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Courses Offered
Ready to elevate your skills? My workshops offer a deep dive into calligraphy, hand lettering, and studio art through clear, step-by-step instruction. Whether you are picking up a pen for the first time or are a seasoned artist, my structured worksheets make every project manageable and fun. Everyone is welcome to join—left-handed friends included!
Find a font. Explore and create large format hand lettering, free style!
Learn how to balance embellishments for successful calligraphy & hand lettering.
Happy Birthday drawn in calligraphy and as a cake
Whimsical hand lettering enhances fine motor skills and cognitive function.
Adding flourishes to calligraphy elevates it from simple writing into a decorative art form
Learn techniques in rearranging calligraphy and hand lettering for better compositions
Drawing hand lettering on smooth high quality paper makes a big difference!
Hand Lettering on Capiz Shells for an event on Maui.
Hand Lettering with acrylic marker using typeface: 'Bunch of Flowers'
Effective logo designs communicate brand values, build brand loyalty & trust.
Boost cognitive function, memory, and provide stress relief
Handwriting promotes a deeper level of critical thinking, which is essential for developing complex ideas and arguments.
We use pages from my workbook in our workshops.
We'll use guides, then minimal guides to create a framable calligraphy piece.
Learn to draw calligraphy using drop shadows and a dip pen
Beginners Calligraphy: In using the dip pen, each card was so different.
Creating handmade paper promotes fine motor skills & fosters creativity.
Hand Lettering in Liquid Chalk on chalkboard is erasable and fun.
Each calligraphy message with flourishes were framed!
Cursive calligraphy using color & marker pen.
1st grader is inspired by the dip pen in Beginners Calligraphy.
Freestyle drawing of the letter B in Copperplate
Using technical pens with French curves when drawing produces dramatic crisp edges
Uniqueness and individuality: Each piece of hand lettering created this way is unique and possesses character and charm, distinguishing it from uniform digital fonts.
Blending classical structures with personal flourishes develops technical discipline, historical appreciation & expression.
Silk Screened directly over 'blades of grass' onto Kona cotton.
Silk Screened directly over 'Pepper Tree leaves' onto Kona cotton.
Still Life drawing develops hand-eye coordination.
Technical pen drawing improves hand-eye coordination & fine motor skills
Block Printing: Making art prints. Creating greeting cards.
Still life caricature combines principals of still life art with playful exaggeration, distorting features for comedic or satirical effect.
Paper Making promotes cognitive developmt improves fine motor skills enhances focus
Stylized Illustration using Rapidograph Pens #1, #2, rulers & French Curves
Logo Advertising
Still Life Caricature
Cross-hatching renders tone & texture using parallel lines.
Silk Screened 3-color holiday cards onto Canson paper. Produced 100.
Pen & Ink
Cubist Still Life
Still life drawing trains your eye to observe details, light and form
Caricature
Lines of the World: Iconic Building Exteriors
Figure Drawing Caricature
Principles of Animation
Animators must learn character development to drive the story.
Animators must learn character development to drive the story.
Stretching Reality:" Explore exaggeration in character and form.
Figure Drawing fellow students 5 to 10 minutes each.
Figure Drawing using a stuffed animal in a dramatic pose!
Figure Drawing live models. Sweeping movements.
Figure Drawing workshops at the coffee shop!
Character Development. Build a connection with your audience.
Portrait Drawing from a live model. Develop concentration.
Capturing the pose
Stylized Anatomy by gathering & assembling shapes.
10 hour Figure Drawing from photo
Portrait Drawing from a live model. Develop concentration.
Live model quick sketch captures gesture & expression.
Figure Drawing live models. Keep practicing!
Caricature.
Character development.
Character development.
Figure Drawing live model 2 hour sketch
Live model. Long pose. Forced perspective. Very challenging.
Sketch ideas from my notebook.
Still Life Caricature. Inanimate objects come to life!
Still Life Caricature. Sketching this reluctant teacup with a shy expression.
Contour Figure Drawing. Look only at your model not your paper!
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