Calligraphy Project - Summer Cards - Arnold Library - Adult Learning

Arnold Library, Arnold

Date	16 - 23 July 2026
Sessions	Thursday: 10am - 12pm
No. sessions	2
Venue	Arnold Library, Arnold View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	FREE - £16

About this course

Following on from your previous calligraphy courses, join this projects based course to plan, design and produce ideas for cards and envelopes using one or more calligraphy hands. We will use mainly Foundational and Uncial script. This course is not suitable for complete beginners. You will need to have attended the Calligraphy for Beginner Course. There is plenty of help, individual demonstration and guidance.

We use Calligraphy Markers (and not dip ink pens) which are easy to use for either right- or left-handed writers. You’ll learn how to create simple colour washes, layout ideas and transferring designs to cards. We’ll explore how to use calligraphy for envelopes too.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

To create card designs using Foundational Hand (or more calligraphy hands).
To produce a finished design using a 10cm x 15cm card size.
To develop simple designs (using simple colour ideas).

What you will need to bring to the course:

Clairefontaine Goldline Layout Pad, A4, 50 gsm, 80 Sheets – or equivalent (available at Arnold Library Shop).

Calligraphy Marker Pen (this is a double-ended pen with a 2mm and a 3.5mm nib) these are available at the Arnold Library Shop.

Blank card and envelope pack (4” x 6” size or similar)

Pencil and eraser

30cm (12 inch) ruler

Protractor

Paperclips/bulldog clip or a clipboard

Please contact the Tutor about materials – jillbellamy@inspireculture.org.uk

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
Tees Valley
West of England
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office
You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014