marketplace-top-banner

Click here to give the Gift of an Obby Gift Card

baking

candle making

cooking

crafts

dance

drawing

fashion

floristry

health and beauty

jewellery making

kids

knitting

languages

mindfulness and wellbeing

music

painting

photography

pottery-and-mosaics

sculpture

sewing

terrarium

upcycling

wine tasting

woodworking

Choose from a range of printmaking, lettering and drawing classes to learn new skills, make beautiful lettering and sketches, and get creative in a relaxed and friendly environment. The classes led by Printmaker and Designer, Ellen Strachan, take place on Wednesday evenings in the light and airy workshop space of Made in Greenwich shop, a stone's throw from Greenwich Market and Cutty Sark. 

Choose from the following options by selecting the ticket type with the correct workshop and date as you book:

-**Modern Calligraphy**: Wed 22 Feb 2023, 7pm-8.30 pm

-**Chalk-board Lettering**: Wed 26 April, 7pm-8.30pm



More detailed information for each of these classes is included below.

Please note that multibuy discounts are offered when you book places for yourself and a friend- please select the multibuy ticket option. 

**Workshop Descriptions:**

**Modern Calligraphy**
Learn the modern calligraphic skill of brush lettering: This flowing lettering style is perfect for personalizing everything from cards and gift tags to place-settings and baubles. In the workshop, you'll learn to use a brush pen, familiarising yourself with drills you can use to develop your muscle memory, before going on to form the four different letter groups and connect the letters to create words and phrases. You can also begin to embellish your lettering by adding floral elements and scrolls. You'll come away from the workshop with a set of coloured pens ideal for continuing your brush lettering journey at home as well as a brush lettering guide and practise sheets. Take some time out to practise this calming skill and, before long, you will be able to create beautiful hand-written cards and messages that your friends and loved ones will adore. The workshop is led by Qualified Teacher and Designer, Ellen Strachan in the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of Made in Greenwich workshop space. 

**Chalkboard Lettering**
Whether you want to spruce up your memo-board, write uplifting quotes for your home or decorate chalkboards for commercial use, this is the workshop for you! We'll be using hand-lettering, the process of drawing the outlines of letters and filling them in, rather than using individual strokes to form the body of the letter. The workshop includes:
•	Introduction to three basic types of hand-lettering that are the foundation of many hand-lettering alphabets.
•	Learn the process of drawing hand lettering including forming guidelines, sketching letters and giving letters weight.
•	3 counter-intuitive hacks to make your letters look like a pro's.
•	How to zhuzh-up your letters by adding dimension, embellishments, and illustration
•	Design and decorate your own mini chalkboard to take home.
The workshop is led by Print Designer and Lettering Artist, Ellen Strachan

**Drawing for people who think they can’t**
Do you want to draw but think you can't? This could be the workshop to unlock your brain's potential to draw by helping you to make the switch from using the left-hand side of the brain to the right. The left, analytical brain is good for mathematics and language but tends to encourage us to represent what we see with symbols rather than helping us to observe closely. In this workshop lead by Artist and Qualified Teacher, Ellen Strachan, we will use simple drawing exercises that confound the left-hand side of the brain and force us to switch to using the right-hand side, instantly improving our observational drawing skills. With practise, it becomes easier to make the left-right switch, leading to a permanent improvement in drawing skill. We'll be following the methods devised by American Artist and Educator, Betty Edwards, in her 1979 book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain which remains the dominant book on this subject to date. 


Choose from a range of printmaking, lettering and drawing classes to learn new skills, make beautiful lettering and art, get c...

Learn Hand Lettering, Calligraphy and Drawing in Greenwich

Question 1

Light refreshments will be served. Do you or any of the participants you are booking for have any allergies or special dietary requirements?

Question 2

For the Screen Printed T-Shirt Workshop only- what size T shirt do you require?

Ellen Strachan is a former Physics Teacher and Pigeon Fancier turned artist, Printmaker and founder of Pigeon Loft Prints. She makes bold and characterful prints, and textile designs that retain many of the imperfections and unique qualities of hand-printed art. 
Ellen's work is inspired by nature of the British Isles and her local area of South-East London as well as the nostalgia of childhood and human curiosities. She creates because Art and Science are her Yin and Yang- Ellen describes both as being integral to the way she perceives the world and communicates ideas.
Now, Ellen aims to bring the joyful energy of print into your life through offering a variety of Printmaking classes. All workshops are suitable for beginners as well as experienced Printmakers who want to learn a particular technique.  The workshops take place in the light and airy workshop space of Made in Greenwich shop- only a stone's throw from Greenwich Market and Cutty Sark- this shop is a treasure trove of handmade products and art by local artists and makers. 
Learners come to Pigeon Loft Prints Printmaking workshops for a morning of creativity and the opportunity to learn a new skill in a supportive and friendly atmosphere.


Pigeon Loft Prints

Pigeon Loft Prints

Our classes

Our classes

Our classes