V: Online Calligraphy Course - Filmed in Houston

I was approached with the idea of offering calligraphy classes years ago and at that point in time, it just wasn’t an area of interest for me for a few reasons. First, i didn’t feel as if I was ready to teach. I did not want to be that calligrapher that began teaching sooner than I should. The second reason was the idea of creating the curriculum for a penmanship or calligraphy course was daunting. I knew that I just “needed to start it” and the rest would flow, but starting was not exactly desirable especially as most of my time was taken up with engraving events in Houston for various companies.

Over time, I became friends with a number of respected penmen that repeatedly told me that I should teach along with requests from potential students. With that in mind, i decided to focus on creating courses that were a reflection of my calligraphy style, but also made sense for the normal beginning calligrapher that may not have hours on end to travel to a class and carve out time on a specific date for a course. Offering an online calligraphy course for beginners seemed like the perfect option. What is interesting about creating these calligraphy classes is that once I started filming videos for them, I became obsessed with the process and I loved it so much that I immediately initiated plans for film the 2nd course for ornate calligraphy capital letters.

Recently, I released the more decorative, fancy capital letters calligraphy class in a similar manner. Not only is it completely online, but it is also mostly covered through video with freeze frames to allow for a detailed explanation of each letter. I hope that you enjoy the result as much as I enjoyed creating it.

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