Learn with
Eleanor Winters
Class size 20
The Art of Copperplate:
Progressive Skills Workshop
Elegant Beginnings:
Introduction to Copperplate Oct 27 and 28
Copperplate calligraphy is timelessly elegant.
This two-day workshop is for students new to Copperplate, as well as those seeking an intensive review.
Beginning with the basics, introducing the flexible pointed pen and the magic you can create.
A step-by-step approach, we will learn the fundamentals of Copperplate – the basic strokes, minuscules, capitals and numbers – as well as devoting time to spacing and letter connections.
Emphasis will be placed on mastering the pen, focusing on consistency of pressure, as well as the shapes of the letters and their relationships, to develop a deep understanding of this elegant and ever-popular script.
The class will proceed slowly, giving beginners ample time to grasp the principles of Copperplate and practice the letterforms, as well as enabling more advanced students to improve their skills in order to write an elegant, graceful hand.
A small class with only room for around 20 people.
The Art of Copperplate: Progressive Skills Workshop
with Eleanor Winters
Elegant Beginnings:
Introduction to Copperplate
Oct 27 & 28
Elevating Your Script:
Intermediate Copperplate Mastery
Oct 29 & 30
Elevating Your Script: Intermediate Copperplate Mastery
October 29 and 30
For students familiar with the basics of Copperplate, this class explores further possibilities: variations on minuscule and capital letters, as well as letter size and proportions.
The class will also be introduced to the basic principles, shapes and techniques of flourishing, through a series of pencil exercises and simple drawing techniques, as well as by studying examples from the 18th century English writing masters in The Universal Penman and other historical sources.
Some experience with Copperplate is essential, although advanced beginners are welcome.
Due to time limitations, we can’t promise to review the material covered in our Introduction to Copperplate class (immediately preceding this one), so we recommend that class for beginners interested in the more advanced material we will be covering in Intermediate Copperplate.
Eleanor Winters
An active member of the international calligraphy movement for more than 45 years, Eleanor is the author of six calligraphy books, including the perennially popular Mastering Copperplate Calligraphy and Calligraphy for Kids.
Her most recent book, Paris / Auschwitz: Remembering the Children, is a collection of her calligraphic paintings, commemorating the children of Paris murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Eleanor was the Director of the Calligraphy Workshop in New York City for 25 years, a Professor of Art at Long Island University from 1990 to 2005, and continues to teach workshops, both in-person and online, in the US, Europe and in many parts of Asia.
She is been part of an international calligraphy mentoring program, sponsored by the Art of Letters, an initiative organized in Singapore.
As a fine-art calligrapher, Eleanor has exhibited her work in museums and galleries in the US, Europe and Asia. Exhibitions of paintings from her Paris / Auschwitz series have been shown at the Anne Frank Center in NYC, the Holocaust Memorial Center in Detroit, the Centre d’Art et Culture Juive in Paris and the Jewish Museum of New Jersey.
Earlier this year, Eleanor was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award by her alma mater, Brooklyn College (City University of New York). She and her husband, fine artist Leendert van der Pool, divide their time between Brooklyn, NY, and Paris.
The Art of Copperplate: Progressive Skills Workshop
with Eleanor Winters
Elegant Beginnings:
Introduction to Copperplate Calligraphy
Oct 27 & 28
Elevating Your Script:
Intermediate Copperplate Mastery
Oct 29 & 30