Since I've been
really into hand lettering lately, I decided that I should learn calligraphy. Like, legit, dipping a pen in ink, Harry Potter-style writing (Hi, I'm a nerd). I also figured its one of those things that is kind of hard to teach yourself so I should sign up for a class.
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| This is practice of the basic strokes. I love how it ended up looking kind of like a messy pattern. |
As opposed to an in-person class, I signed up for
Melissa Esplin's I Still Love Calligraphy class to help me focus with specific assignments. So far I really like it and the
Copperplate style is definitely up my alley.
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| My first attempt at doing the alphabet free handed (as opposed to tracing). Little wonky. |
One of the hardest things for me is relearning how to hold the pen. Somehow, as a misguided/rebellious third grader, I developed a really bizarre way of holding pens where my thumb hangs over the top of the pen and wiggles as I'm writing. It's pretty weird, but it works for me. I think its one reason I can write in
really tiny handwriting and make detailed doodles. But it just won't work with a calligraphy pen because I would bend the nib and the ink wouldn't come out.
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| Getting better! |
Hopefully I'll stick with this but I need projects to work on! So start sending your requests for pretty notecards, envelopes, place cards and quotes so I have projects to keep me going! Though, no promises that it won't be a little imperfect. ;o) If you don't mind,
send 'em my way! Seriously, the more practice the better!
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| Still some work to do but still improving :o) |
