About this Event
Finding Your Voice: Honing YOUR Handwriting Style
This course is designed to unchain you from copybook tracing, and the endless hours spent forcing your writing to look like someone else's.
I will be helping you uncover and cultivate what it means to write like YOU by harnessing the principles of penmanship. I will teach you how to THINK about the structural makeup of a-z so you understand the relationships letters share with one another.
You will unsee letters as letters but as groups of shapes you can adjust, refine, and exaggerate to express who you are on the page.
You will learn how to critically analyze elements from your current cursive/handwriting and grow your creative confidence to discern what to change and what to keep.
You will learn how to hone the building blocks of your letterforms to create harmony and consistency.
Our time together will alternate between lectures and live analysis of student work so you can experience in real time what's possible for the ink that flows from the pen you wield.
Length: 3hrs
Class limit: 20
Supplies: Ruler, lined writing paper, any monoline writing tool (pencil, fountain pen, gel pen...etc.)
Prerequisite: The love of watching ink flow from a pen, the patience to wait for strokes to form on paper. You do not need to ever have been praised for good penmanship to benefit from this workshop. While this course is focused on cursive letterforms, it is the principles of script that I am after and you will receive detailed instruction on the composition of each letter. Cursive experience is welcomed but not required.
Location: Marriott Fairview Park, 3111 Fairview Park Dr, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
Online Option: Cannot make it in person but would love to take a course like this online?
Check out the Hone Your Handwriting self-paced online course with ~5hrs of instructions for lifetime access.
About your instructor:
Master Penman Connie Chen is the youngest Master Penman in the world, and the only one recognized for her skills in Engrosser’s Script, Ornamental Penmanship, and Offhand Flourishing by both Senior Master Penman William A. Lilly and Master Penman John DeCollibus. Connie apprenticed to Senior Master Penman William A. Lilly, who earned a Gold Seal Certificate at the Zanerian College, the top award given by America’s leading school of penmanship and engrossing. With more than 20 years of experience in English and Chinese calligraphy, Connie creates art that transcends the boundaries of geography, culture, and time. You can watch her writing live here on youtube.
To see the incredible progress her students have achieved with her guidance, please visit her Instagram @connie.chen where she highlights her students' progress on her story feed. After providing detailed feedback to more than 2,000 students in over 6 years of teaching calligraphy courses online, Connie knows intimately what students struggle with in each script. Her attentiveness to detail and devotion to her students have consistently produced significant progress in their work.
Reviews from past and current students:
"Connie Chen is worth her weight in gold. I learned more from our first lesson than I have in a couple of months of self study. I have a lot of work to do but at least I'm being given the tools to do it!"
-@osageink
"I've just finished your Refining Engrosser's Script online course. Wonderful, I've never thought you could learn so much just with script analysis. I already had a basic knowledge of Engrosser's Script so this was perfect and just what I was looking for. Didn't found nothing like this on any instructional book and I also gone through all teaching materials available on the zanerian.com website."
-@kikovalente
“I’m 1/3 through the Engrosser’s Course and already see a marked improvement in my letters. Connie’s lessons are succinct, but thorough, clearly detailing critical elements of the primary letterforms that have helped me create more beautiful, balanced, and historically accurate letters. However, the portion of this course that has been invaluable is Connie’s direct feedback on each letter. Her trained eye picks up on small details that I may overlook, but those details have a profound effect on the overall balance and beauty of the letter. I recommend this course, even for non-beginners who desire to train their eye and bring their Engrosser’s to the next level.”
-Paul Spear
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park, 3111 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, United States
USD 99.00
