
Jackson Alves teaches a 15th-century humanist script and the Foundational Hand designed by Edward Johnston—foundational techniques from design history that you can master with surprising simplicity.
The class eliminates the cost barrier: learn to craft your own calligraphy pen and work with everyday pencils. Perfect for personal projects, graphic design, or advertising—your final piece will be a favorite word or quote hand-lettered in the style you choose.
Calligraphy for beginners is a class for anyone who wants to start studying calligraphy. In this workshop, Jackson Alves teaches the fundamental techniques of calligraphy to help you create beautiful letters for use in personal projects, graphic design, advertising, etc.
You will learn an alphabet based on a humanist script from the 15th century and the Foundational Hand created by Edward Johnston in the early 20th century.
You won’t need expensive pens to take this class because Jack will also teach you how to make your own handmade calligraphy pen which you can use during this class. You’ll also learn to do calligraphy with an everyday pencil.
In the final project, you’ll scribe your favorite word or a quote using the foundational style.
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Taught by Jackson Alves — Letterer, calligrapher and teacher.
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