Learn, create, and grow with engaging online workshops for artists, calligraphers, and creatives.
2025 was a landmark year for Imaginarium! Thank you to everyone who supported us and helped make our inaugural year such a success. We’re excited to carry that momentum into 2026 with inspiring workshops led by world-class instructors and an ever-growing community of artists and creatives.
October Workshop: Copperplate
with Nina Tran
2-day online workshop!
October 10 & 17, 2026
9:00am – 3:00pm PDT
$130 USD
*Recordings up for 90 days after the last day of class*
Copperplate is an elegant and timeless pointed pen script characterized by this contrasting thick and thin strokes. In this course, students can expect to learn pointed basics, standard script rules and letter proportions, drill exercises for developing consistency and uniformity, and step-by-step construction of Copperplate minuscules and majuscules.
Day 1:
Pointed pen basics
Copperplate standard rules
Minuscule drills
Minuscules a-z
Day 2:
Majuscule drills
Majuscules A-Z
Supplies List:
• 2-3 flexible pointed nibs (e.g. Hunt 101, Hunt 22, Zebra G, Leonardt, Principality EF, etc.)
• Penholders (straight and/or oblique)
• Dark-colored Ink (e.g. sumi, walnut, etc.)
• Inkwell (to hold ink)
• Marker Layout Paper (e.g. Borden & Riley #37 Boris Layout, Canson XL Marker or ProLayout Marker etc.)
• Mechanical pencil and eraser
• 12-inch ruler
• Small container for water and cloth/paper towel for cleaning nibs
• 4 paper clips
• Low-tack washi or artist’s tape
• Optional: Colored pens for taking notes (black, red, blue, green, and yellow)
November & December Workshop: Inner Garden Letters
with Marina Soria
DATE CHANGES:
Saturdays, November 14 & 21 plus December 5, 12, & 19, 2026
11:00am to 1:00pm Pacific Time
$145 USD
*Recordings up for 90 days after the last day of class*
Level: Intermediate and Advanced
As an artist, I always return to the themes that inspire me. In 2019, I visited the gardens at Giverny. I had long admired Monet’s work, especially the monumental paintings he created later in life—works that, due to his failing eyesight, verge on abstraction. That visit moved me deeply. I wrote a short poem and created a body of work, including five artist’s books and two limited editions, inspired by Monet’s gardens.
It is my intention to share with you this journey—my experiments, discoveries, and reflections. After all, who among us does not hold memories of a garden? A story recalled by the scent of a flower? A real or imaginary place where we have wandered? Isn’t a garden, in many ways, a metaphor for our lives? Even Heaven is often imagined as a garden.
Together, we will explore the importance of text—how words can carry emotions and moods—and how these can be expressed through color, form, and design. We will study nature to develop original alphabets, experiment with watercolor, gouache, and pastels, and explore how stories can come alive in the form of books or artworks. We will also play with techniques such as paper cutting, abstraction, illustration, and simple pop-up bindings.
Please join us on this creative journey, where calligraphy will become a means of telling our stories.
Welcome to our inner garden!!!
A look at Marina’s books that introduce concepts and styles to be visited in Inner Garden:
We are excited to have the following fabulous artists scheduled for 2026-27:
Nina Tran, Matt Wright, Julie Wildman, Suzie Beringer, Marina Soria, Sue Greenseth, Viktor Kams, Carl Rohrs, Judy Detrick, Benoit Furet, Cecilia Boschi, Veronica Phillips, Todd Jameson, Angela Batchelor, and more! We continue to strive to bring you excellent instruction and wonderful teachers!!!
NEW FEATURE: PRE-RECORDED CLASSES AT 15% OFF!
How Our Workshops Work:
Our online workshops are open to artists, calligraphers, designers, and creatives of all experience levels. Beginners are always welcome! Each workshop includes a clearly listed skill level so you can choose the best fit.
All workshops are held live on Zoom and are recorded. Recordings are available for 90 days after the workshop ends, so you can revisit the material anytime. (Be sure to update Zoom before class.)
Most workshops take place on Saturdays from 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Pacific Time on the scheduled dates. A “Check Your Time Zone” button makes it easy to see the start time where you are.
Each workshop also includes access to a private Padlet, where you’ll find class information, resources, and a space to share your work, ask questions, and receive feedback.
After you register, you’ll receive an email with workshop details approximately one week before the class begins. Supply lists are available on the workshop listing at John Neal Booksellers.
*Big thanks to John Neal Books for supporting our students with a 5% supply discount! Enter the code below at checkout to save: https://www.johnnealbooks.com/?aff=16
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If you still need assistance, we’re happy to help! Email us at info@imaginariumartstudio.com.
Where will your journey take you?
Imaginarium Art Studio® is a creative destination where calligraphy meets contemporary art, connecting artists through inspiring workshops, meaningful exploration, and world-class instruction.
We look forward to seeing you soar…
Imaginarium Art Studio is located on the lands of the Atfalati and Kalapuya people