Modern calligraphy
Learn the strokes of modern lettering with a dip pen or brush pen and write beautifully.
What you do
Good lettering is a set of simple strokes repeated well. A calligrapher shows you how to hold a dip pen or brush pen, how pressure creates thick and thin lines and how to practise the basic strokes until they flow. Then you build the alphabet, join letters into words and start to find your own style. By the end you are writing names, quotes or place cards with flourishes you would not have believed at the start.
What you take home
Your practice sheets, a finished piece and often a starter set of pens or nibs and ink.
Who it suits
Calm team sessions, wellbeing weeks and the run-up to the holidays, when hand-lettered cards and gift tags come in handy. Easy to run in a meeting room.
The practical bits
- Duration:2–3 hours
- Public sessions:usually 6–16 people
- Private and team sessions:from 6 people. Bigger teams get more tables, sessions or hosts.
- Where:at the host's studio, or at your office or venue
- Drinks:works without alcohol
- Good for:Wellbeing weeksNew-joiner welcomesChristmas partiesBirthdays
This is an activity format, not a specific class. Tell us your city and date and we find a host who runs it, with real dates and a per-person price.
Where you can book this
Pick a city to ask for it there. Not listed? Any city in the world works: tell us where you are and we find the host.
Europe
- DenmarkCopenhagen
- FranceParis
- GermanyBerlinMunich
- IrelandDublin
- NetherlandsAmsterdamRotterdam
- PortugalLisbon
- SpainBarcelonaMadrid
- SwedenStockholm
- United KingdomBathBirminghamBishop's StortfordBrightonBristolBurton-on-TrentCardiffColchesterEdinburghFolkestoneGerrards CrossGlasgowLeedsLeigh-on-SeaLeighton BuzzardLiverpoolLondonLutterworthManchesterManningtreeMilton KeynesNewcastlePlymouthSaffron WaldenSheffieldWinchester
North America
Oceania
Middle East
Typical prices
- Typically ≈ US$31–107 pp in London
Middle half of per-person prices across classes we have researched there, shown in your currency (≈). Your quote depends on the host, date and group.
