Online Courses
Cut Nib Calligraphy
Whether it is wedding or an event invite, font design or typography, original hand-lettered logo design, religious art, announcement, graphic design or a commissioned calligraphic art, cut stone inscription or memorial document; all are examples of the flourishing art of Calligraphy! Calligraphy has application in many areas, like it is used for props and moving images for film and television, testimonials, birth and death certificates, maps and other written works.
At Penkraft, we teach you Calligraphy not just as a technique, but from the heart - using the simplest equipment, the gel pen! We kindle your imagination and challenge your creativity!
Learn Calligraphy from scratch with Penkraft's Online Calligraphy Course, you will learn everything about how to get started with quirky handwritten lettering styles. In this course, you will learn how to hold the tool, how to make thin and thick strokes with the tool, how to apply and release pressure technique for basic illustration. The course guides you to learn different types of fonts, like Gothic, Italic and Roman, in uppercase and lowercase followed by words and sentences. After which you'll learn different compositions, decorating the borders and fonts, making the decorative pictures which can be used for greeting cards, invites, etc.
We also dwell on how to care for your instruments and how to curate and maintain them! This is a practical informal course and the focus will be on having lots of fun while learning!