Calligraphy Workshops in Melbourne

Workshop Details:
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Workshops From November- December 2025 - scroll down for more info
Sunday November 9 - Uncial – Beginners - $180
Sunday November 16 – Calligraphy Taster - An Intro to Calligraphy - $95
Sunday November 23 - Card Making - $180
Sunday November 30 - Modern Brush Pen Lettering - $180
Sunday December 7 - Flourishing - Fun Swooshes & Swirls - $95
Sunday December 14 - Gothic Capitals - $180 Fully Booked


Address: 8 Allison Road, Elsternwick 3185
                Near Elsternwick Railway Station
Costs: $180 - 5 hours  Others $95 - 3 hours
             Plus materials - costs depending on the class - purchased on the day
Times: 10am to 3.00pm - 5 hours. or  10am to 1.00pm - 3 hours.
 
Gift Certificates available.
Materials: Available at Minimal costs. Please advise if required
                   Lists will be sent once enrolled.
                   Intro to Calligraphy - materials available - $60.00
                   Pay on the day of the workshop

Max 8 students - good sized room with small groups, very popular & quickly booked. Please be covid safe.

Who are These Workshops For:

Each workshop is a comprehensive introduction to a style or technique.

In each calligraphy class you'll learn the basics of the letterforms, stroke by stroke and get an insight into the letters anatomy. You will be introduced to various calligraphy pens, papers, inks as well as some art techniques such as how to blend colours or mix and use gouache.

Everyone gets individual attention, lots of studio tips, info on how to practice to develop your skills into the future. This introductory course provides you with a great overview and is an excellent starter to further practices.

What You Will Learn:

The workshop content: For Complete beginners
  • Introduction to tools & materials
  • An instruction through step by step instructions
  • Alphabet basics - letter forms & strokes
  • The anatomy of letterforms
  • Calligraphic terminology
  • Letter and word Spacing
  • Practice methods to build your skills after the lesson
  • Materials & what to buy to get started
  • AND MUCH MORE ! !

Flourishing – Fun with Swooshes

It is time for fun and inspiration. Here is something for you as either a first timer or for those with a pen license. Let’s bring out the magic of beautiful moving lines. Relax into graceful curves as you free up your hand, arm, and body and drift into draw flowing lines. Let go and allow your self-expression through as we take large sheets of paper to create your own personalised wrapping paper for gifts or when you give a beautiful bunch of flowers to a loved one.


Date: Sunday December 7, 2025
Time: 10am to 1pm - 3 hours.
Cost:  $95.00

Calligraphy Taster

Have you ever wondered how to get started on your Calligraphy Journey?
Lauchean will demystify the art of calligraphy from traditional to modern hands using the Chisel or Square edged pen and give you an insight into Brush Pen Calligraphy.

This is a hands-on workshop for anyone interested in calligraphy, for beginners AND experienced learners. Lauchean will share her passion and knowledge of calligraphy, the tools and materials AND everything you’ll need to get started. Left handers are more than welcome.

Learn all about the tools, where to get them, how to choose the best starter kits and you will get to use many different tools, including Pens, Nibs, Inks, Gouache, Brushes and Papers. PLUS how to maintain and care for your precious tools.

What you'll get
Your Pen License AND the confidence, knowledge and inspiration to get started.
All materials and art supplies provided
 
Just bring Good vibes, A thirst for knowledge
BYO drinks and snacks

Date: Sunday November 16, 2025
Time: 10am to 1pm - 3 hours
Cost: $95.00

Modern Brush Pen Lettering

Modern Brush Pen Lettering, an Introduction for beginners or enthusiasts looking to enhance their skills, this workshop is a perfect introduction to creativity. Dive into brush calligraphy using Tombow ABT and Pentel "Touch Pen".  You'll develop a basic script, build muscle memory, experiment with brush pressures, pen holds to gain stroke letter consistency. Learn a relaxing and meditative art form.

For those with a sense of adventure, take your brush lettering beyond beginner status. Grasp the techniques to create lively, energetic compositions. Learn about white space, refining your letter spacing, discover how to give your calligraphy consistency. Learn to draw up your own guidelines, make templates and how to create contrasts. Discover methods to center your work and how to plan a layout. Learn how to highlight and enhance your work with decorations.

Recommended for beginners and those ready to advance their skills.

​Date: Sunday November 30 - Introduction to Modern Brush Pen Lettering
Time: 10am to 3pm - 5 hours.
Cost: $180.00

Gothic Cursive – minuscules

Gothic Cursive Lowercase - A Gentle Gothic Hand
Discover the beauty of gothic cursives and adapt “Gothic” for modern use. Historical lettering is most useful when we examine and learn from it, then adapt it for use in our own modern context. This course is designed to inspire a passion of beautiful lettering for beginners and intermediate students.
 
Getting started with an introduction to your tools. Learn pen angles and warm up exercises then move onto the anatomy of letterforms. Through step by step instructions move through the construction of the lowercase Gothic Cursive alphabet including basic proportions, shapes and counters. Learn the general rules of letter spacing, word, line, texture and margins. From a self-critique checklist discover how to improve on your calligraphy practice as you continue to learn.
 
As with italic, gothic cursive hand lends itself to decorative extensions and flourished strokes. Learn how the draw these, where to place them and how to compose a layout and decorate a short phrase.
Date: TBA for 2026
Time: 10am to 3pm - 5 hours

Gothic - Capitals & Decoration

Gothic capitals are often used as decorative features. Discover the open beauty of gothic capitals with their ability to draw the eye onto the page. History is most useful if we examine and learn from it, then adapt it for use in our own modern context. In the development of this course Claude Mediavilla’s book simply titled “Calligraphy” has been a strong influence on my learning. This course is designed to inspire a passion of beautiful lettering for beginners and intermediate students.
 
