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 ...
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 that fill up the entire height of the line, and others only ...
I want you to start your calligraphy journey off on the right foot, so I designed afree 8-page faux calligraphy worksheetfor you. This worksheet featuresAmy Style calligraphyletters A-Z and a-z, plus common words like “Birthday”, “Thank”, and “You”. Note that this worksheet should ...
Q1: “Jing, do I really need to learn how to write in Chinese?” Because of technology, nowadays more and more people tend to just learn Pinyin and then type Chinese characters instead of writing them down. It indeed seems more convenient and easier. However, for a Chinese learner, writin...
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.
Tolkien, a professor at the time, wrote the first sentence of The Hobbit—“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit” — on an unused sheet of paper from a student’s assignment. Tolkien had the tendency, often described in his letters to friends and family, to write something dow...
It’s All About Memorization While China has advanced as a global power, it also remains steeped in long-running traditions and practices. When it comes to learning how to write Chinese letters (including pronunciation), memorization remains the way. ...
Learning cursive is learning an entirely new writing system. While it has many similarities to the letters in print writing, cursive is also quite different—and the cursive s is one of the letters that frequently throw people off. In this article, we’ll show you how to write an uppercase...
For finding rhymes, there are all sorts of tricks: writing lists down; running through the letters of the alphabet (aow, bow, cow, dow etc); using a rhyming dictionary. Sometimes rhymes arrive out of nowhere; sometimes you have to search for and bin five before you find one that works....
Developed fine motor skills in the hands Knowledge of what handwriting is beautiful The ability to write specific beautiful letters by hand The skills are interdependent: you can have excellent fine motor skills but not know about calligraphy and therefore are unable to write beautifully; you can ...