CLAS LiveOnline – find your online courses here!
– STOP PRESS – TWO NEW COURSES –
Basic Teaching Skills and Teaching Online
These are for practising calligraphers who would like to open up the world of calligraphy to others, whether giving a talk, demonstration or teaching round a kitchen table, in the local village hall, school or art centre, to guides/scouts or the WI or U3A etc.
BASIC TEACHING SKILLS
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOW FULLY BOOKED – EMAIL : liveonline@clas.co.uk TO GO ONTO WAITING LIST
Basic Teaching Skills has four fortnightly 2 hour sessions with four 1 hour feedback sessions in between. You will learn about how to plan and prepare a course outline with step by step progression and session plans using suitable teaching/learning methods and well-designed resources, also about appraising work and how to offer positive feedback. You will be expected to produce planning documents and your own handouts.
This course costs £50 for CLAS members, but the fee is fully refundable if you attend all the sessions and complete the assignments. To non-members it costs £90
Dates
Delivery sessions: 30 Jan, 13 & 27 Feb, 12 March 2024.
Feedback sessions: 6 & 20 Feb, 5 & 19 March 2024.
TEACHING ONLINE
Teaching Online also has four fortnightly 2 hour sessions which include feedback time. You will learn about relevant communication systems, how to share resources and create interactive possibilities, and about how to use digital equipment to best advantage. You will be expected to use the interactive systems and also to prepare and deliver an online microteach to your peers at the final session.
This course costs £40 for CLAS members, but the fee is fully refundable if you attend all the sessions and complete the assignments. To non-members it costs £70
Dates: 16 & 30 April, 14 & 28 May 2024.
SPECIALIST SKILLS AWARD IN COLOUR & TEXTURE
New updated Colour and Texture Specialist Skills Award with Mary Noble and Jan Mehigan.
Explore colour for calligraphy in many varied forms to expand your repertoire; in the pen, on backgrounds, trying out materials & techniques and learning colour mixing for the best outcomes.
All tuition is online, via 8 Zoom sessions and to keep up the momentum, homework is sent in before the next module. You will have 3 or 4 weeks in which to complete and submit your assignment for each module. (See Course Calendar on course outline, downloadable below).
The first online class takes place on the 26th March, this will be a slightly extended session to allow for introductions and Zoom and Padlet instructions. For the remaining classes the teaching is delivered in 1½ hour Zoom sessions; this allows time for questions. That is 12 hours of teaching in total. It is hoped that students can attend in real time, but in any case, the sessions will be recorded and available for the duration of the course.
Students will have access to an online noticeboard (Padlet) where they will be able to post work for real-time feedback i.e. before they submit the module assignment. These posts will be visible to other students, as well as the tutors, and provide useful feedback for the entire group.
If you intend to submit for the Specialist Skills Award, posting your work on Padlet does not preclude the need to send your assignments by post to the tutors for assessment.
The sessions are online (Zoom 7pm – 8:30pm): 26 March, 9 April, 7 & 21 May, 18 June, 2 & 30 July, 13 August 2024. All sessions will be recorded and available to students for the duration of the course.
The total cost of the course is £190 for CLAS members and £230 for non-members. If you sign up for membership on the website, there is a 25% discount for new members and under 30s and you then get the discounted price for this course.
BEGINNER AND REFRESHER COURSES
The following beginner/refresher calligraphy courses consist of four online sessions delivered via Zoom from renowned CLAS accredited tutors or teaching Fellows.
These courses are particularly suitable for
- Beginners looking to learn or improve a script
- To help you submit work for the Certificate of Calligraphy (* see below)
You don’t need to be a member to take part.
Each Course has 4 x 2-hour zoom classes, held 2 weeks apart.
They go out live mostly on Wednesdays, from 7pm to 9 pm (BST/GMT). Please check the dates before enrolling.
Calendar 2024
Copperplate with David Simons on 10th & 24th January and 7th & 21st February 2024
Angled Pen Uncial with Liz Barrow on (all Thursday) 11th & 25th January and 8th & 22nd February 2024
Italic Capitals with Els Van Den Steen on 17th & 31st January and 14th & 28th February 2024
Roman Capitals with Margaret Morgan on 6th & 20th March and 3rd & 17th April 2024
Pointed Pen Uncial with Vivian Lunniss on 13th & 27th March, and 10th & 24th April 2024
There is a slight increase in the fee for the LiveOnline courses for members and non-members
Each course costs £85 for members of CLAS and £110 for non-members PLEASE NOTE – On some transactions p&p is being added (£3), this should NOT be charged, so if you are charged please email webmaster@clas.co.uk and we will process a refund for you.
Please note that all courses are payable online via PayPal, but you DO NOT need a PayPal account, you simply go through the process and scroll to the bottom of the payment page (when it transfers you to PayPal) and you are given the option to pay by credit or debit card.
Content
All details, information on materials needed and exemplar sheets will be sent out prior to the course start. Terms and Conditions for all courses are available here.
* Certificate of Calligraphy
The Certificate is an opportunity to have your work assessed and to receive comments on how well you’ve done as well as helpful suggestions about how to improve.
The deadlines for entering are 30th April and 30th November each year. For more information click here.
Beginner guide and videos
For more information, click here to watch a user’s guide to the Certificate. You can also read answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions here.
We have a series of free video guides to help with all those pitfalls most people find when first using broad-edge pens along with suggestions about how to set up a workspace etc. Access the videos here.
Private tuition
If you decided that you wanted to gain more from your tutor, a private arrangement can be made for tuition and feedback on a 1-to–1 basis. It’s worth a thought if you enjoy the course and would really like to push your calligraphy forward.
Any questions – or has your course sold out?
If you have any questions or if the course that you’d love to take part in has sold out, please email us at: liveonline@clas.co.uk and we will try to answer all the queries or put you on the waiting list for the next course. This will also help us to schedule what is most popular, thank you.