Imaginarium Art Studio®
Presenting highly engaging online workshops & resources for artists, calligraphers, & creatives of all levels
2025 was a groundbreaking year for Imaginarium! We thank all of you for your support and dedication in making our inaugural journey a stellar one! 2026 continues to bring continued dynamic teaching from global instructors and joy with our growing community of artists.
July Workshop: Gilding – the Next Step
with Evelyn Wong
July 11, 18, & 25, 2026
10:00am to 12:00pm PDT *all online via Zoom
$145 USD
*All sessions are recorded for later viewing and available for 90 days!!!
After exploring the basics of the gilding techniques, in this workshop we will be exploring different mediums for gilding. Incorporating silver and copper leaf to gold leaf, and applying metallic powder to your design. We will end the workshop learning some design concepts so you will can walk away creating designs to be gilded on your own.
August Workshop: Monoline Magic
with Julie Wildman
Saturday & Sunday, August 8 & 9, 2026
9:30a to 3:30p PDT *all online via Zoom
$145 USD
*All sessions are recorded for later viewing and available for 90 days!!!
This class explores the possibilities of the monoline letterform through a series of exercises designed to help students see letters as shapes with positive and negative space. We will play with monoline gestural writing and distorted (or funky!) upper and lowercase letters.
Along the way, we’ll pay attention to the beauty of the negative space between the forms and learn some simple ways to emphasize that space through color and value. Composition and layout will also be given high priority in all the exercises.
Monoline Magic Supply List
• Speedball B nibs (sizes 0, 1 or any size you have)
• Several sizes of Micron black pens (.005, .01, .02)
• White gel pen
• Any other kind of monoline tool you have in your toolbox
• Small bottle of black sumi ink
• Small bottle of walnut ink
• A few favorite watercolors
• Inexpensive flat watercolor brush (between 1/8” and 1/4” width). Simply Simmons is a good, inexpensive brand
• A few colored pencils
• 6‐well paint tray
• 14 x 17 pad of drawing paper. Strathmore 400 Series Drawing pad is good. Just something with a bit of texture for practice that doesn’t bleed with ink. I use Pacon Sulphite Medium Weight.
• Water container
• Roll paper towels
• A few sheets of nicer papers to try different techniques:
Suggestions (could be half‐sheets or quarter sheets)‐‐whatever you have in your stash
• Arches Text Wove
• Arches Black Cover or another black sheet
• Canson Mi‐Tientes in a color
• Watercolor paper cold press (rough)
October Workshop: Copperplate
with Nina Tran
2-day online workshop! *Recordings up for 90 days*
October 10 & 17, 2026
9:00am – 3:00pm PDT
$145 USD
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
Materials 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)
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, 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 run:
- Our workshops are for artists, calligraphers, designers, and creatives of various levels. We especially love the beginner, so don’t be hesitant!
- The level of skill for each workshop is posted clearly for convenience.
- All workshops are via Zoom, and will be recorded and available for 90 days after the last day of the workshop. A reminder: always update your Zoom before any workshop!
- Workshops typically run on Saturdays from 10:00am to 12:00pm Pacific Time on the dates posted. A “check your time zone” button will let you know what your time will be.
- A private Padlet page is created for each workshop to share information as well as class interaction and feedback.
- Once you register, workshop information will be emailed to you approximately one week prior to the start. A list of supplies can be found on John Neal Booksellers under the workshop listing.
*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
Click on the link below for information on our workshops and begin your journey now!
A REMINDER: If you are having a hard time registering for a class, sometimes all you need to do is to clear your internet browser cache. If that doesn’t work, please email us at: info@imaginariumartstudio.com.
Where will your journey take you?
Discover Imaginarium Art Studio®, where calligraphy meets diverse art techniques. Explore global artists, creative spaces, and essential tools for your lettering journey.
We look forward to seeing you blossom…