Joby Carter's

DECORATIVE skills courses

25 years' experience

Teaching traditional methods of signwriting

Joby Carter hosts signwriting and heritage art workshops throughout the year at his workshop in Street, Somerset. His courses are very popular and book up quickly. People travel from all over Europe and further afield to take part.

He teaches the traditional methods of signwriting, and is an advocate of drawing and laying out your designs without the use of computers or digital software.

traditional
signwriting

5 day Course

In this popular course you’l learn the basics of traditional signwriting, including layout and design, shading, lining and brushwork.

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lining &
coach lining

1 DAY COURSE

Discover how to paint lines by hand (no masking tape) using an English coach lining brush to embellish your signwriting or decorate a vintage vehicle.

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Coach painting and surface preparation

1 DAY COURSE

Discover the trade secrets to a professional finish and avoid costly mistakes with your materials and time on this one day workshop.

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fairground art & scrolls

1 DAY COURSE

Learn about this endangered art form and discover the history of fairground art through the decades. You'll also learn to add beautiful curving scrolls to your lettering designs.

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gilding for absolute beginners

2 day course

Learn how to handle and apply different types of leaf, experiment with traditional effects and gain an understanding of both decorative and practical gilding methods.

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See a workshop course in action

In this video you'll see students from a traditional signwriting course with Joby talk about their experience of the course.

This video was filmed in Joby's smaller workshop in Maidenhead, all courses now take place in his larger workshop in Street.

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