An introduction to capitals with step by step instructions, begin with simple Gothic capitals then add to these to create more elaborate letter forms. Through a quick overview of historical letterforms find inspiration for extensions and flourishes. Learn how to apply decorative features to achieve balance in composition.

Date: Sunday December 14, 2025
Time: 10am to 3pm - 5 hours
Cost: $180.00

Colourful Curves - strong lively lines

Become a calligraphic flirt. Learn how to draw a well executed strong flourish that will raise your words & artworks from basic to sublime. These will stand alone or can be added as part of Capital Letter decoration.
 
There’s magic in calligraphy and you’ll find it through a balance of opposites: when discipline, structure and consistency meet and collide with freedom, energy and vitality.

These strong lively lines are flourishes, bold dynamic lines that add emphasis & drama.
Learn pen manipulation through simple lines, curves and marks.  That’s the changing of your pen angle mid-stroke, the result being marks & flourishes that look like they’re acrobats. You’ll draw more dynamic, lively strokes using deliberate pen manipulations.

Date: New dates coming for 2026
Time: 10am to 1pm - 3 hours
Cost: $95.00

Pointed Brush Adventures

An Introduction to Pointed Brush Lettering
Learn to write a personal script using the very sensitive pointed brush.
Learning how to take advantage of its flexibility to draw beautiful fluid marks.
Brush calligraphy delivers true freedom albeit with discipline and control.
 
We will focus on basic pointed brush letter construction stroke by stroke. Learn how to work with brush pressure, change your brush hold and build your confidence through an understanding of advanced techniques that will bring a special beauty and finesse to your brush calligraphy.

From basic letters you’ll work on variations using abstract strokes, contrasts and rhythms. The flexibility of the pointed brush means your letters can vary in height, weight and movement, giving your letters a lively and dynamic character.

Incorporating colour blending, transparency and opaque effects, working with washes and building up the depth of colour in your work - you’ll gain a whole new respect for the paintbrush!  Learn new brush techniques that will expand your repertoire.
 
MATERIALS
Some materials supplied. Lists of required materials will be sent once you are booked.

Date: New dates coming for 2026
Time: 10am to 3pm - 5 hours
Cost: $180.00

Uncial

Introduction To Calligraphy with the Uncial Hand
Explore the world of the Uncial script - develop a feel for the broad edged pen using the beautiful, easy to use Pilot Parallel Pen.
 
Uncial is a historical script dating back to the 4th century and widely used as a manuscript book hand until roughly the 9th century. This said, Uncial still has relevance and many applications today. It lends itself beautifully to the flat brush, can be modernised with the pointed pen and monoline pens.
 
As a traditional “rounded hand” uncial is a perfect introduction to broad edge pen skills and is a great foundation for learning other scripts such as Foundation Hand and Gothic Capitals.
 
Learn how to build your pen skills playfully as you draw fun decorative lines and patterns.

The Uncial Workshop Content:
  • An introduction to the tools
  • Setting up your writing space
  • Basic letter strokes
  • Alphabet basics – Letters stroke by stroke
  • Learn letter and word spacing
  • Playful, creative skill building exercises
  • Learn practical studio tips
  • Create a decorative calligraphic art object
 
This workshop has been created as an introduction to calligraphy to give you the confidence, knowledge and inspiration to develop your lettering skills.
You'll learn about all the tools and materials you'll need to get started and continue your lettering journey ... inks, pens, papers and more.

Date: Sunday November 9, 2025
Time: 10am to 3pm - 5 hours
Cost: $180.00

Colour Techniques

Learn how to get creative with Inks - colours and metallic, gouaches & pigments
You're a lettering artist, you can write a style or two so now it's time to expand your calligraphic skills and get all colourful with your writing.

Expand your calligraphy skills with colour and bling
  • Learn to blend, mix and write with all types of colour
  • Discover the colour wheel and how to use colours successfully
  • Learn several blending techniques with a pilot pen
  • Learn how mix gouache and pigments for writing
  • Learn how to combine metallic pigments with inks and gouache
  • Blend inks and gouaches using dip pens
  • Learn how mix and write with gold, silver and other metallic
 
This workshop has been created to help you to understand and use
colour with your calligraphy.

Date: New dates coming for 2026
Time: 10am to 1pm - 3 hours
Cost: $95.00

Card Making

Creative Card Making
Learn lots of creative techniques and turn your calligraphy into the a gift that you'll share and show your love to those close to you. Learn to make on off cards for one special person or create a few designs, then learn the processes for making multiple cards.

This Workshop includes:
  • Create designs with colourful impact
  • Using BLING – gold, silver or copper leaf
  • How to make texture & pattern
  • How to mix & blend colours
  • Create colour washes & use resists
  • How to emboss simple shapes
  • Discover new art materials & how to use them
  • Learn tricks on how to add your text
  • How to cut, score, fold & tear card
  • Design a card you can mass produce

Date: Sunday November 23
Time: 10am to 3pm - 5 hours
Cost: $180.00

What is supplied for use in class:

Broad edged calligraphy pens, paper and inks
  • Pilot Parallel Calligraphy Pens & inks
  • or Pen holder, Nib and Ink
  • A4 paper, Course Booklet to keep.
  • The use of studio supplies: coloured & metalic inks, tools
  • There's a Coffee Carte on site, Tea, Chai and snacks
What to Bring:
  • Your own pens if you have them
  • Anything special you want to write on
  • Notebook & pen
  • Books and points of interest to share with others

Location

Contact Us

8 Allison Road,
Elsternwick 3185, Victoria
​Email:       [email protected]
Mobile:     (0417) 326 406

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