Heraldic Education

Part of the fun of learning things is passing that knowledge along to others — and trying to share information can be a fantastic way of improving your own mastery of the material. Below is material from some of the classes I’ve taught as well as introductory articles, checklists, and illustrated guides for educational and reference use by non-heralds as well as new and intermediate heralds.

Blog Posts

Heraldic Registration Basics Redux
Identifying Charge Groups Revisited
Ordinaries, Divisions, and Arrangements Revisited
Brainstorming Armorial Designs From Period Sources
Inkscape for Armorial Heralds
A Revised Armory Conflict-Checking Checklist
The Refrigerator Test
An Introduction to the Tinctures
Running an OSCAR Commentary Training Session Online
A [Revised] Grammar of Blazonry
Identifying Charge Groups
The Role of a Branch Herald
An OSCAR Commentary Checklist
An Armory Conflict-Checking Checklist
Complex Lines Quick Reference
Book Heraldry Symposium in Lion’s End
Artistic Variation in Heraldic Art
Armory Conflict-Checking Resources
Ordinaries and Divisions and Arrangements, Oh My!
The Submission Escutcheon
Registration Basics Class Notes
Every Distinct Tincture, Fur, and Field Treatment