Elmo van Slingerland - Online Classes

The ruling pen was designed to create technical drawings, but for several years now it has been a very popular tool among calligraphers – and not without a reason: It is great fun to write with. It is a versatile tool, capable of of creating a...

Originating in the 16th century, Fraktur is a script that still lends itself to performance today—if only for the pleasure of writing! The character of Fraktur lends itself perfectly to forming different variations; from light to heavy and from...

Edward Johnston based his Foundational hand as a starting point for learning calligraphy on a tenth-century Carolingian minuscule. These letterforms would later evolve during the Renaissance into humanistic writing, which sought to relate the...

Gothic Textura is unmistakably known for its heavily angled letters and was used throughout most of Western Europe from about 1150 until deep into the 17th century. Not surprisingly, Johannes Gutenberg, known for revolutionizing book printing in...

The Capitalis Quadrata, also known as Roman square capitals, is a style of ancient Roman lettering epitomized by the 4th century Codex Vergilius Augusteus. In this workshop, we will use this manuscript as a springboard to interpret the letters and...

Take your cursive calligraphy to the next level! In this workshop, our focus is on the Italic hand, utilizing the broad-edged pen as our primary tool. But that’s just the beginning of our journey. We will delve deeper into the construction of...