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Learn to work in pencil (before inking) to improve your calligraphy, fine-tune your layout, and help eliminate mistakes.
Anyone who has tried calligraphy knows how easy it is to misspell or leave out a word while lettering text. One very effective way to reduce that likelihood is to work your piece up in pencil before inking. Working in pencil has many benefits: it helps to eliminate mistakes in the text, it helps with planning and executing a well designed layout, helps to improve your knowledge and skill in creating beautiful calligraphic letters. This workshop will also teach participants how to use a T-square and triangle to line-up your paper and fine-tune your layout.
Skill Level: This workshop will be best enjoyed by individuals with some calligraphy experience. And a familiarity with technical drafting tools is even better!
Class Schedule: We expect the day's schedule to look like this: 10am-noon, break, 1-4pm. We are in the Eastern time zone.
Supply List:
Mechanical Pencil (.5mm)
Ordinary yellow pencil
White plastic eraser
Tracing vellum
Calligraphy paper (Clairefontaine or a similar brand)
Your favorite calligraphy pens and ink
Ruler and/or T-square
Triangle, drafting tape
Drawing table (optional but recommended)
About Maryanne
Maryanne Grebenstein is a professional calligrapher and owner of The Abbey Studio in Marblehead, MA. She studied under Sheila Waters, Jeanne Wong, Robert Boyajian and other notable calligraphers. She teaches workshops in calligraphy, manuscript gilding, and layout in her Marblehead studio/shop. She is a former teacher at North Bennet Street School (Boston), and a former Adjunct Professor at Massachusetts College of Art. She is the author of Calligraphy: A Course in Hand Lettering, and Calligraphy Bible, both published by Watson-Guptill. You may learn more about Maryanne at: