CLAS LiveOnline

CLAS offers a range of educational opportunities, including various online courses from beginner to professional levels, all of which you can find here. We at CLAS are dedicated to nurturing your passion.

At CLAS, we’ve organised our courses into three categories to help you find the perfect fit:

LEARN: Ideal for beginners, these courses introduce the basics of calligraphy and lettering, whether you’re just starting out or want to refresh your skills.

DEVELOP: Designed for those with some experience, these courses help you build on your existing skills and deepen your understanding to take your craft further.

REFINE: Tailored for advanced learners, these courses are all about fine-tuning your expertise, mastering high-level techniques, or even preparing to teach calligraphy or related subjects.

Our courses cater to all levels — from beginner to professional — and align with CLAS’s certification pathways, including the Certificate of Calligraphy, Diplomas, Specialist Skills Awards, Tutor Accreditation, and Fellowship.

Recordings of online sessions are available to attendees for up to two months after the course ends.

If you’d like extra support, you can arrange private one-to-one tuition and feedback with your tutor. It’s a great option if you’re enjoying the course and want to take your calligraphy skills to the next level. Get in touch for more details!

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Courses to introduce and refresh scripts, techniques, and more

Gothic Cursive – Batarde with Julia Baxter

Formal Italic with Els Van Den Steen

Traditional Copperplate with Joy Daniels

Foundational with Gwyneth Hibbett

Italic Capitals with Mary Noble

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Courses that advance your skills & techniques, building on your existing knowledge

Historical Decorated Letters with Margaret Morgan

refine

Intensive tuition to help you master higher-level skills in calligraphy & related areas

Historical Decorated Letters with Margaret Morgan

Four two-hour delivery session on the following dates:

• Wed 03/09/25
• Wed 11/09/25
• Wed 01/10/25
• Wed 15/10/25

Time: 7-9pm BST/GMT

CLAS Members: £95
Non-members: £120

Recordings of online sessions are available to attendees for up to two months after the course ends.

Develop your knowledge and understanding of two closely-related historic styles of decorated letters by exploring the similarities – and differences – between North European Ottonian letters (10th century), and Italian Renaissance White Vine capitals (14th – 16th centuries). A brief presentation of historical background fro each style Demonstrations and explanations will help to refine your drawing and painting skills.

Gothic Cursive – Batarde with Julia Baxter

Four two-hour delivery session on the following dates:

• Thu 04/09/25
• Thu 18/09/25
• Thu 02/10/25
• Thu 16/10/25

Time: 7-9pm BST/GMT

CLAS Members: £95
Non-members: £120

Recordings of online sessions are available to attendees for up to two months after the course ends.

This course introduces a Batarde minuscule alphabet (lower-case) and guided through the essential pen-strokes that build up these letters, getting to know their characteristics and work towards words and sentences to really feel the rhythms and movements. We will get to know some capitals suitable for Batarde and eventually combine them with the minuscules.

Formal Italic with Els Van Den Steen

Four two-hour delivery session on the following dates:

• Wed 10/09/25
• Wed 24/09/25
• Wed 08/10/25
• Wed 22/10/25

Time: 7-9pm BST/GMT

CLAS Members: £95
Non-members: £120

Recordings of online sessions are available to attendees for up to two months after the course ends.

Discover the timeless elegance of the Formal Italic Hand with roots in historical manuscripts. This beginner-friendly course will guide you through the fundamentals of writing with a broad-edged pen, exploring the script’s structure, techniques, and versatility for various calligraphic applications. Perfect for those looking to delve into the art of handwriting.

This class is for those looking at learning Italic hand (minuscules) from scratch. This class is also excellent as a refresher course, for those who have learnt Italic before and wish to re-visit, brush up and develop their Italic hand, as well as helpful to those who are largely self-taught.

Traditional Copperplate with Joy Daniels

Four two-hour delivery session on the following dates:

• Wed 29/10/25
• Wed 12/11/25
• Wed 26/11/25
• Wed 10/11/25

Time: 7-9pm BST/GMT

CLAS Members: £95
Non-members: £120

Recordings of online sessions are available to attendees for up to two months after the course ends.

Discover the timeless beauty of this classic script, designed to elevate any piece of writing. Its graceful cursive style lends a captivating flow to your words, effortlessly adapting to a variety of artistic expressions. Unleash your creativity and let your writing shine with this enchanting script!

Foundational with Gwyneth Hibbett

Four two-hour delivery session on the following dates:

• Thu 30/10/25
• Thu 13/10/25
• Thu 27/11/25
• Thu 11/11/25

Time: 7-9pm BST/GMT

CLAS Members: £95
Non-members: £120

Recordings of online sessions are available to attendees for up to two months after the course ends.

Discover the timeless elegance of the Foundational Hand, a clear and refined script developed by Edward Johnston with roots in historical manuscripts. This beginner-friendly course will guide you through the fundamentals of writing with a broad-edged pen, exploring the script’s structure, techniques, and versatility for various calligraphic applications. Perfect for those looking to delve into the art of beautiful handwriting.

Italic Capitals with Mary Noble

Four two-hour delivery session on the following dates:

• Wed 05/11/25
• Wed 19/11/25
• Wed 03/12/25
• Wed 17/12/25

Time: 7-9pm BST/GMT

CLAS Members: £95
Non-members: £120

Recordings of online sessions are available to attendees for up to two months after the course ends.

Italic capitals don’t always get the attention they deserve. Often studied on a ‘need-to-know basis’ as an afterthought when practising the minuscule (lower-case) letters, we can forget how powerful they are in their own right. Here we’ll really get to know them properly in 4 sessions, with time to put them to practical use. We’ll cover writing rhythm, arranging on the page, combining large & small sizes, and simple use of colour. And of course it will prepare you for the CLAS Certificate of Calligraphy, if you wish to enter.

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Get in touch with CLAS! Whether you’re an enthusiast, artist, or simply curious, we’re here to celebrate the beauty of calligraphy and lettering together.