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Fall in love with calligraphy in this “no experience required”, live-interactive small group virtual class via Zoom with Liz Roessler of Lettering By Liz.
During this beginners workshop, you will learn the fundamentals of the meditative art of pointed pen calligraphy in an inspirational, educational AND fun way!
The easy-to-understand instruction is focused on everything you need to get started & enjoy calligraphy: how to properly hold & use a dip pen with acrylic ink, setting up your workspace, healthy ergonomics, patient & personal instruction & focused, specific goals for your practice & project work following class.
We will review all the best pro tips & tools & unique ways to use your new calligraphy skills, inspiring demonstrations, customized post-class worksheets and Q&A throughout.
Following each class, students may check in individually to receive feedback via emailed images of their practice & creations. On-going mentoring is always available.
After registering, please email your shipping address for the included supplies kit to LetteringByLiz@gmail.com
NOTE: One ticket purchase may be shared with multiple members of your household at one Zoom device sign-in! If more than 2 people will be joining class, please email or text to add-on additional supplies to your kit ($10-15/pp is recommended, but not essential - younger students, for example, may follow along using everyday writing instruments from your home).
Over 50 former students of Liz’s classes over the past 10+ years now have their own small businesses creating calligraphy for clients!
ABOUT YOUR TEACHER:
Liz Roessler is a self-taught, professional calligrapher based in Boston with over 30 years client experience. She has been obsessed with letters ever since she could hold a crayon in her hand & immersed herself in learning calligraphy
as a young adult. In her 20’s, she began doing a wide variety of calligraphy work for events, menus, chalkboard signs, invitation design, certificates & custom lettering art commissions for clients.
Over the past decade, she has enjoyed “sharing the lettering love” by teaching 100’s of in-person and virtual classes to individuals, dozens of cool companies for their employees, to social groups, at museums (including the MFA and ICA), in classrooms (including Boston and Brookline Public Schools), and at colleges (including BU and Northeastern). She has appeared many times on-location for “live” calligraphy and hand-engraving glass bottles for clients including Saks Fifth Avenue, Sephora, Victoria’s Secret, J. Crew, Cartier, Lululemon, Crayola, Montblanc, Lafroaig, Shinola, Maker’s Mark, Nordstrom, Sugarfina, L’Oreal, and Blick Art Materials. Liz has taught classes for dozens of companies including Microsoft, Pfizer, Zappos, HubSpot, DraftKings, EF Education, Wayfair, Toast Tab, Arnold Worldwide, Mullen Lowe, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital, and The Harvard Club. Her custom calligraphy project clients have included Tiffany & Company, Coca Cola, West Elm, Chanel, Sotheby’s, Neiman Marcus, Harvard University, MIT and many event planners, non-profits, small businesses & brands throughout the USA.
Join Liz in an upcoming class or private lesson to begin YOUR calligraphy journey!
Email LetteringByLiz@gmail.com or text/call 617.697.3011 with any questions.
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Organizer of Virtual Modern Calligraphy for Beginners with Lettering By Liz
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Liz Roessler is a life-long New Englander and professional lettering artist with a studio in downtown Boston.
She has been obsessed with writing the Roman alphabet ever since she could hold a crayon in her lil' hand. Back in the olden days of the 1970s (before the interwebs), as a young girl, she spent endless imaginative hours at a big table at the Boston Public Library, pulling all the beginner's lettering books off the shelves tracing and emulating classic calligraphy styles. She joyfully experimented with letters and numbers to transform them into her own unique, whimsical creations.
After many years of perfecting her self-taught method, styles, and forms, Liz began offering custom calligraphy design work, including envelope art, seating cards, menus, programs, monogram and logo design, hand-lettering on chalkboards and mirrors, and more. For more than 25 years, she has provided professional hand-lettering work to a wide variety of clients, including individuals, companies and non-profits of all types and sizes, and some "wicked famous" people.
She is now thrilled to be spending the majority of her time sharing her knowledge and passion for calligraphy, teaching her popular small group classes to aspiring lettering artists! Private lessons for individuals & couples are available as well as small group workshops offered year-round on weekdays, evenings & weekends in US cities including Boston, NYC, Providence, Portsmouth & beyond. Her classes have become in-demand year-round for corporate off-sites and in-house, team-building activities.
“Have pen, will travel!” Please email for info on scheduling a class near you! Liz is available to travel to and teach at special events, design conferences, corporate locations, or other locations...spreading calligraphy love across the land!
