Let’s pick up where we left off on our last night—Billy’s take on Copperplate/Spencerian.
We’ll practice our strokes and bring them together to create upper and lower case letter forms. Then we'll experiment with different inks and gouaches on various papers.
Materials to Bring
Mechanical pencil
Pelikan® 4001 Brilliant Black Ink
Straight Pen Holder
Ultra-Fine Point Sharpie®
C-Thru® B-85 Ruler
(A limited number of inks will available for purchase directly from Billy)
About the Instructor
Billy Ola Hutchinson’s passion for lettering began in pre-school with the assistance of Mommy Billie. Billy and Billie spent hours shaping letterforms day in and day out. Later in life, Little Billy parlayed that lettering passion into a calligraphic profession, creating a petit line of stationery, penning custom lettering for clients, designing a line of porcelain for San Francisco's luxury speciality store, Gump’s and of course as an instructor at SFCB—taking students through those first steps Little Billy took with Big Billie. Billy's lettering has been featured in magazines, wedding invitations, place cards, monograms, and brand identities.
Past Student Reviews
“Billy is a wonderful instructor - knowledgeable, patient, and encouraging. I appreciate the individual instruction, the handouts and exercises. And let’s not forget the cake and tea service! I feel more confident in my calligraphy and eager to keep up my practice. Thank you Billy.💜”
“Billy's love of calligraphy is infectious and really inspires me to practice!”
Location
San Francisco Center for the Book
375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Registration Policies
Please read over the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class. Registration will close approximately three days prior to the start date of the workshop to allow the instructor time to prep materials for class. We recommend you not wait to register, as workshops that don't meet our minimum enrollment will be canceled, sometimes as much as a week in advance.
Workshop fee
(includes materials fee):
$250
Prerequisite(s):
Hand Lettering
Class sessions:
Tuesdays, May 6, 13 & 20, 2025
6:30-9:30pm
If this workshop is full, please click this link to add your name to the waitlist. If a seat becomes available, we will contact you.