Here is the list of all our workshops and events this coming academic year. All events and workshops will all be held at St Lawrence's Church Hall in Effingham or on zoom where indicated.
Saturday 30th September 2023
1 pm - 4 pm
Saturday 11th November 2023
on zoom
10am - 11.30am and 2 - 3 pm
This online workshop will cover the basics of how to design suitable lettering, to cut the designs and then the blind embossing techniques. We will start simply and add in more complex elements to give different levels to the embossing. This will offer skills to achieve the rather pure and serene embossing effects, whether for cards, books or pieces of work.
Saturday 2nd December 2023
10.00 am - 1 pm
Saturday 27th January 2024
on zoom
10am - 12 pm and 2 - 3 pm
The French Ronde is a kind of script in which the heavy strokes are upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look. It appeared in France at the end of the 16th c., growing out from a late local variant of Gothic cursive influenced by Rotunda.
In this workshop we will be looking at the formal structure of the lower case, but using the imagination and creating a modern twist to the upper case letters and using the pen to create decorative elements as well
Saturday 23rd March 2024
on zoom
10am - 12pm
Saturday 20th April 2024
10am - 4 pm
This drawn letter workshop starts with a refresher of basic skeleton Roman capitals and their width groups, we add proportional weight to construct these classical capitals and explore their many variations, both historic and contemporary, with gouache, watercolours and coloured pencils. We will draw and decorate them both as single initials or blocks of words using lots of techniques. See them evolve into an exciting variety of lively letters - fun, informal, graphic and calligraphy letters for every occasion.
Saturday 20th April 2024
10am - 4 pm
This drawn letter workshop starts with a refresher of basic skeleton Roman capitals and their width groups, we add proportional weight to construct these classical capitals and explore their many variations, both historic and contemporary, with gouache, watercolours and coloured pencils. We will draw and decorate them both as single initials or blocks of words using lots of techniques. See them evolve into an exciting variety of lively letters - fun, informal, graphic and calligraphy letters for every occasion.
Saturday 22nd June 2024
10am - 3 pm
Come the the Hall and prepare some backgrounds for your lettering. We will look at using pigments, dirty water, watercolours, pastels and much more.
Or just bring a piece of your own work that needs finishing and enjoy being away from all domestic distractions.
Saturday 20th July 2024
1pm - 4 pm
Workshop Booking Form 2023-2024 (pdf)
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