Sunday 11th May from 10am to 1pm @The Pavilion in Penn Street
£54 per person
No experience necessary. All materials supplied.
We first ran a workshop with Jen Roffe back in the very earliest days of Where Inspiration Blooms. In fact it was our very first sell-out class... but then through a number of various different factors (not least covid and us having to leave The Barn) any future collaborations fell by the wayside.
Fast forward to November 2024 and you can imagine how excited we were when we bumped into Jen at Peterley Christmas Market... and we began planning to work together again.
This May, you are warmly invited to join expert calligrapher, Jen Roffe to learn how to create beautifully joyful lettering using brush pens in this modern, relaxed and joyful style of calligraphy.
Modern calligraphy is a creative and expressive way to create lettering - and using a brush tip even more so.
In this 3 hour workshop you will learn the calligraphy rules - and how to break them - to create your own unique, fun style with bold broad tip brush pens. It’s all about enjoying the process, and without having pots of ink to contend with, a whole lot less messy!
You will learn the essentials of brush calligraphy - how to position yourself, your paper and how to hold the pen, and then start with beginner brush strokes and mark making. You'll be practicing alphabets, upper and lowercase letter forms, and then eventually joining them into words and phrases.
Using the techniques you've learnt you will create your own hand lettered pieces that you can frame, pop up on a shelf, or give to friends, and before long you’ll be creating cards for every gifting event in the calendar.
All materials are included for you to use both in the workshop and take away with you so you can keep practicing and creating at home.
We will use a variety of specialist broad tip pen colours in the workshop alongside Jen’s calligraphy templates and lettering guides, with white card, folded cards and envelopes to complete our brush calligraphy final pieces.
Imagine 3 hours of blissful, mindful learning from a really super experienced and wonderful teacher.
If you think you will need lunch please don't forget to bring a packed lunch with you! We will have our usual supply of unlimited hot drinks and some delicious home made cakes (plus vegan, gluten free and dairy-free options) but no amount of cakes will be a substitute for a real lunch so do bring one if you think you may get peckish.
If you have any questions at all please don't hesitate to drop us a line julesandcaroline@whereinspirationblooms.co.uk
For more info about Jen and her work please do visit her website https://www.jenroffe.com/
