Coastal Calligraphers Guild

Etegami Program
2025-10-05 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Join us for the Art of Etegami (which means “Picture Letters”). Etegami are cards (usually postcards) with simple painted images that are accompanied by heartfelt words or a haiku that echo the images that are accompanied by heartfelt words. These cards are mailed to a friend or loved one.
Materials:

Paper: Standard postcards (Canson, Strathmore, Fabriano, Kuretake) or cut your own
4 x 6 cards with 140# watercolor paper
Ink: Sumi ink, either liquid or ink stick ground on stone
Watercolor: Traditional gansai (mineral-based watercolors from Japan) is best, but any
watercolor is fine; can also apply color with shaved soft pastels or tissue paper collage
Brushes: One sumi brush for the ink outline drawings, and one other for the watercolors
Writing tool: Make sure your writing tool has permanent, waterproof ink. Water-based
markers will run if they get wet. Remember—these are going through the mail.
Recommended pens are Sharpie Fine Tip or Tombow Fudenosuke brush pen.
Paint dishes or a small 6-well palette
Water cups (best to have three—one for dirty, one for medium-dirty and one clean)
Stamp or chop with Chinese red or vermillion ink
Recommended book: “A Beginner’s Guide to Etegami” by Dosankodebbie

Please see emailed handouts for more info.
This is a free workshop for our members during our regular monthly meeting time. NO recording per copyright request of the artist. Our usual business meeting will occur prior to the workshop beginning at 1pm.

In-person Study Group - CANCELLED
2025-10-15 12:00 - 15:00 | Venice Train Depot, 303 E Venice Avenue, Venice, FL, 34285, United States
Join us for a shared calligraphy afternoon at the Historic Venice Train Depot. Bring your project, drink, and lunch.

Loving Italic with Carrie Imai
2025-10-18 09:00 - 2025-10-19 16:00 | Zoom
Are you happy with your Italic alphabet? This class will explore the formal Italic alphabet. Open to all. Cost: $40 for CCG members.
This is a 2 day workshop held on ZOOM. 9:00 am to 4:00pm Eastern Time, with a 1 hour lunch break.

Etegami Encore Presentation
2025-10-22 18:30 - 21:00 | Zoom
Missed our first presentation or just want to see it again, join us for an encore presentation of this fabulous workshop!
NOTE: This meeting takes the place of our previously scheduled Online Study Group.

The Art of Etegami | Final Encore Presentation
2025-10-28 13:00 - 15:30 | Zoom
Missed our first presentation or just want to see it again, join us for an encore presentation of this fabulous workshop!

Fancy Flourished Majuscules
2025-11-02 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Join us for our guild meeting on a journey of Fanciful Flourished Copperplate Majuscules as we move beyond the basics. Begin with nib exercises and foundational strokes, progressing to principles of flourishing uppercase letters and finishing with elegant capital letter flourish variations. Led by member Angela Levesque.

Leaf Printing
2025-11-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Carrie Imai, an enormously talented professional calligrapher and our honorary member, has graciously offered to teach Leaf Printing to our Zoom study group. Join us for lots of fun with fall colors!
Leaf Printing

Leaves that can go flat – press them in a heavy book if they are not flat
Wash the flattened leaves with mild soap & water and rinse well
Dry between paper towels

Supply list:

Washed & flattened leaves
Watercolor palette or tube watercolors in either greens or fall colors
Mixing brush
Pointed brush – small or medium size – i.e Newton Sceptre Series 101. – don’t worry if you don’t have this. I will demonstrate
Water pot
Paper to print on (i.e. Strathmore 400 Series mixed media or Similar Paper or similar you may already have
Envelopes
Black paper (2 or 3 sheets), i.e. Strathmore Artagain black paper pad
If you have them – Finetec watercolors; Daniel Smith Flourescent Watercolors; Pearl Ex-press Watercolors or similar

Holiday Party - CANCELLED
2025-12-13 12:00 - 15:00
This event has been cancelled.

Pretty Paisley Letters
2026-01-04 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Join us for our January meeting as member Janet Furr leads us in making Pretty Paisley Letters! The Creative Challenge slide presentation and prize raffle will also be conducted on our Zoom meeting.

Uncial Valentines
2026-02-01 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Our team members, Jim and Debbie Bennett will instruct us on how to create Uncial Valentines!

Pointed Pen Variations with Mike Kesceg | Black Letter and Uncial
2026-02-14 08:00 - 2026-02-15 17:00 | Zoom
More details to follow.

Uncial Work in a Circle
2026-03-01 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Promising to be an opportunity learn something new, our March meeting will be led by Karen Smith as she shares the secrets to lettering uncial in a circle.

Book making
2026-04-05 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Member Penny Schwan will demonstrate how to make a book.

Zentangle
2026-05-03 08:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Back by popular demand, member Susan Moen will lead us in a Zentangle project.

Gothic Cursive
2026-06-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
A beautiful hand, Gothic Cursive, will be taught to us by our leader, Laurie Yeandel.

Nina Tran | Topic TBD
2026-09-26 08:00 - 2026-09-27 17:00 | Zoom
More info to follow.

Very Free Versels | Connie Ferguson
2027-02-13 10:00 - 2027-02-14 12:00 | Zoom
Very Free Versals is a wonderful companion alphabet for creating contrast of space and texture. The addition of watercolor flowers brings a level of spontaneity to your calligraphy. Connie Ferguson will lead us in this fun class expressing letters and flowers with free form.
Open to all skill levels. More details to come. Times are not determined as of yet.
