In this 2-day class, you’ll be guided through the step-by-step process of creating this charming and casual script alphabet style that gives a fresh, modern twist to the traditional alphabet.

First, you’ll learn a series of simple strokes that will help you familiarize yourself with these whimsical letterforms; then you’ll proceed to lower case letters, upper case capitals and ligatures. You’ll learn how to see letters in a very different way, while playing with form and creating your own style! What could be more fun?

Then you’ll learn thoughtfully crafted names and phrases, using a series of exercises to help you develop rhythm and flow, and let’s add numbers and punctuation too!

You'll receive 8 hours of step-by-step instruction with lots of uplifting encouragement along the way. Add Kathy’s tips, tricks, terminology, project templates, bonus items, door prizes, time-saving hints, reading and product recommendations, and so much more! It’s the perfect way to start the New Year!

Never tried calligraphy before? This class is the perfect place to start! You’ll learn from a seasoned calligrapher and teacher, who knows what it’s like to be an eternal student! 

Dates don't work for you? No worries! You'll have unlimited access to the playback videos for 60 days!

This class only happens once a year, so don’t miss it! Hosted by Maureen Vickery, Have Pens Will Dazzle.

Student Experience Level

Beginners to Advanced Calligraphers are welcome!

Step-by-Step Learning

Never picked up a pointed pen before? We’ve got your back! We will provide introductory videos in the student portal for you to watch before class starts so that you will be all set to start writing.

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!

What You'll Learn

• Lower * Upper Case Letters and Alternates
• Designing your own letters
• Connecting letters into words
• Ligatures & Bouncing Techniques
• Word spacing and structuring sentences
• Writing on a curve
• Creating both spontaneity and balance
• Proper terminology
• Numerals, punctuation
• Simple flourishing 

What You'll Receive

• Profuse class handout package
• Helpful hints to inspire your journey
• Fun homework projects, including practice lists
• Recommended reading list
• Kathy’s live flourished envelope demo
• Unique Insights & Outlooks from the “Mind of Milici”
• Your name in a door prize raffle for original art, including a free seat in the next class!

Added Benefits

• Improve your intuition and creative confidence
• Train your eye to “see” letters differently
• Create freedom within structure 
• Find your own personal style & self-expression
• Design compositions that you can use again and again
• Use visualization & negative space more effectively
• Judge your work, not yourself

Let's Create Together!

Class Schedule

Modern Storybook Script will consist of 4 class sessions taught over 2 days:

Sessions 1 & 2: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Sessions 3 & 4: Thursday, January 30, 2025
Times: 10:30am-12:30pm US Eastern time & 2:00-4:00pm US Eastern time each class day
Level: ALL (Beginners Welcome!)
Cost: $195 USD

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Supplies 

Download the Supply List found at the bottom of the Welcome module page. Please feel free to use any supplies that you may already have.

Handouts

Handouts will be available to download on January 20, 2025 in the Welcome module and also under Session 1.

Accessing the Zoom Classes

Ten minutes before class time, login to the student portal. Click on the session and you will find the link to the Zoom class. We sometimes open class a few minutes early to chat before class starts.

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 April 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 studio located in northern New Jersey, her work has been featured in books, design blogs, national magazines and on television. Kathy's clients include private individuals, collectors and corporations, worldwide.

Kathy Milici has been an instructor for the Society of Scribes in New York City, a popular instructor at national and international calligraphy conferences, including IAMPETH, Letters California Style, and for the Sacred Arts Program at Enders Island in Mystic, CT. She teaches both small group classes and privately in NJ, and travels the country, promoting, lecturing and teaching calligraphy and the related arts.

The originator of the #1 best-selling font 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 joyful heart, and a fun, 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. Her teachers have included Sheila and Julian Waters, Valerie Weilmunster, and IAMPETH Master Penmen Pat Blair, Michael Sull, John DeCollibus, Harvest Crittenden, Jake Weidmann, and Rosemary Buczek.

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.

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

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 Kitty Burns Florey's book Script & Scribble. She is a member of the Houston Calligraphy Guild, Friends of Calligraphy, 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, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Lugano Diamonds, 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 gardening, Zentangle® (she’s a CZT), urban sketching, genealogy (she’s a descendant of 11 Mayflower passengers and numerous Revolutionary War patriots), watercolor illustrations, doubles tennis, and lemon bar cookies — not necessarily in that order.