About this Event
Introducing Calligraphy-A Beginner's Guide. Join a new group eager of students in this comprehensive course which is designed to unlock your creativity and leave a lasting impression upon your passion for lettering and creativity.
As a complete beginner you'll learn the fundamentals of historical round hands - Uncial, Foundational Hand and Roman Capitals.
Whether you simply want to explore a new hobby or you aspire to become a professional calligrapher, this course is your gateway to unlocking the beauty of traditional calligraphy.
In just a few weeks of practice, you'll be amazed at your progress from beginner to confident calligrapher.
Calligraphy - A Beginner's Guide
Here's the dates for this Six Week Course
Week 1. Sat, Feb 10, 12.30–3.30pm
Week 2. Sat, Feb 17, 12.30–3.30pm
Week 3. Sat, Feb 24, 12.30–3.30pm
Week 4. Sat, March 2, 12.30–3.30pm
NO CLASS ON SATURDAY MARCH 9
Week 5. Sat, March16, 12.30–3.30pm
Week 6. Sat, March 23, 12.30–3.30pm
Master Calligrapher, Lauchean takes you on transformative artistic journey into the art of calligraphy. This 6-week calligraphy course is designed specifically for beginners like you.
Focusing on historical hands, starting with the basics and developing your writing skills, she guides you through the fundamental principles, techniques, and secrets of calligraphy. With step-by-step instructions, lots of personalized feedback, and practical exercises your progress towards the creation of beautiful lettering and stunning artworks is ensured.
Lauchean’s comprehensive course ignites a passion for traditional calligraphy and offers valuable insights into evolving modern calligraphy variations.
Discover the joy of expressing yourself through elegant strokes and flourishes. This Beginners Guide to Calligraphy will equip you with the skills and confidence needed to turn your marks on paper into personalised gifts.
Here's a bit of what you'll learn.
Calligraphy - A Beginner's Guide Course Content
• Getting started: Holding the pen & setting up your desk
• The alphabet, basic strokes and letter groups
• Letter and word spacing with minuscules (lowercase)
• How to rule lines and making ruling templates
• Capitals – Roman Letter Proportions & letter spacing
• Letter weights and contrasts: size, weight & colour
• An introduction to inks and gouache
• Practical projects: simple layouts and use of colour
• An introduction to studio materials, tools their use
ABOUT LAUCHEAN - Your TEACHER
As a teacher Lauchean wants to excite and empower you to unleash your creative potential. She believes anyone can cultivate their creativity and achieve amazing results!
Nurturing students through the process of learning and skills development, bringing together logical and philosophical approaches to design, layout and drawing - all taught with a purpose to calligraphy.
Lauchean’s unique teaching approach encourages students to first gain an understanding of the parts, the basics. Blending the moving hand, a focused mind & the heart desire for creativity, paving the way to artistic growth in a shared environment with likeminded others.
Looking into the history of writing, it’s place as a contemporary art and modern calligraphy, Lauchean suggests her students collect a “future file”. That’s simply a gallery of calligraphic images that inspires and excites a budding calligrapher. That’ll be anything from historical decorative lettering to modern experimental expressive calligraphy, hand writing, signage and abstract designs.
LAUCHEAN’S CALLIGRAPHY JOURNEY
Her discovery of beautiful writing led her from a print room to study Ticket and Show Card writing, Screen printing, Bookbinding and into Classic Calligraphy. Then at 27, it was back to college where she studied Graphic Arts and hand lettering. Achieving top awards at graduation she went on to work as a Graphic Artist specialising in calligraphy and lettering in a boutique Melbourne Publishing house.
In 1991 Lauchean established her studio, “The Graphic Quill”. As a pioneer in the industry she built her business based on calligraphy, lettering and print powered by a passionate love for letters. She has continued her own studies with Master Calligraphers both internationally and here in Australia throughout her decades as a working artist. Lauchean delights in “forever learning”.
Relishing every opportunity to share her knowledge, she’s been teaching Calligraphy and the book arts in Colleges, Universities and Arts Centres across Melbourne and Victoria for over 35 years. Prior to the pandemic she tutored the 2 Year Certificate of Calligraphy Course at RMIT in Melbourne. Since our “Covid” break she has returned to teaching her art and design classes in her new McKinnon studio workshop.
Calligraphy - It’s a journey of a thousand steps, taken one step at a time and tackled with patience, practice, purpose & focus.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Graphic Quill, 141 McKinnon Road, Melbourne, Australia
AUD 390.00
