Inspiration

Create a gift using your hand lettering Once you've built your brush calligraphy skills, you can put them to use to create thoughtful personalised gifts for any occasion, from wedding favours to birthday presents. The options are huge! For her latest project tutorial, Andra from Ada D. Letters has created this lovely bookmark, which would make a super gift for any bookworm. This design brings together a few different brush pens but you could use different pens to achieve a similar effect. To get the look of a clear area in the middle of her lettering, Andra erased the pastel lettering using...

The Pentel Brush Sign pens are popular the world over due to their colour range and ease of use. What's more, by dipping the pens in rich watercolour inks, you can create seamless colour blends with ease.

Angela Reed from Creative Calligraphy. Photo by Corrina Atkinson Photography   If you want to learn the basics of calligraphy or master a new script, there's nothing quite like taking part in an expert-led workshop. For the latest instalment in our Meet the Maker series, we caught up with South Shields-based expert, Angela Reed, to learn more about her story, how she started her company, Creative Calligraphy, and what you can expect from Angela's workshops. Could you tell us a little about yourself? My name is Angela Reed and I live in South Shields with my husband and two children. I’ve always...