Calligraphy for Beginners and Improvers - 04/04/2025

This course is suitable for all levels, beginners to advanced, as much of the is on an individual basis meaning there is flexibility within the course content.
Course participants can choose a script from the following: Italic, Italic capitals, Foundational hand, Roman capitals, sharpened italic, uncial, Cnut charter hand, San Vito capitals, copperplate, experimental letterforms, Carolingian, Versals, flourishes, modern pointed pen cursive and learn/tune up the alphabet, letter spacing and then use the script in different sizes in short quotations in ink, and colour or in a variety of layouts

Tutor: Gaynor Goffe

Gaynor Goffe, BA Hons, London University, Surrey Diploma in Art and Design, is a freelance calligrapher. She spent three years as an assistant to calligrapher Donald Jackson, followed by 16 years teaching on the calligraphy courses at the Roehampton Institute and 3 years teaching at Reigate School of Art and Design. She is a Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators and also a Fellow of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society. Her two books, Calligraphy Made Easy and Calligraphy Step-by-Step (with Anna Ravenscroft) were published in 1994.