Last weekend, I popped along to the
Quill London Beginners Calligraphy class over in Islington in a side room to
The Blacksmith & Toffeemakers pub (which by the way is very lovely).
I have never done any calligraphy before and so it was a great afternoon to try my hand at something really different. Our teacher was
Imogen Owen for this class and
Quill London founder Lucy was there to start us off and let us know where the cake was! Very Important to keep us going.
Imogen, started us off by showing us each step before we then went off and practiced back at our tables.
The First practice was to learn the up and down lines and practice shape and some lettering. We were given ruled paper to put under our paper to keep us straight too.
Next up was to practice lettering, we were able to trace over Imogen's practice sheet first and then do our own on other sheets, following the style.
The last task was to practice writing words and joining up those letters. I found this part difficult as I was working with someone else's handwriting style. I think a bit more practice with the calligraphy pen in my own style is in order, but that's the great thing about learning a new skill hey, practice makes perfect.
H,xxx
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