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Adding Pizzazz to Your Calligraphy with Marcy Robinson - October 7 & 8th, 2026

$160.00
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Want to take a stress free and fun workshop, then please join me to learn new techniques or revisit old ones that add a little sparkle to your calligraphic projects!

We will explore the use of pastel dust by cutting various shaped templates including your favorite stamps and blending the pastel colors to create background effects which are receptive to lettering. Different tools will be tried including blow pens, glitter, masking fluid, duo glue, and writing on

Christmas ornaments and ceramic cups. We will be printing with leaves using gouache. We will be doing a little gilding with gold leaf.

There will be a short discussion about gel printing, cyanotype and eco printing techniques, but no demonstrations just samples of the finished results.

Two simple marbling techniques using shaving cream and pastels will be demonstrated and tried.

If you have any questions about tools or materials that you already use, please bring them. It may get messy, so wear old clothes.

There is a $10 supply fee, included in the cost.

Dates: October 7th & 8th 2026 (Saturday & Sunday)
Time: 10am-3pm (New York Time)
Price: $160
Member Price: $120
Max Enrollment: 12 students
Location: SVA Annex, 214 E. 21st Street, Room 702A

Supply List:

  • Soft pastels not oil, your choice of colors (Rembrandt)

  • Gouache, your choice, (Winsor Newton) mixing palette, and old brushes. Maybe 5 colors - red, yellow, blue, white and black

  • X-acto knife and blades (#11 and #16)

  • Zig markers in your favorite colors/sizes

  • Your favorite stamps

  • Dust mask

  • Non waterproof Sumi ink

  • Tweezers

Waitlist signups will be notified in order if a space becomes available.

Want to take a stress free and fun workshop, then please join me to learn new techniques or revisit old ones that add a little sparkle to your calligraphic projects!

We will explore the use of pastel dust by cutting various shaped templates including your favorite stamps and blending the pastel colors to create background effects which are receptive to lettering. Different tools will be tried including blow pens, glitter, masking fluid, duo glue, and writing on

Christmas ornaments and ceramic cups. We will be printing with leaves using gouache. We will be doing a little gilding with gold leaf.

There will be a short discussion about gel printing, cyanotype and eco printing techniques, but no demonstrations just samples of the finished results.

Two simple marbling techniques using shaving cream and pastels will be demonstrated and tried.

If you have any questions about tools or materials that you already use, please bring them. It may get messy, so wear old clothes.

There is a $10 supply fee, included in the cost.

Dates: October 7th & 8th 2026 (Saturday & Sunday)
Time: 10am-3pm (New York Time)
Price: $160
Member Price: $120
Max Enrollment: 12 students
Location: SVA Annex, 214 E. 21st Street, Room 702A

Supply List:

  • Soft pastels not oil, your choice of colors (Rembrandt)

  • Gouache, your choice, (Winsor Newton) mixing palette, and old brushes. Maybe 5 colors - red, yellow, blue, white and black

  • X-acto knife and blades (#11 and #16)

  • Zig markers in your favorite colors/sizes

  • Your favorite stamps

  • Dust mask

  • Non waterproof Sumi ink

  • Tweezers

 

Please note that registration will close on October 1st, 2026.

Cancellation policy: Cancellations are allowed at any time, however refunds will only be issued if there is a waitlisted student who will fill your place.
Sickness: If you are registered and need to miss one class due to sickness (we’d rather you stay home and rest!), you are welcome to sit in a future session of the same workshop as we will repeat these introductory classes.
Member pricing: Please use the code sent to your email at checkout. Can’t find it? Check out anyway and email us and we will refund the difference.

About the Instructor:

Marcy Robinson is an award-winning lettering artist residing in New Jersey. She has studied with Julian and Sheila Waters and has taken workshops with many other lettering and design artists. She was one of several artists featured in the Spring 2011 and Winter 2019 issues of Alphabet, the journal of The Friends of Calligraphy and designed the Alphabet logo for the 2011 issues.

Her work may be seen in 100 New York Calligraphers, edited by Cynthia Dantzic; Manuale Calligraphicum by Jerry Kelly; Morphing Monograms by Barry Morentz and Marcia Friedman; and An Italic Calligraphy Handbook by Carolyn Joy Adams; and The World Encyclopedia of Calligraphy by Christopher Calderhead and Holly Cohen.