I took a calligraphy class several years ago and the instructor had us use a thick drawing pencil to become accustomed to writing the strokes before we actually used a pen nib and ink. Whenever I want to practice calligraphy strokes and styles I'll take out a pencil and practice.
So.....sometimes when I'm a bit bored in a meeting, or if I want to pretend like I'm busy writing down important information, I'll practice my calligraphy with a pencil. Capital letters always give me a hard time and I'm always tweaking each letter to best suit my writing so usually I'll practice those the most. Here's a scan of one of my practice sheets:
If you've ever wanted to learn calligraphy, then I highly highly recommend starting with a pencil before jumping right into it with a pen nib and ink. The pencil I used in the above image is a regular red colored pencil so I believe I colored in the thicker strokes. But I really like the Staedtler Mars Lumograph pencils because you can mimic the thick downstrokes and thin upstrokes of hib and ink calligraphy. I love those pencils....I definitely need to buy more.
So.....sometimes when I'm a bit bored in a meeting, or if I want to pretend like I'm busy writing down important information, I'll practice my calligraphy with a pencil. Capital letters always give me a hard time and I'm always tweaking each letter to best suit my writing so usually I'll practice those the most. Here's a scan of one of my practice sheets:
If you've ever wanted to learn calligraphy, then I highly highly recommend starting with a pencil before jumping right into it with a pen nib and ink. The pencil I used in the above image is a regular red colored pencil so I believe I colored in the thicker strokes. But I really like the Staedtler Mars Lumograph pencils because you can mimic the thick downstrokes and thin upstrokes of hib and ink calligraphy. I love those pencils....I definitely need to buy more.
its Awesome
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