Spring Symphony with Heather Held

Overview

Awaken your senses to the beautiful Symphony of nature that arrives with each Spring.

The season is full of anticipation and growth and is a perfect time to expand your flourishing skills with seasonal motifs. The wonder and awe of nature is the inspiration for this course. We will explore the colours and themes of the season through beautiful florals and sweet garden visitors.

Special attention will be given to colour techniques while refining offhand flourishing skills. The aim of the class is to build pointed pen confidence with true offhand flourishing and the innovative ways the flourish can enhance your calligraphic journey. The Spring season is full of hope, joy, exuberance and awakenings. Bring a sense of play and wonder with you as we welcome the Spring Symphony that surrounds us with these bright and beautiful designs.

All skill levels are welcome.

Handouts will be provided to participants before the first session.

Dates

· Saturday, February 21, 2026 – Session 1

· Saturday, February 28, 2026 – Session 2

Time

· 9:00 am to 11:30 am (Mountain Time) each day

Location

· This is an online workshop on Zoom

· Participants will receive the Zoom link via email a few days before the workshop

All sessions will be recorded and available for participants for two months after the workshop.

Please note that there is a maximum of 95 participants for this workshop and all sales and fees paid for the workshop are final and non-refundable.

ECS members: check your email for a promo code to receive 10% off.

Suggested Materials List (provided by participant):

· Practice Paper, Pencil, Eraser, Ruler, Note-taking supplies

· Straight pen holder with your favourite nib (Hunt 22, Gillot 404 or Zebra G suggested)

· A few coloured pencils in floral colours

· Waterproof Ink: McCaffery Brown, McCaffery Black or Ziller Buffalo Brown are suggested for the Line and Wash technique

· Any brand of watercolour that you have for florals.

· Small white porcelain plate to use as a palette

· Two small, pointed round watercolour brushes

· Water dish and paper towel or kitchen towel

· A few sheets 5”x7” hot press watercolour paper or light-coloured cardstock

OPTIONAL Embellishment Supplies (provided by participant):

· Soft Pastels in delicate colours such as pink, green, light blue

· Gold watercolour for accents with small mixing brush (or gilding supplies for those who want to use real gold leaf)

· Sakura Gelly Roll Pen Clear Stardust

· Swarovski Crystals size ss5 with Beacon Gem Tac Glue

About Your Instructor

Heather is a freelance calligrapher specializing in ornamental penmanship and offhand flourishing. She lives in a small village in Ontario, about an hour west of Toronto. She has been happily married to her best friend Chris for over 30 years and they have a precious daughter Holly. She has studied extensively with Master Penman through the organization Iampeth and the Spencerian Saga. She is currently an active member of the Royal City Calligraphy Guild. If she is not working with the pointed pen, she is studying medieval and renaissance illumination or botanical painting techniques. Heather loves to spend time alone in the studio working on her art or outside walking.