Imaginarium Art Studio®
Presenting highly engaging online workshops & resources for artists, calligraphers, & creatives of all levels
2025 has been a groundbreaking year for Imaginarium! We thank all of you for your support and dedication in making our inaugural journey a stellar one! Look for 2026 to bring continued dynamic teaching from global instructors and joy with our growing community of artists!
March Workshop: Highly Opinionated Calligraphy
Instructor: Carl Rohrs
LIVE 3-day Online Workshop
Saturdays, March 7, 21, & 28, 2026
10:00am to 12:00pm PST
$145 USD
All sessions recorded for later viewing and available for 90 days after last day of class!!!!
Everybody has a lot of opinions. When it comes to the way letters are made, I am overflowing with them — and this is a class that lets ‘em fly. From classic to modern, I have thoughts about what works and what has always bugged the heck out of me, as well as things that I’ve changed my mind about over the years — good to bad and vice versa. The overwhelming look will be with respect, but I promise we’ll be catty, too.
We’re talking about pens and brushes, and scripts and caps — in short, everything, because everything has some impact on everything else. What can work here gets in our way there, but can really make it shine over there. There will be plenty of influence from some of history’s more unusual practitioners for whom I hold affection. I believe in calligraphy as a big circle and there isn’t a move or a letter that doesn’t have resonance elsewhere. So we’ll be locating all those bridges across that circle of writing.
Open to all levels: Solid opinionated moves for the advanced beginner, and refinement and provocation for the experienced, and a chance to debate for all.
Materials: A large-ish pen:
- Horizon (folded brass flat pen) 5/16″ or 3/8″ or similar (Coits or Hiros), my favorite by far or Automatic, size 3A, 4, or 4A orPilot Parallel Pen, 6mm size (blue cap) plus your favorite pens you already have Flat brush, 1/2″ W&N 995, plus any other brushes you already have. Non-waterproof ink. A tube or two of gouache (WN Indigo or Prussian Blue have the greatest power).
- A Pentel Color Brush plus any other brushes you want to try or already have – W/N Series 7 or similar, Asian, Lebenzon, etc. Large paper with a bit of texture; I like Strathmore Charcoal pad (300 series, yellow cover. Canson Charcoal is NOT good for pen work — it bleeds. Strathmore doesn’t. Diploma Parchment is great.) Pencil (&/ or a colored pencil or two – Prismacolors are the best) and ruler. Optional: Graphic white out (Pro-White) &/or light or bright colors of gouache and colored paper, IF you wish to write in reverse. Optional: Ruling pens.
April Workshop: Eccentric Title
Instructor: Randall Hasson
LIVE 2-day Online Workshop
April 18 & 25, 2026
10:00am – 12:00pm PST
$125 USD
All sessions recorded for later viewing and available for 90 days after last day of class!!!!
The Silent Movie era produced lettering for Title cards and also dialogue, or intertitles. When the lettering was completed by hand, it evolved into a unique style called Eccentric Title. The course will begin with history of this unique lettering, and will survey selected hand lettered intertitles of the Silent Movie era.
We will then focus on exploring a split-script style of Eccentric title based on an original lettering plate published in the Speedball Textbook of 1918 by William Hugh Gordon.
In addition to the unique characteristics of early 1900s lettering, participants should expect to learn aspects of lettering that include pressure and release, pen manipulation, riding the corner, and specific branching principles.
Materials list: Basic Calligraphy Supplies. Dip pen holders and. Speedball C-5 nib and (optional) A-4 and B-5 nibs. Would suggest 11 X 17 graph pads from John Neal or Paper and Ink; Feel free to use other papers that you like to write on.
Optional and available by PRE ORDER: 80pp full color handout by Randall Hasson on Lettering of the Silent Film Era. This is a publication with unique research that is exclusive to his Writing with a Bent Nib course. $27.50 with Free Shipping to continental U.S.
May Workshop: Cascading Capitals
Instructor: Suzie Beringer
LIVE 2-day Online Workshop
Saturday & Sunday, May 2 & 3, 2026
9:00am to 3pm PST
$150
All sessions recorded for later viewing and available for 90 days after last day of class!!!!
Creating tiny delicate Roman Capitals and allowing their placement to become a major part of the design is the focus of this workshop. First let’s look at mono-line Roman Capitals – working through their basic shapes and proportions. Next we will dress them up with delicate serifs and last, but not least, creating lovely waisted strokes. As we begin using the pointed pen, we will talk about scaling down our letterforms as we breathe life into them. With a series of carefully planned exercises we will take these capitals on a ride by taking off their training wheels (guidelines)…and letting them fly! By carefully thinking about the axis of each letterform you will create a visual texture of cascading, trickling and thoughtful scattering of letters. These will be based off your design. We will also use color and mica in our lettering designs. At the end of this workshop you will walk away with a great resource booklet that will record all of your ideas and notes.
SUPPLIES: Basic calligraphic tool box, including: .07 mechanical pencil (I will be using a (HB) 2mm drafting pencil), 12” metal ruler/Xacto knife/small cutting mat/two (2), medium binder clips glue stick/scissors/bone folder, black fine line pen (pigma or micron), pen wipes/water container/dropper or pipette, mixing palette (6 well is plenty), “Natural bristle” mixing brush (I prefer a #4 square found at either PIA or JNB), low tack(re-positional) tape or simply wash tape (I prefer the YELLOW Frog tape), painters tape, sleeve protecter…they are easily peeled off in class. Pointed nib – like Hunt 56 (somewhat flexible) or Nikko G (stiffer) in a straight pen holder. Black: Gouache (or similar) or Sumi ink or stick. White: such as Dr Ph Martins Bleedproof or Pen-White. Watercolors of your choice: either tube or pans. Round WC brush….size 6 or 8. Gum Arabic. PAPER: Pad of Strathmore Drawing paper – trim down to 8.5X11” (300 series is fine). Tracing paper. Several smaller size papers such as Arches Text Wove/MBM/Ingress (approx: 8X5”or smaller). One sheet black paper (Canson Mi-Teintes Black /Fabriano Black/Black approx: 8X5” or smaller).
LAST SESSION: Cutting mat/12” metal ruler/Xacto knife, Binder clips (2), Glue Stick (I prefer UHU), Bone Folder, One (1) large sheet of decorative paper no small than 9X12”, (2) cut peices of scrap mat board or cardboard 7-8X1”, Gold Pearl EX powder (be sure to have gum arabic), favorite quotes or poems.
***OPTIONAL: Your favorite quotes or poems. Gold Pearl EX powder (be sure to have gum arabic)
We are excited to have the following fabulous artists scheduled for 2026-27:
Evelyn Wong, Nina Tran, Matt Wright, JP Panter, Julie Wildman, Suzie Beringer, Marina Soria, and more!
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.
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