Calligraphy for Beginners

Learn the art of calligraphy with Jennifer Helner. This course is perfect for beginners. Ample warm-up exercises that will help you understand how to hold the pen to create flowing letters. From there, you’ll learn how to form upper and lowercase letters in the Italic hand. By the end of this course, you will be ready to apply calligraphy to anything imaginable: quotes, envelope addressing, cards, and more!

For ages teen and up. Registration is required as supplies are limited.

Jennifer Helner is a Michigan realist watercolor painter of flowers, landscapes, and creative lettering. Her artistic process began as a child with eleven years of private art instruction in Livonia. Jennifer achieved her BFA in painting from Wayne State University in 1991. From there, Jennifer worked in custom framing with training from a Master Framer in Farmington Hills. Jennifer also studied calligraphy at the BBAC and College for Creative Studies and has attended numerous workshops of nationally and internationally recognized artists. Her artwork is known for lively colors and brave compositions where she receives many commissions for her paintings and lettering art.

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• This Wednesday, 26th November, 02:00 pm, LDL Book Club in Grand Haven
• This Saturday, 29th November, 10:15 am, Morning Meditation Meet-Up in Grand Haven
• Next Tuesday, 2nd December, 11:30 pm, GenChat