Calligraphy & Branding Assets with Maria Montes

Great workshop! One could feel Maria’s love for the script “Neuland”. She is an excellent teacher. She kept us going at a good pace with lots of tips how to pay attention to the details.This online-workshop was a wonderful experience. Thank you Maria for sharing your knowledge, creativity and enthusiasm for this script. The inspiration lingers on. Thank you also for the reference material and the generous amount of well prepared handouts.

Maria is a great teacher! She is skilled at what she does and teaches in a simple, encouraging and easy to access manner. I did the online Copperplate course delivered over 8 hours on 4 Sunday mornings ( 2 hours per lesson). Best use of a Sunday morning during lockdown! I highly recommend the course to anyone who is interested in Copperplate calligraphy.

I first did Maria's Copperplate Calligraphy class in person recently; this was a great way to get a sense of the letterforms, and get the pointed pen hold correct etc. I also met some really nice people, and got to hang out in Maria's bright and plant-filled studio! The time flew by, and after this 'taster' I was keen to learn more with Maria. So I did her live online Copperplate classes. These proved to be an excellent follow-up to her in-person class, but would be highly suitable if you hadn't done any classes before, or couldn't attend the in-person one.Maria's expert and clear online teaching, advice on materials and technique, along with being able to see really closeup the letters that she was demonstrating meant that I made a lot of progress over the four weeks. Maria also gives really helpful feedback on your homework practice. I'm inspired to keep practicing and plan to try some of the other calligraphy styles that Maria offers in her classes.

Looking to brush up on your calligraphy skills? Maria runs thought-out calligraphy classes for beginners, to those looking to improve on their current skills. Maria will teach you the basics of the foundations of a particular style from Roman Capitals, Copperplate to Neuland Calligraphy. If you’re needing a weekend workshop in one of the most beautiful studios in Melbourne, definitely check out one of her sessions.

After doing a one off class in person I joined Maria's online live copperplate classes. One 2 hour class a week for 4 weeks. Half the classes related to lower case letters and the other to capital letters. The cameras she has setup gives you a close up on her work which is so easy to follow. The 2 hours in length is perfect time wise and you learn so much. She is so generous with her time and often went over time tending to questions and providing guidance. Good quality tools were provided and the ability to watch back the recorded session as many times as you like. Thanks Maria!

By lunch time of my first copperplate class with Maria I was hooked and I wanted to learn more, so I enrolled in the rest of the workshops last year, and I just finished the workshops for the second time around last weekend. I’m really considering to go for the third time.This has seriously been some the best money I have ever invested. She is profesional, full of knowledge, funny and the food is yum!It has been such a real pleasure to be a part of her class, she knows so much and I have come a long way since my first class.Maria is the best ❤️

Maria is not only talented at her craft, she is also an excellent teacher. I learned so much from just this beginners course, and she shared a great deal of wisdom to overcome 'beginners errors'. It was also a class that felt very safe to ask questions in. For anyone who thinks doing an online version of the course might be odd, I think it is probably a better learning experience as the camera shows Maria's hand/nib at work to really understand the foundations of calligraphy.

Maria is a very gifted calligrapher and a great instructor with a quirky sense of humour. I really enjoyed her calligraphy courses.

Maria is an excellent teacher of copperplate calligraphy. I have done three online workshops with her so far and thoroughly enjoyed all of them. She is very patient and explains everything so well. I would recommend her classes to anyone interested in learning copperplate calligraphy.

More knowledge and self confidence, with the course “Pump up your Copperplate”.Maria explains the rules in great detail. Just like on her YouTube channel. After each module, she adjusts her extensive feedback to my personal learning process.This way I get to know the basic rules much better than before. That means that I can vary. My texts are getting livelier, but still consistent.Maria, i am looking forward to the last modules!