowers and greenery together to create our clustered masterpieces.
Engrosser's Script
Known for it's drastic shades and drawn structure, Engrosser's Script is a show-stopping choice. takes Ash Giri guides us in developing skillful pen control and a keen understanding of the letterforms.
Flourishing Frenzy - Holiday Edition
Traci Thompson guides us through using calligraphy strokes and mini cartouches in a whole new way. You'll learn her tricks to filling spaces to create any shape! This fun technique is perfect for creating special gifts and greeting cards!
Learn from the best!
We are dedicated to bringing you quality calligraphy and engraving learning opportunities. We understand and value the importance formally taught instructors.
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Correcting Mistakes
Did you know you can often remove ink from paper? Watch how to salvage that piece you just spent so long creating.
Fixing Creased Paper
Errrrg. The cat jumped onto the table and stepped on it. See how to repair those bent fibers and smooth things out.
Pointed Pen: Tips & Tricks
Learn behind-the-scenes foundational skills for sucess with a dip pen (the things left out of most workshops because there simply isn't time)!
Calligraphy is an art that never goes out of style. Learning is an experience we benefit from forever.
PREVIOUS CLASSES
Spencerian: Advanced Study
Master Penman Harvest Crittenden leads an advanced study of this elegant vintage script. Get ready to elevate the quality and style of your script with an in-depth study of alternate letter-forms, intricate capitals, advanced entry strokes and a bit of decorative flourishes.
The Wedge Brush Garden
Want to adorn your calligraphy with delicate watercolor butterflies, flowers & greenery? Calligrapher Jen Sweeney @jsweeneydesigns shares her love for watercolor & walnut ink! Grab a nib and a wedge brush - Jen leads us through her signature garden style.
Ruling Pen
Love the dramatic and edgy vibe of a ruling pen? The ruling pen makes a fun addition to your calligraphy skills! These strange pens that look like something out of the garage toolbox create interesting textures and expressive strokes. Let's break it out and Sachin will show you his ways!
Renaissance Vine Borders
IAMPETH Master Penman Harvest Crittenden teaches teaches us to enhance our pieces with beautiful borders! This class will focus on traditional vine designs that add dimension and visual interest to our calligraphy work.
Spencerian Structures
Spencerian is known for it's delicate, sweeping lines. Learn one of the most requested bridal hands from Master Penman Harvest Crittenden. Perfect for those interested in learning or improving their skill in this elegant vintage hand.
Calligraphic Drawing
Schin Loong, author of Calligraphic Drawing, creates stunning and whimsical drawings using pointed pen flourishes. Learn Schin's friendly step-by-step process that culminates in incorporating words/addresses into your flourished masterpieces!
Script Monograms
Suzanne Cunningham guides us through her process of creating flourished script capitals that beautifully nest together forming one cohesive unit. Script Monograms are a favorite of Southern culture so nobody better to teach us than Suzanne!
Winter Wedge Wonderland
It's time to switch from spring flowers to winter berries and foliage wreaths! Jen Sweeney @jsweeneydesigns walks us through her holiday designs perfect for greeting cards, gift tags and framed decor! Get your wedge brush and grab some paint. We're going to the Winter Wonderland!
White Vines Decorated Borders
Often seen in the Zanerian Manual, white vine decorations date back to the 12th-15th centuries. Join IAMPETH Master Penman Harvest Crittenden in exploring some simple to complex designs that you can incorporate into your art and certificate pieces.
The Fine Art of Bottle Painting
Start gathering some bottles (or small picture frames) and let's learn from the best! Whitney Forbes stands out as having mastered the art of glass painting. Learn everything she has discovered herself about what works on glass to make the designs detailed, elegant and vibrant.
Imperial Script
Suzanne Cunningham's Imperial Script is fun and dramatic at the same time! Many of you already admire Suzanne's traditional calligraphy but her modern styles are just as elegant. In this two-session class, you'll learn the whole upper and lowercase alphabet that Suzanne developed.
Gothic Hand
Learn the bold beauty of Gothic Hand with Ash Giri! Composed of multiple small strokes, Gothic dates back to the 1200's and mixes well with pointed pen or stands on it's own as a dramatic statement!
Madarasz Script
Learn the swirling romantic hand of early 20th century penman Louis Madarasz with Schin Loong @openinkstand! Madarasz became known for his dramatically ornate script. And Schin's interpretation is stunning!
Flourishing Frenzy
Traci Thompson guides us through using calligraphy strokes and mini cartouches in a whole new way. You'll learn her tricks to filling spaces to create any shape! This fun technique is perfect for creating special gifts and greeting cards!
Copperplate Script
Arguably the most recognized traditional script, Copperplate, is a "must-have" in your calligraphy toolbelt. Kestrel Montes teaches the structure of an elegant upper and lowercase alphabet with variations.
Big Bloom Party
Jerome Jonathan, a calligrapher turned watercolor artist, teaches us the art of watercolor florals. This class will focus on large blooms such as peonies, king protea, roses, sunflowers, and more... The stars of the show!
Envelopes & Etiquette
The calligrapher's guide to proper envelope addressing with Suzanne Cunningham! Learn everything that goes into the process of bulk addressing. Suzanne guides you from list preparation all the way through to safe delivery.
Repeating Patterns
IAMPETH Master Penman Harvest Crittenden teaches us to transform a couple inches worth of art into endless possibilities! We'll explore simple to complex designs that you can incorporate into your art and certificate pieces.
Flourished Cursive Crush
Did you miss out on cursive in school? Anne Davnes (Elser) makes us fall in love with the art of script. This is the perfect opportunity to make your cursive shine. From simple notes to special gift pieces, pretty cursive is a sweet addition.
Digitizing Calligraphy
Wine labels, laser engraving, letterpress printing... they all require a special vectorization process to preserve the beauty of your strokes! Britt Rohr teaches the steps to transform paper and ink (or iPad) calligraphy into the digital format needed for reproduction.
Ditch the Paper
Jen Sweeney teaches us to use watercolor on all different surfaces. No longer limited to paper, we'll use watercolor on wood, metal, stone, you name it!
Procreate for Calligraphers
Procreate is a powerful tool that lets us create endless designs without the mess or limitations of ink. Calligrapher Yasar Mohammad of @yamohcreates turned to his iPad and mastered the same amazing pointed pen and broad edge scripts!
Modern Calligraphy
We can always count on Suzanne Cunningham for the most polished scripts and her Modern Calligraphy style is no exception! Instead of an "anything goes" approach to, Suzanne stays true to classic rules but gives them a playful twist.
Unlocking the Formula
How much money have you wasted on paint? How many hours have you spent trying to mix the perfect matching ink? Harvest Crittenden shows us the secret to using only 5 tubes of gouache to mix any color for a perfect match!
Pointed Pen Twist
Let's do broad edge hands with a pointed pen! Sachin Shah breaks down creating Romans and Uncial with a pointed nib. Perfect as the main star of a piece or as the small attribution, people will be amazed at your precision.
Gothicized Italics
Explore this mashup of Blackletter and Italics with Patti Adams. The bold yet elegant look of Gothicized Italic makes it perfect for titles and features mixed with pointed pen or on its own.
