Why English Roundhand?

To me, English Roundhand is the Roman Capitals of pointed pen calligraphy. Though the basic shapes are fairly simple, the degree of difficulty in mastering this Hand is truly challenging. Letter flow requires a strong sense of design and elegant complexity. 

What we do in this course?

In next 6 month, I would like to share with you my philosophy of English Roundhand based on the study of Writing Masters in Universal Penman era. We will learn how to control the writing tools, pen manipulation techniques with pointed pen nib and composition design,… covering three main subjects: Round Text - Round Hand - Running Hand.

Each week we have a live session for writing demonstration and homework discuss & feedback. I want to keep the class small, 12 students max. Then I would like to have 4 groups with 3 students each group. As it is semi-private class, I can be flexible to adjust the lesson to each individual. All students can also learn from each other.

6 month is definitely not easy, which requires a lot of commitment and concentration. Don’t worry! One lesson won’t take much time, online session is only 30 minutes to 1 hour weekly. The most importance is your self practice with discipline, a little at a time!

I will provide handouts, personalized homework and historical documents.

* Level requirement: This class is not suitable for absolute beginners who never picked up calligraphy pen or never tried pointed pen calligraphy before.

Date & Time

The course start on Saturday March 15, 2025 at 8 PM Hanoi time GMT+7, repeat in 24 weeks (6 months in total). However, online session is flexible, I may have several online sessions for each student group a week. We will discuss more about that on the first session on March 15

Class fee

Class fee is $160/month (4 weeks) and will be charged as monthly subscription 6 times to your card.

As I mentioned above, 6 month requires huge commitment! I hope you keep up with this course. You can unsubscribe the course any time I am sorry that you cannot subscribe the course again in the next one once you leave the course. 

Please understand that you have to prepare writing materials by yourself following my instruction list. 

Material list (please prepare by yourself)

• Straight pen holder and oblique pen holder

• Gillott 303

• Your preferred ink

• A4 writing paper or similar

• Book “Universal Penman”

• Pencil, ruler, eraser