A growing library of freelettering & calligraphy resources that includes – Calligraphy practice sheets Procreate brushes The 30-day lettering planner Printables, and more! Count Me In! Tools needed to draw 3D letters For this tutorial, you’ll need just a few basic lettering tools. These are t...
Work on a drafting table if possible. A drafting table can tip upward to that it faces you at a diagonal angle, making precision drawing easier and preventing you from hunching over the table. Calligraphy is an excellent way to create fancy letters. Be sure to obtain the right pens and in...
Draw vertical, horizontal or diagonal lines parallel with each other. If you want to learn how to write calligraphy of different types, all three will be needed! (For example, italic calligraphy is built with lines that slope away upwards to the right but ordinary Roman letters are built on...
Calligraphy practice sheets Procreate brushes The 30-day lettering planner Printables, and more! Count Me In! Tools needed to draw bubble letters Bubble letters are a form of hand lettering so we will need pretty much the same tools. Also, we will need a few basic tools to learn the basi...
Want to take your lettering to the next level? Combine calligraphy and watercolors! It sounds simple, but there's actually an order you should follow.
Another valuable calligraphy skill!If you’d like to know more about how to draw Celtic knots for use in decorative borders, illuminated letters etc, these pages show you: • how to draw the basic unit which makes up all Celtic knots • how to join cords to ‘knot the ends’ •...
3. How to Write the Upward Stroke Lowercase Letters Step 1 Let’s start learning some cursive calligraphy letters, including cursive “i”. The letters b, f, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, and z all begin with an upward stroke. Some have strokes...
Without picking up your pen, draw a line extending to the side to connect to the next letter. Cursive S Variations One of the fun things about cursive is adding a little personal flair.Cursive can be quite beautiful on its own, and adding a little hint of calligraphy can take it to the...
theZebra DelGuard Mechanical Penciland created a contrast between a hand written calligraphy and big bold letter outline. Drawing the faux calligraphy in pencil will allow you to make sure that you have enough room for all your letters. I plan to fill the bold letters with various floral ...
There are plenty of great articles and videos on how to draw letters from a specific script. My only tip here is to start with something as simple. Again, the simplest possible script with as little pen movement as possible. You can check calligraphy-skills.com and watch Joanne Fink's tut...