Calligraphy - A Beginners Guide to the Art

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Calligraphy - A Beginners Guide to the Art

A Beginner's Guide to calligraphy - historically based & designed for beginners, ensuring you get a solid understanding of the basics.

By The Graphic Quill

Date and time

May 1 · 6:30pm - June 5 · 9:30pm AEST

Location

The Graphic Quill

141 McKinnon Road McKinnon Melbourne, VIC 3204 Australia

Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

Introducing our 6 week Calligraphy Course - A Beginner's Guide. The ultimate course 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 to the Art

Here's the dates for this Six Week Course

Week 1. Wed, 1 May, 6.30 - 9.30pm

Week 2. Wed, 8 May, 6.30 - 9.30pm

Week 3. Wed, 15 May, 6.30 - 9.30pm

Week 4. Wed, 22 May, 6.30 - 9.30pm

Week 5. Wed, 29 May, 6.30 - 9.30pm

Week 6. Wed, 5 June, 6.30 - 9.30pm

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

Calligraphy - A Beginner's Guide Course Content

Master Calligrapher, Lauchean takes you on transformative artistic journey into the art of calligraphy. This 6-week Wednesday evening calligraphy course is designed specifically for beginners like you.

Focusing on historical hands, starting with the basics and developing your writing skills, Lauchean 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.

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.

Frequently asked questions

Is there Parking nearby?

There is parking in the side streets all around the venue. 2 hour parking ends at 12pm giving you all the time you need to complete the class without moving your vehicle.

What about Public Transport to the venue?

The Graphic Quill at 141 McKinnon Road, McKinnon is just a short 3 minute walk from the McKinnon train station and is on located on the Frankston Line.

Where can I get a good coffee and a bit to eat?

There are a couple of great cafe's just a few doors down from the studio. Mr Burch's has good coffee and great food. There's a charcoal chicken right next door if you are wanting delicious healthy salads and tasty chicken and other naughty stuff.

Are materials supplied for the 6 week Course?

A calligraphy starter kit is available for complete beginners in the 6 Week Course – Calligraphy - A Beginner Guide at $60.00. To be paid for at the first lesson. This includes: a quality ink, speedball nibs x 2, a speedball pen holder, paper - non bleeding great quality A4. Lots of classes notes

What are the Materials required for other Workshops?

Materials will differ depending on the workshop content. Costs will vary accordingly. No more than $60.00 for any class - often less. A materials list will be sent when your booking is received as you may purchase your own. You will require the specified materials.

What is your refund policy?

If the classes are cancelled you will receive a full refund unless you decide to defer to another class. Our policy does not offer refunds if you cannot attend. However you may transfer to another workshop if there are places or give your place to another person.

What happens if I must miss a lesson in a 6 week course?

You must give a minimum 36 hours notice if you are unable to attend a lesson. You may make up that lesson at another time. Each individual situation is assessed and other arrangements may be made if possible.

What other tools and materials do I need?

You'll get a comprehensive materials list for all the general tools you will use as you progress thought the course. Things like rulers, erasers, paper towels, rags, folders, pencils etc.

What studio tools and materials will I get to try out?

You will be introduced to many other materials and tools (pens, nibs, inks, papers, brushes, gouache, gums) etc. You will get to use and experiment with lots of specified studio equipment for lessons and projects. This is a great intro to them before you buy your own.

Can a left hander learn calligraphy?

YES with a desire to learn, patience and instructions on how to adjust your set up, the pens, paper & left handed tools, how to position your wrist, hand, arm and mind. I specialise in teaching left handed people to successfully learn to write with broad edged pens.

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Lauchean Duncan is The Graphic Quill.

Lauchean’s Calligraphy Journey: 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”.

Following her discovery of beautiful writing in the eighties whilst working as a printer in Melbourne, she found a course in Ticket and Show Card writing. Her creative journey had begun and a lifelong passion for calligraphy determined her future. Then at 27, she sold her first business “Quill Graphics” and went 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.

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.

Lauchean as The Graphic Quill Today: With 32 years of work in the business of calligraphy, I regard myself to be a “Master Calligrapher”. Australian and Internationally trained by the world’s best lettering artists. As a hand-lettering artist, calligrapher and long term teacher of calligraphy and art I use the 26 letters of the alphabet to create art through design. Using the power of words, playing with the rhythm in their meaning to create visually engaging artwork.

Embracing the traditions of the craft I’m continuously creating more modern style variations that embrace contemporary, experimental and expressive genres. With each new project searching for new possibilities, together with my client’s input, I explore those possibilities to create beautifully crafted meaningful artworks.

Today the creative works I love to do are commissions, these I call “Word Stories“. They are all about love and life.

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