Patterns & Borders & Frames, Oh My! - Kathy Milici

Welcome to the world of patterns and borders! Let’s adventure together and explore linear decoration based on traditional styles and design our own modern versions!

In this class, you’ll learn the step-by-step process of creating beautiful borders and frames with rich visual impact like: Autumn leaves, ferns, feathers, rose vine, buttons, bubbles, pierced ribbon, ocean wave, woven, braided, geometric…and so much more!

Using simple techniques, students will create and transfer pencil sketches to watercolor paper and complete their original design in full color. From hand-drawn design to finished, painted art, Kathy’s detailed, guided instruction and relaxed, understandable approach, you’ll find these designs easy and fun to create! 

You’ll learn unique design terminology and see/make patterns like: repeat, curved, turned, alternating, interlocking, freeform, organic, enclosed, wrapped, and tessellated. 

You’ll also create your own vintage rosette designs, the well-loved and admired ornaments of architectural history. Perfect for upcoming holiday gift-giving!  

Add Kathy’s tips, tricks, templates, bonus items, a sprinkling of humor and uplifting cheer, here’s a design workshop that’s a sure winner!

Class recordings will be available to view until March 1.

Class Schedule

2 Sessions per day: November 7 & 14, 2024

Time: 10:30am-12:30pm, (break), then 2-4pm US Eastern time

Level: Beginners to Advanced

Cost: $195 USD

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What You'll Learn

• Finding ideas and inspiration
• Sketching possibilities   
• Thinking in shapes
• Creating easy patterns
• Turning patterns into borders  
• Plotting your border design
• Drawing and planning your composition
• Understanding contour drawing and linear design
• Creating direction, movement and visual impact
• Checking for balance
• Critical thinking and analyzing your work

You will also learn:

• Choosing paper, tools and color media
• Transferring your design to art paper
• Creating a color study
• Choosing the right color palette
• Painting on a dry surface
• Thinking in layers
• Adding optional backgrounds
• Creating texture and consistency
• Maximizing visual interest and impact
• Problem solving and finding solutions
• Building dimension with shadows and highlights
• Final finishing touches and embellishments

What You'll Receive

• Handout package
• Templates
• Resources
• Lots of Bonus items!

Kathy’s teaching style has been described as thoughtful, intelligent, detailed, entertaining, and joyful! She believes in the healing power of creating art.

Kathy creates a safe environment where participants can express themselves without judgment. She encourages, inspires, uplifts, and supports your learning experience. It’s never too late to learn!

Supplies 

Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email and can login to the Student Portal to find the supplies list in the Welcome Module.

Class Recordings

We will post links to the class recordings and teacher demo sheets in the student portal the day after class. The recordings will be available until March 1, 2025.

Refund Policy

All sales are final. Fees paid for this online workshop are non-refundable and non-transferable to future workshops.

About Your Instructor, Kathy Milici

Kathy is an internationally known calligrapher, designer, teacher, speaker, author and mentor, who happily admits to being obsessed with letters since childhood.  With a home studio in northern New Jersey, her work has been featured in books, design blogs, magazines and on television. Kathy's clients include private individuals, collectors and corporations, worldwide.

She's been an instructor for the Society of Scribes in New York City, a popular instructor at national and international calligraphy conferences, including  IAMPETH (The International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers, and Teachers of Handwriting) annual international calligraphy conference and Letters California Style, and for the Sacred Arts Program at Enders Island in Mystic, CT. She teaches both online and privately in NJ, and is always actively promoting calligraphy and the related arts on social media platforms.

The originator of  Gratitude Script, a modern typeface, Kathy also enjoys mentoring fellow artists and students on how to create a living and maintain a viable business as a working artist.

With a reputation for consistent excellence, a curious mind, a joyful heart, and a fun, uplifting and encouraging teaching style, Kathy is honored to be a professional calligrapher and teacher for over 40 years. She feels privileged to have studied under some of the best known and well-respected Master Penmen of the world, including White House Calligraphers.

After all these years, Kathy is still enjoying her lifelong passion for “everything calligraphy.”

About Your Tech Host, Maureen Vickery

Maureen Vickery is a professional calligrapher and engraver with PenDance Studio in Houston, Texas. She is the former publisher and editor of Calligraphy Crush Magazine.

She now offers calligraphy classes through her website Have Pens Will Dazzle.

Her specialties include wedding calligraphy, hand engraving on glass and metal, and luxury brand events. Her main focus is pointed pen lettering, but she also enjoys creating compositions with broad edge pens, markers, and paint brushes in both historic and modern calligraphy styles.

Maureen's work has appeared in Dasherie, UPPERCASE, Expression, Letter Arts Review, Modern Luxury Weddings Houston, and Weddings in Houston magazines, as well as Kitty Burns Florey's book Script & Scribble. She is a member of the Houston Calligraphy Guild, the Society of Scribes, and IAMPETH.

You can find her wedding calligraphy on Instagram at @pendancestudio. Brand activations and calligraphy clients include Creed, Coty, Tiffany & Co., Versace, Bacardi, D'Usse, The Menil Collection, Burberry, Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Calligraphy and art classes are her favorite way to re-energize. Other interests include Keto recipes, gardening, Zentangle® (she’s a CZT), urban sketching, genealogy (she’s a descendant of 11 Mayflower passengers), watercolor illustrations, doubles tennis, and lemon bar cookies — not necessarily in that order.